[birds chirping]
[garbled transmission]
[transmission fades]
[garbled transmission]
- [transmission fades] - Is that signal really coming from space?
- It sure is, Charlie Brown. - [garbled transmission]
Hmm. It sounds like when my dolly's running out of batteries.
Or a washing machine full of baseballs.
Or a barking dog.
[garbled barking]
Wow, imagine that. Intelligent dog life somewhere among the stars.
[barking]
Ha! Intelligent dog life? That'd be a first.
So what do we do now?
Let's prepare a mission proposal to show CARA.
Oh, I'll put in a request for funding. That's my favorite part.
We know.
Snoopy, you-- Huh?
Where did that silly dog go?
[gasps] I think I know.
[gasps] He's headed for the launchpad!
Snoopy, you can't just fly off to space.
[pants] Even if you are an experienced NASA-trained astronaut.
Yeah. There are rules and protocols for this sort of thing. Rules and protocols!
[garbled transmission] [garbled transmission]
[gasps] We're losing the signal.
- Charlie Brown! - [grunts]
It's highly unorthodox, but if we don't act now, we might lose our chance.
Wait. Are you saying you want to help Snoopy blast off to space?
I'm saying I'm swept up in the moment. To mission control!
I'll be flight director.
Marcie, do you mind resuming your duties as mission scientist?
[gasps, squeals]
I'd call that a yes.
Isn't it exciting, Charlie Brown?
Just think, our first encounter with alien life.
[gulps]
Greetings from Earth. Please accept this gift as a token of friendship.
[grunts]
[sighs] It's bad enough worrying what everyone thinks of me on this planet,
let alone all the other planets out there.
Why bother going to space to find aliens? Everyone knows they're right… here!
If an alien was hiding in a broom closet, a broom would be the perfect disguise. If an alien was hiding in a broom closet, a broom would be the perfect disguise.
I'm on to you.
All right, everyone, let's focus. Are we ready to launch?
Ready.
[snoring]
Sir? Sir.
[grunts]
[clears throat] Present.
Charlie Brown, you know Snoopy best,
so you're in charge of capsule communications.
I guess we're doing this.
Snoopy, do you copy?
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
- What is going on here? - [gasps]
You can't just borrow a state-of-the-art spacecraft for a joyride.
Even if you are experienced NASA-trained astronauts,
there are rules and protocols!
Sorry, CARA.
We never would have done it under normal circumstances,
but we think we may have found a signal from intelligent alien life!
Well, that would be a huge discovery.
Or maybe there's alien life right… here!
[water bubbling]
Rats.
Listen to this, CARA.
[garbled transmission]
Hmm. Good guess,
but I'm afraid that's not a signal from an alien civilization.
[rattling]
It's the microwave in the break room.
[dings]
It always does that when someone's making popcorn.
[all] Aw.
No sense in letting good popcorn go to waste.
So I guess alien life really is just science fiction.
On the contrary, Charlie Brown,
searching for life outside of Earth is one of NASA's biggest goals. searching for life outside of Earth is one of NASA's biggest goals.
So you are looking for little green space people?
Or are they already here?
[groans]
Not exactly.
Our search right now is mostly focused on looking for microorganisms,
which are forms of life so tiny, we need a microscope to see them.
We don't know for sure what we might discover,
but we've already found many clues
to suggest that life could exist somewhere in the universe,
maybe even in our own solar system.
[all] Whoa!
[chewing]
Needs butter.
- [chews] - [sighs]
I really thought I had something there.
Don't worry, Franklin.
This may not have been the breakthrough you thought,
but the next discovery could be right on the horizon.
After all, the search for life will be the voyage of a lifetime for… After all, the search for life will be the voyage of a lifetime for…
these lucky robots!
- Amazing. - Wow!
Who could compete with that?
Oh, cheer up, Snoopy.
Until we have robust systems to allow for human exploration,
it's just more practical for the exploring of other planets to be done by robots.
[chewing]
That's automation for ya.
[chews]