Attention all flight personnel
please verify ready to resume count and go for launch.
LTS?
We're a go.
TTC?
Go.
CBC.
Orbit group, go.
BTC?
BTC go.
BTC, Your pole is go?
Is that affirmative?
It is affirmative.
BTC, is a go.
Copy that, OPS?
We're a go.
Electrical?
Go.
SRO?
SRO is go, we are clear to launch.
Guidance?
Go flight.
Tito?
Kingfisher is ready to launch.
And CDR?
CDR is go.
Okay, Commander Barnett,
on behalf of the Hyperion team
and the millions of people watching around the world,
good luck, God speed,
and we'll see you back here in two years.
- Thank you, Jim.
Our thanks to the launch team
and everyone at the MTS program.
The crew is go for launch.
Copy that.
We have a go for auto-sequence start.
T-minus 15 seconds.
Stand by for terminal count.
Ten,
nine,
eight,
seven,
six.
We have main engine start.
Three,
two,
one,
zero.
First-stage separation in three, two, one.
Good break.
Roger roll MTS.
We should have a good forward link now, MTS.
- Copy that, I'm seeing the same thing here.
We're coming up
on second-stage separation.
- Copy, second-stage separation.
Altitude is 70 kilometers.
170 kilometers downrange.
- Hyperion, the main engines are underperforming slightly.
Copy, main engines underperforming.
- Good read.
Stand by, we're consulting flight.
- Flip your visors down.
We're past return to landing.
Abort complete reaching the end of Oceanic, abort?
Hyperion?
That's a negative abort, MTS.
There's enough fuel to handle the discrepancy.
Negative abort.
- Copy, negative abort.
MTS, you're leaving
for Mars Transfer Orbit.
Final systems nominal check.
- Are we a go?
- Go.
- Roger, Hyperion, we're ready.
Go for MTO burn.
Roger that, enjoy the ride, everyone.
MTO in three,
two,
one.
That's negative return, MTS.
Past max Q.
Main engine cut-off three, two, one.
- We go.
There she is.
MTS, we're approaching
Kingfisher separation.
- Copy, Kingfisher separation.
Separation is nominal.
The Kingfisher is auto-docked
to the MTS.
I'm moving to taxi in now.
Copy that.
must occur in closure rate.
Closure rate is nominal,
five centimeters per minute.
MTS in free-drift.
Hang tight a bit.
Tethered gravity is starting.
You're a go, Hyperion.
Artificial gravity is climbing.
Looks like we'll hit close to five Gs.
Tether's unspooling.
Solar array separation.
TDS nominal and at full speed.
All right, plugs out.
Impeccable work as usual.
- Thank you for the Launch, Jim.
See you again at the first check.
- Are you kidding me?
That was incredible, that was incredible!
How are you feeling?
- I'm Good, good.
- Let's go.
- Got it.
- Thanks.
- All right, okay Zoe, you take this one.
David, you start working in the back.
- This one? - Yeah.
- I'll be in the last wing.
- Copy that.
- Hey. - Hey.
- How are you feeling?
You need anything?
- I'll be all right.
- A beer?
- So thoughtful.
- This will help.
- Thanks, Zo.
Come on, Zo. - What?
- Really? - What are you?
I'm not.
- Commander, how did she get Payloads to allow this?
- I don't even know anybody at Payloads so how will I--
- You wasted what?
800 grams of your allowable, personal effects on these?
You don't even care about the rival.
- No, but you do David.
I don't know, it's so easy.
- Okay,
five hours down
two years ago.
- As your doctor, I'm telling you to drink that.
Applicable?
- Applicable is British.
- Is it?
- How do I look?
- Stunning.
- Look, I'm serious, this is a big deal.
- You look good.
You look fine, seriously, you're good.
- Yes we do, we read you loud and clear.
Welcome to MTS-42.
Oh yeah, we did.
It's not uncommon to experience a few hiccups during launch,
but due to the preparation and thanks to our ground team,
we had a smooth rendezvous with the MTS Cycler.
That's true.
It's bittersweet.
I've had the honor of participating in two missions to date
and I couldn't be working with a more talented crew
on this, my final and third mission.
- Well it's only been a few hours,
but it's already a life-changing experience.
I'm thrilled to be here.
To be honest, this isn't where I thought I would end up.
To me, my career was gonna be researched on Earth.
I guess you never know where life's gonna take you.
Yes, I applied to the HARP program
because I thought it would be a funny story
to be rejected by Hyperion.
But now I realized this is one of those rare opportunities
that could truly give my life meaning beyond anything
I could imagine.
Well, space exploration has always led
to amazing medical discoveries
that are applicable to the people on Earth.
- The launch was incredible.
It does take a little while
to get adjusted to the artificial gravity.
Two years is a long time to be away from my wife,
but this is a once-in-a lifetime opportunity.
I'm so grateful to have her support.
My research is integral to maintaining
and sustaining life on Mars long term.
We are taking the first steps to being able to call Mars
a second home.
- No, no, not at all.
Out of the thousands of proposals submitted
from university students and professors
all around the world, these two definitely rose to the top.
I'm more than confident in their ability and their training.
I know they can handle anything that comes their way.
Oh shit!
Oh Shit!
- Commander!
- Holy shot? - Are you okay?
- Get him off, get him off.
Get him off. - Are you okay.
- Is he alive? - Just pull him off.
- Get him off, get him off.
- Stop, let's get him to the infirmary.
- I got him! - Ready? One, two, three!
- Who the hell is this? - Come on.
David, put some gloves on.
- Copy.
- Hold that closed, just hold it as closed as you can.
- Wow. - That's great.
- The damage is contained to the functional module,
a significant amount of atmospheric O-2
has entered from the MTS.
There's a breach in the hole.
You're getting all this?
Good.
Hey, Jim, who the fuck is on my ship?
Yeah, he's still unconscious but I mean, is he a threat?
Do we need to, I don't know, find a way to restrain him or,
- Any idea if he'll wake up?
- Honestly, I'm surprise yourself alive.
- His name is Michael Adams.
All they know for now is that he's launch support.
- How the hell was he missed?
- They looking into it.
- We don't make mistakes like this.
- Did he stow away on purpose?
- Hyperion doesn't know that yet.
- How are you not screaming in pain right now?
- It hurts.
- This is pretty serious.
- How long?
- To be safe, six weeks at least.
- CO-2 is up 3%.
- How?
- The CDR array is turned off.
We shut down the entire functional module,
including life support.
Let's get started on the lithium hydroxide canisters.
- Roger.
- The breathing masks in the exercise room
are attached to the CDRA as well.
So let's just hold off on exercise till we sorted this out.
- Copy. - Copy that, Commander.
- We're good to go.
- Oh fuck.
- Hey, sit down. - Did we take off?
- No, hey sit down. - Did we take off?
Sit down or you're gonna pass out.
Hey, you're okay, just listen to me.
You're fine, you're safe.
- No, no, no, no, no, no. - You're safe, Commander!
- Did we take off? - Commander.
- Did we take off?
- Okay, let's take some deep breaths,
take some deep breaths.
In through your nose, out through your mouth.
Just like I'm doing.
Great, Michael, it's Michael, right?
Micheal, I'm Zoe, I'm a doctor.
I want you to focus on slowing down your breathing.
Just nice and slow, okay?
I'm gonna check your stitches.
Is that okay? - Stitches?
- Just nice and slow, you got injured during the launch,
just on your side here.
Is that okay?
Let's take a look.
Ready?
Okay, okay.
That's great.
Okay, you're good, you're good.
Nice and slow, slow your heart rate down, okay?
- Yeah, okay.
Sorry. - No, you're okay.
- Hi Michael, I'm Marina Barnett.
I'm the commander of the ship.
Do you mind if I ask you a few questions?
- No, I don't mind.
- Do you work for Hyperion?
- Yes.
I'm a launch support engineer, ma'am.
- Okay, and do you remember what happened on the pad?
- Yes I was, arming the
second stage firing pins and
I thought I was buckled in and no--
- You've had a concussion, this is normal, this is fine.
- I thought I was clipped in, yeah okay.
- It's okay if you don't remember.
- How long was I?
How long was I out?
- We took off about 12 hours ago.
- 12 hours?
- I need to get back to my sister.
I need to get back to my sister, please.
My sister, she is alone, please.
I gotta get back, please.
- Micheal I hear you, Micheal. But we're not going back.
- What do you mean we are not going back?
This is a two-year mission, please, please.
- I understand, I understand--
- Micheal. - We're moving too fast.
We don't have enough fuel to turn around.
- I gotta get back home.
- I understand, I do.
Let me go and relay this Hyperion.
I'm just gonna be a few minutes, okay?
I'll be right back, okay?
- Stay here. - Yes, Commander.
- We're gonna figure this out, okay?
I just need you to keep breathing while we figure it out.
Can you just do that?
Slow everything back down.
He's stable, he just needs some time alone to rest
and process everything.
- Copy.
- Do you need a hand.
- No, I'm fine.
- Michael.
Hey.
- Let me give you a hand.
I'm good.
- You okay?
- Sit here.
- Good? - Yeah.
I'm good thanks.
- Yeah. - Yes.
- So Michael, Hyperion talked to your sister,
she's she's okay.
We're gonna be hiring her a full-time guardian
and covering every expense.
- Thank you.
- These are yours.
The mission director wants to give you some more details
when we're up for live comm tomorrow, so.
- Okay.
Thank you.
I actually came down here cause I had a couple of things
that I wanted to say.
Do you mind?
- No, please.
- First off, I just want to apologize
for that freak-out I had back there,
it was just kind of a shock to wake up here.
Thank you. - Of course.
- Also, I'm not gonna just sit around.
I know the ship is small
and it's a lot smaller now that I'm here
and I'm sure there's some grunt work to be done
and I can learn fast.
I can do whatever it takes.
- Thank you, Michael, I appreciate that.
We're waiting on Hyperion to tell us what to do next,
but, in the meantime if you're up to it,
perhaps, Zoe we can run you through the safety procedures.
- Yeah.
We're sorry that you missed the filet mignon,
but, this is the next best thing.
We think it's spaghetti.
- I should warn you now that
Zoe thinks she's the in-flight entertainment.
- Understood.
- You're David Kim, right?
- Just David's fine.
- Got it, so you're in school?
- Yeah, working on my masters in instructional engineering.
- Were you working on proposal for HARP?
- I actually planned on putting something together
for the next mission.
- I'm not sure you need to apply anymore.
- Yeah, I guess not.
- Cheers, welcome to MTS-42.
- Cheers. - Cheers.
I don't know, it really doesn't feel like
he's here on purpose.
Agreed, so what do we do?
- I think you should keep busy.
- I don't think I have anything for you.
- Maybe I could have him do some data entry for me.
Actually, that should be nice to have some company.
- Yeah, that works.
- What?
- You're gonna have to share credit on whatever you publish.
- It's not about the credits, Zo.
- Okay, well, you're a better person than I am, David Kim.
- That's for sure.
- Okay, that's the plan then?
- It's a plan. - All right.
- Try not to snore too loud tonight
- For the night, when the lights are dimmed,
they have to stay dimmed.
It's a par consumption thing.
And if there's a catastrophic failure in a single module,
like fire or rapid, depressurization, watch your head,
you have to close this hatch.
So bye-bye David.
This is the magnetic radiation proofing.
In case there's a solar storm, come in here.
I realize your first visit was a little intense,
but this happens to be my favorite spot on the ship.
- Wow, pictures don't do it justice.
- No, not at all.
What's your sister's name?
- Ava.
- And it's just the two of you?
- Yeah.
- Okay, well, this is batch 62.
- Batch 62.
- And we'll start with row four.
- Row four.
- Row four A will be
10.23.
Section B.
What?
- I'm sorry.
I've gotta ask?
What is this?
What are we listening to?
- Like you don't listen to jazz at all?
- No, I mean not really.
- Actually my wife is the one that got me into jazz,
but now I love it.
Section B is 2.16.
- 2.16.
- Yeah, research can get a little bit monotonous at times.
Especially phycology, but these guys,
they keep me on my toes.
Sanders, Coltrane, Bird.
- They're like basketball players or--
- Yeah, the basketball players.
No, they're not basketball players.
These guys are the jazz legends of the 60s.
- Right, I knew that.
- There, you hear how it's unpredictable?
But it still has rules.
That generally playing together, but once in a while,
a player or two will drift off into their own little groove.
There, you hear.
- No, I don't.
It sounds like a hot mess.
- Well that's what I like about it, it's not obvious.
And sometimes, it can be a little bit unpleasant,
but it's pure expression,
and it usually finds a balance.
- Nice, I can dig that.
- Good.
Section C 9.86.
How's it looking in there?
- The whole left side came loose.
- There, remove the cover.
Roger.
- Carefully.
- Copy.
Oh, shit. - What?
- There must have been a short.
Is it looking bad?
- Yeah, the whole thing is charred.
- Take another picture.
- Are we all set?
- Hyperion, this is MTS, come in.
Yes, we have a damaged life support assembly.
I need to inspect the incoming images of the CDRA.
It's critical that this gets fixed, Jim, mission critical.
Yep, going off COMM.
- David, can I speak to you?
- Of course.
- And Michael, can you please put on David's suit?
Zoe will explain what she needs you to do.
- Yeah, sure, of course.
- Yes Commander?
- How much O2 does your rack produce?
- I mean, 90 liters a day, just a negligible amount.
- Is there any way you can get it up to 950?
- 950? - Yeah.
- No, not with microgreens.
We're testing fluid production here, non scrubbing CO2.
- Yeah, I thought that's what your research was about.
- Yeah, nut that's with algae
and that can only be opened on Mars.
- Well, how much oxygen would your algae produce?
- Approximately...
I could come close to what you're looking for
under the right conditions.
But all the gear I'd need was already flown to Mars
on the last unmanned.
What are we up against here?
Did we lose the CDRA?
- We don't know for sure yet.
- Okay, what about the backup canisters?
- We don't have enough.
Shit, is there anything else you can try?
- I could try growing them here,
but we would risk ruining the entire culture.
All right.
Okay, if I use half of the algae
it could probably still leave me enough
for a first starter culture on Mars.
- Okay, good, well, just put everything else aside
and focus on that.
- Yes Commander.
I need a little bit to figure everything out.
- Oka, copy.
- Oh, David, Zoe and Michael are removing the CDRA.
They don't need to know this yet.
- COMM check.
- Yeah, I can hear you.
No, when I say COMM check you say, good check.
- Okay.
- COMM check.
- I'm gonna depressurize the antechamber.
When we get in there, everything's normal.
There's gonna be no air,
but everything's gonna be normal other than that.
No floating around just...
- Yeah, yeah I'm good--
- You're just reading instructions, okay?
- No worry.
- What's first?
- You've got to unscrew the absorbent bed.
It's those screws on the other side.
So what does this thing do?
- It scrubs the carbon dioxide out of the air.
You take that.
Ready? - Yeah, I'm ready.
- Here we go.
Be careful with that, very very careful.
Okay
I will never get used to how little materials
is between us and space.
- That I know.
When they started adding a third passenger,
to make up for the weight,
they made the functional module almost half the size
and removed a protective layer of shielding.
- Hey, that's not helpful.
- Just facts.
- That's not a helpful thing to say.
- Just facts.
- Oh I'll take that.
- You guys okay? - Yeah.
- Micheal?
- Oh
- Ah, shit.
You got it?
Yeah, that's great.
Okay, a little pinch here.
- Thanks.
- It's literally my job.
- Not just for this, I mean like,
you've just kinda gone out of your way
to make me feel welcome.
- Of course.
Can you take this off?
- My shirt? - Yeah.
- Can you put your arm up?
- Thank you.
How's it coming?
- We're still wrapping up, but I'm worried.
I'm worried we're only going to be able to get to 500,
maybe 550 liters a day.
- Oh, no, that's good.
That's literally half of what we need.
So let's go ahead and thaw out the second batch of algae.
- No, I need to rip up the microgreens for that.
- Then let's do it.
- Hold on, hold on.
The algae is far from thriving.
It's scrubbing only a fraction of what I could get,
if I had the right equipment.
Using the second half of the batch,
doesn't necessarily mean it'll double the output.
- It's imperative that we try.
- Commander, this can't be something we rely on.
These batches can die at any moment
and I could lose everything I need for Mars.
Commander, this research is years of my life.
We both know how important it is.
Are we sure we want to throw it all away
while we still have a chance to fix the CDRA.
- There is no chance, David.
It's gone.
- Understood.
- Ava, hey,
I hope you're treating at Hyperion really nicely
'cause I heard that they are putting closer the school,
which is nice.
Really nice.
Make sure you send me some selfies when you can, okay?
I'm really getting my groove here.
You know I thought at first I was probably gonna be
a burden to crew and everyone here,
but they're actually putting me to work.
I hate that it happened this way,
but I'm thinking that this might actually turn out
to be best for me and for us in the long run.
- Correct, unfortunately, none of the second batch survived.
That was my fear.
Are you sure?
And why is the climb up not an option again?
Okay, you've got to level with me, Jim.
Is there any way I can take his place?
Because Hyperion can orbit the capsule around Mars
and send up a pilot from the colony,
but how do you expect me to...
Okay well, I..
I need you to walk me through every option.
Every single possibility.
There's no easy way to say this.
The carbon dioxide scrubber is damaged permanently.
The lithium hydroxide canisters were only ever meant to be
a temporary solution.
We only have enough oxygen on board for two people.
I've asked David to accelerate his research
and he's managed to get his algae
produce enough for one more.
- What are you saying.
- We can't make it to Mar on with Michael on board.
We'll end up asphyxiating on carbon dioxide
a few weeks before we land.
I mean,
this ship was ever built for two,
and Hyperion started to take a chance pushing
and push it to three, but it just can't handle four.
- Okay, I've been thinking about this
and all we gotta do is get to the colony on Mars, right?
Then CO2 isn't the issue.
We could just vent it out
and lower the atmospheric pressure.
What we need is oxygen.
We could use a pre-breathing oxygen cylinders or water.
We could just split oxygen out of that.
- We don't have enough, that would buy him days, not months.
- Maybe a resupply mission.
If it was unmanned...
- We're moving too fast where we supply.
The Kingfisher is the biggest rocket they can build.
- Okay, but, there's a giant tank up there
that was full of liquid oxygen for the launch.
There must be something left.
- Oh there's no way to tell from here,
we can't just reel in the tethers
with the Kingfisher attached.
- So we climb up and check.
- Climb the tether?
All the way, that's 450 meters.
- It wouldn't be full gravity.
- Look, Michael was on board when we launched,
so he used our extra oxygen and fuel.
We barely had enough to make it to here.
Climbing up would mean risking damaging the solar panels,
severing the power cables, even falling off the ship.
Hyperion looked into it.
I can't risk both of your lives for the possibility
that you could save him.
- There must be something we can do, anything.
- Guys, this is not a call for a solution.
The entirety of Hyperion is down there
trying to figure this out.
I'm only telling you this
because I need you to be mentally prepared
for what's gonna happen.
- So how much time does he have left?
- I'll talk to him today.
Give him a few days. - No, hold on.
You gonna talk to him today?
What are we gonna do, ask him to walk out of the airlock.
Okay, exactly.
How much time do we have before it's too late.
- Technically, 20 days.
- Okay, then we should take that time.
- No, we need as much of that margin of error as possible
in case of anything else happens.
- Margin of error?
What hypothetical situation could be worse
than the one we're in right now?
- Worse case scenario is he still dies,
but we die along with him.
- How?
- What's left of the algae
is hanging on by a thread as it is.
- So you're fine, just giving up on a person
because the risk--
- Zoe, realistically every day he's still here
it's a danger to all of us.
I am telling you, Hyperion has anyone with a PhD down there
and they're trying to work this out.
- And they're not here.
And maybe we can think of something that they haven't.
- They built the ship.
They have one-to-one replicas of the MTS.
They know every inch of this place.
- They didn't know Michael was in here.
- Come on Zoe, that's not the same thing.
- 20 days, Commander.
If there's really nothing we can do,
we have to take someone's life.
Is it unreasonable to just take that time
and make sure we've gone over everything
- 10 days, that's it.
- Commander, with all--
- No, we can spare 10 days.
- Okay, okay.
And what are we tell Michael in the meantime?
- Look, we were chosen to be here.
We've been trained psychologically and otherwise he hasn't.
He can't contribute to any of this in any meaningful way.
So I think the best course of action
is to just keep this between us, understood?
- Yes Commander
- David.
- Yes, understood.
- So how is your new assignment coming.
- It's fine.
- Okay.
- Jim, for their sanity, they need to try this.
What are you talking about?
The mission is shot.
We have a...
We have a five-month trip there.
Plus the trip back.
I still need this crew to be able to perform critical tasks.
No, they cannot do that if they are devastated by guilt.
Well, I'm taking the 10 days.
- Commander it's been three days.
Is Hyperion still trying to figure something out?
- Yep.
Go ahead.
- Wouldn't they already know
if there was some way to save him.
- I know how you feel,
but it's not the directive at the moment.
- We're endangering ourselves.
The longer we take the harder it will be
when we're forced to take the final step.
- Put your arms up.
- Sure.
I was an apartment fire.
I was nine years old.
I guess it had happened in the place below us.
And I was sharing a room with Ava.
She was
just a baby.
It got pretty bad in there,
just before our dad managed to get us out.
- That's brave.
- Yeah.
- He didn't make it?
- No.
Ava and I, we bounced around a lot after that.
But we always stuck together.
She gave me this bracelet.
- Sweet.
- That's me and that's her.
- That's cute.
- You know I actually became a legal guardian.
That's why it's like so hard
for me to not be there for her.
- Can we talk?
- Hey.
Yeah, sure man.
- I have something very difficult to tell you.
- Okay.
- The CDRA is destroyed beyond repair
and even with every safety measure we have,
there's no way for all of us to survive.
We've known for three days now.
Hyperion is that people working around the clock
on the problem since then.
Zoe, the Commander and I,
we tried everything we could to figure out a way
but mathematically,
because you here everyone on board with suffocate
before we ever made it to Mars.
Every day you're with us presents a danger to the crew
and to the entire mission.
I have to be honest.
I was explicitly forbidden to tell you any of this.
- Why?
- Zoe convinced Barnett to exhaust our safety margins,
to try and save you.
To try and figure something out.
- Isn't there anything we can figure out?
Is there? - No.
Hyperion would already know by now.
This would be painless?
And you would just fall asleep.
I'm sorry Micheal.
- Hey, Ava.
I know this transition hasn't been the easiest for you.
And it's harder for me to know that.
I gotta face the fact that
I'm not gonna be there with you every step of the way,
But you're tough.
Tougher than I'll ever be.
You know, I met some really incredible people here.
I mean, they're smart,
caring,
driven.
They're the best at what they do.
And I see so much of you in them.
I gotta go, but...
I love you.
- Michael?
Are you okay?
Michael?
You don't have to do this?
- There's nothing else to do.
- We don't know that.
- Look, I know you fought for me, okay?
But this is different.
This is hopeless, you know?
- It isn't.
Can I tell you something?
This happened like 12 years ago.
I had this summer job.
I was supposed to be just keeping an eye on this beach.
I wasn't a lifeguard, just a watch.
'Cause there were signs all over this sand that said,
"No Swimming."
I mean, "Danger, no swimming."
So I just thought I was gonna read all day.
And
there were these drunk guys
that would always hang out by the bonfire nearby.
And I see a guy in the water
and his buddies won't wake up
and they're passed out on the sand.
He's just
quietly drowning
by himself out there.
And I immediately, I call it in and I don't get a response.
And...
I mean the tides are strong.
I jump in and when I get to him, I'm already exhausted.
And I try and to keep his head above the water
and I'm there for five minutes longer and longer.
Then I start to lose him.
And suddenly I felt myself being picked up
and somebody grabbed both of us before we slipped away.
And they just row us to the beach and that's it.
- How did you know someone was coming?
- I didn't.
I didn't.
- We got some time and that's a last resort.
I'm not giving up on you.
Yeah.
- Yeah
- Okay.
What did you do, David?
- Zoe.
- What the hell did you do?
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, to Michael?
- No, he didn't fuckin' kill himself, David.
That's what you wanted, isn't it?
You had no right to disclose anything.
And you especially had no right to go into my lab
and steal my medication for something like this.
- I was trying to protect us.
- Barnett gave us 10 days.
- Yes, and using all that time is putting us at risk.
What don't we get about this, Zoe?
We are already doing everything we can to try and save him.
There's nothing else.
I'm just trying to salvage what's left of this mission
and that includes you.
Michael, Michael died the moment we took off.
- You wanted to get rid of him three days ago.
You weren't even trying to figure this out.
- Not even trying.
I destroyed all of my research.
This, this right here.
This is the only thing keeping us alive right now.
My last three years of training are now meaningless.
My next two years of experimentation are gone.
You of all people should know
how much this work means to me,
and I gave it all up to try and save him.
What the hell have you done, Zoe?
What have you done?
- How do we know if there's enough oxygen up there?
- We don't, but we're out of options.
So these are what we used to climb the tethers.
Clamp it on, get some leverage.
You have to keep pressure
on the handle as you're pulling up
otherwise it'll just slide down.
You wanna try it?
I know it's I know it's counterintuitive
but you have to lift this leg with this arm.
Right side, then, yeah.
You're gonna be feeling less and less gravity
the closer you get to the solar panels.
So when you climb the tethers,
it'll get easier the higher you go, okay?
- Okay.
- It's okay, it' okay, it's okay, you're okay.
Just start over, let's reset, let's start over, we got it?
- I got it, I got.
- Yeah, do you want to just reset?
- No.
Fuck. - are you okay?
- Yeah, I'm good, I'm good.
- Commander,
I understand that your duty is to protect your crew
and the risks that you've taken by giving Micheal more time.
We were all put in this situation.
We have to be willing to expand more than just resources.
I know that climbing the tether puts us at risk but,
I think we should put ourselves at risk.
I wouldn't be able to live with myself
if I didn't try everything I could to save his life,
and David,
I need you to help me.
Michael, can't be the one that called me tether, he tried.
- What do you mean? - Michael knows.
David, I'm-- - I'll do it.
- What you'll do it just like that?
- We need enough oxygen for two.
- Once you're out there, you'll need to tap the LOX tank
and transfer as much as you can into the canister.
You're not gonna know how much is in there
until you connect the gauge.
Each of the canisters holds enough for one person,
so obviously the hope is that there'll be enough for two.
Now when you pierce the tank,
the connection's not gonna be perfect.
So make sure any oxygen that's leaking out
is pointed towards the back.
Guys, listen.
You two, never trained for anything
with this much complexity.
So keep your cool, over-communicate and take your time.
Do not rush.
- Michael.
- I want you to know that I...
- It's okay.
We're good.
EV1, comm check.
- Comm check.
EV2 comm check.
- Good check.
Good.
You're gonna be feeling full gravity on the roof.
A little over 200 meters to the of panels,
but the higher you go, the less gravity you'll feel.
- Roger.
- Do not touch the tether
with the clamps is carrying the power down
from the solar panels.
Loud and clear.
Don't climb the power tethers.
- Wow, the spinning is so much worse out here.
- You gonna be okay?
- Yeah, yeah, I'll just focus on the tether.
Hold on, Zo.
I need a break.
Status check.
- We're good.
It's starting to get easier, theoretically.
- Speak for yourself.
- Try not to use your upper body so much, okay?
- Okay.
MTS.
We have reached the half way point.
Copy EV2, you're coming into view.
Just take your time.
Take it really easy.
It's critical to stay away from the photovoltaic panels.
We could lose power to the entire ship, permanently.
- Roger.
I'm good, David are you ready?
- Ready.
Just let go, I'll pull you in.
You all good.
- I'm good.
MTS, we're headed down to the Kingfisher now.
- Copy that.
Okay, hook yourselves back in,
before you're moving too fast.
- MTS, we're on the Kingfisher.
Great, great to hear it, EV1.
- One, two, three.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, you're good.
- Okay, I'm heading down to the Kingfisher now.
- You got this, Zo.
You all right, Zo?
- Fine.
I'm fine, I'm fine.
- Okay
- All right, I'm inside.
You're looking for
the liquid oxygen pipe towards the back.
- I see it.
Great, I will lead you every step.
- Tapping into the line now.
Copy.
- Okay, connection's in.
Okay, how good is the seal?
- It's definitely not 100%.
It's hard to tell how much we're losing by sight.
Let's just lose as little as possible.
- Roger, I'm ready to check how much oxygen
we've got up here.
We're at 250.
We have enough to fill up at least one cylinder.
Copy that, good so far.
- Come on.
we've more that enough oxygen up here.
It's climbing.
Oh, fuck an A
- Yes. - Still climbing.
- Okay, stay focused,
we've gotta get these cylinders filled.
David, send the first one down.
- Copy, coming down.
On the way.
You enjoying the view up there, David?
- Not funny, Zoe.
First cylinder's full.
I'm uncoupling it now.
Still plenty of oxygen left in the big tank.
- Ready when you're.
Coming out.
- Okay.
MTS, we have the first cylinder.
Great, copy that.
Second cylinder is on its way.
- How's going in there Zoe?
- The tank's still leaking, but it's all good.
Second canister filling up.
what's going on?
- We're getting a solar storm warning, abort, EV1.
Abort EV2.
- Oh God.
How much time do we have?
20 ius.
- Zoe, come on let's go.
- No, we can't just leave this here.
This is the oxygen for Micheal.
- We don't have much time,
you're gonna have to leave it.
It's a coronal mass ejection.
The radiation is just gonna be deadly.
You need to head back in now.
Zoe, come on.
Zoe. - I'm coming.
- Come on, Zoe we gotta go.
- I'm out, I'm climbing.
- Oh Jesus.
Let me clip you in. - All right.
Thank you. - Okay, I'm headed up.
- Zoe, David, status check.
- We're about a quarter of the way back to the MTS.
- I'm dying here, Zo.
- It's gonna start getting easier, come one.
Eight minutes to go.
- Micheal. - Yeah.
- Close the shutters. - Got it.
- Stay back there.
How far are you two.
- About to cross the solar array.
- Go ahead.
I'll be right behind you.
- Oh shit.
Zoe,
Zoe, can you hear me?
- I can't slow down.
Clip back into the tether.
Zoe, you're moving too fast.
Clip back in. - I can't, I can't.
- Zoe.
- David, David, it's gone.
David, it's gone.
- Come one, let's go, let's go, I got you.
Try get up.
Okay.
Let's go.
Look,
we've still got a full tank leaking up there.
We're gonna lose it.
If we can get to it
the three of us can still make it.
Right now the storm is lethal out there.
Maybe we can wait it out.
How long is the storm gonna last?
- Hours.
- I can go.
- Micheal.
Why do you wanna mate?
You don't have the trainings.
- If you don't make it back, one of us dies too.
- I'm willing. - I'll go.
I can do it.
Yeah,
I can do this.
- Wait. - David,
I can't let you do this.
So make it back home.
Go have a kid and send them to Yale, okay?
- Wait Zoe, I...
- No, Zoe, I'm sorry.
- I know, I know.
- I wish I could do it. - I know.
I know.
I applied to the HARP program
because I thought it would be a funny story
to get rejected by Hyperion.
But now I realize that this one of those rare opportunities
that could truly give my life meaning
beyond anything I could imagine.