Mission To Mars Page #2

- Very mature.

- You read every damn

science fiction book I did,

and you're just not man enough to wear

jewellery, that's all there is to that.

- Yeah.

- You know you want Flashy.

Ain't gettin' him!

Maggie would have loved to see

you two clowns just one more time.

I'm gonna go

and get a beer.

I don't know, Woodrow.

I think it's about time

you donated this baby to the museum.

- Internal combustion, boys.

Accept no substitutes.

Jim, listen.

If there's, um...

If there's anything Terri and I can do,

you call us, all right?

- I'm okay. Really. Thanks.

- All right. Luke.

- Yeah?

- I'll see you when I get to Mars.

Listen, don't solve all

the mysteries of the universe.

- Leave a little something

for the next guys.

- I'm not promising anything.

- Just bring some expensive beer.

- All right.

Will do. Godspeed.

Thanks, buddy.

It should've been

your mission, Jim.

Yours and Maggie's.

Nobody ever wanted Mars the way

you two did, not even Woody.

You two were 12 years training for

this thing, hoping for this assignment.

Well, that's...

that's all over now.

If Maggie hadn't gotten sick,

if you hadn't pulled yourself...

- out of the rotation

to take care of her, you...

- Luke...

No, Jim. Wait a minute.

I wanna say this.

Look, I wanted

this assignment, all right?

But not like this, Jim.

I would give all of this up in a second

if it would bring Maggie back to us.

I know that.

Look, all the years of training

and planning for this mission

have been a privilege.

Mars is yours now.

Go get it.

I will.

You take care

of yourself, Jim.

You too, buddy.

Okay.

I'll see you

when I get back.

Hey, Luke.

Have a great ride.

I always do.

Luke, you read me?

Here, Renee.

Luke, I just got ARES-8

on-line, and...

Well, we think you're gonna

want to see this for yourself.

Okay, copy that.

- Now, is this the cinder cone?

- No, it's too smooth.

- It's too angular.

Volcanic upwelling, maybe.

- No. No fissure, no caldera.

No, it's an upwelling for sure,

but maybe not volcanic.

Look at the color and how shiny it is.

That almost looks like...

It looks like ice.

- This far south?

- Impossible. You can't

have ice at this latitude.

I mean, not unless

there's, like, a...

Okay, how far away

is that?

Sixteen kilometers, northeast.

Take us 20 minutes to get there, chief.

We're gonna send a packet to Micker.

We're going out there.

- Keep working.

- Okay.

Careful. Watch your step.

- Is it possible to take picture?

- Oh, picture.

- Here we go.

- Let's have a picture.

Say, "Cheese."

This is a truly anomalous formation.

It's unlike anything

ever seen so far.

The structure appears

to be crystalline,

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