The Last Push Page #2

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Now ping pong in space...

We're gonna be doing

experiments 24/7.

Not to mention

a lifetime of study.

Having to cram that

into just one year, so...

Yeah, but in our free time,

I will be in my space suit...

sitting on my porch, reading

from my pocket Shakespeare...

by the light of Jupiter

on the horizon.

Um, that sounds beautiful.

Thank you.

Well, I guess it's time

for us to go.

We have a lot of work to do

before we go to sleep.

Thank you for your

wonderful question.

Bye-bye.

Thank you, kids.

We'll see you guys in six years.

Nathan!

OMS thrusters check?

OMS thrusters... check.

Hey, pal, how we doing?

I am doing just fine.

This is Life One

to Mission Control.

There is a leak in the main

habitation chamber.

I sealed the capsule

and I'm suiting up.

I'll be out of communications

for... until further notice.

Nathan Miller is dead.

Life One out.

Life One,

this is Mission Control.

We received

your emergency beacon.

We're analyzing all of the data

pouring in right now.

As soon as we have some answers

for you, we'll get back to you.

Acknowledge receipt of this

message. Mission Control out.

Life One, this is Mission Control. We

have multiple failures of the hull...

in both the capsule and the habitation

module. We recommend suiting up...

This is

Life One to Mission Control.

There is a leak in the main

habitation chamber.

I've sealed the capsule

and am suiting up.

I'll be out of communications for

12 hours. That's great, you're on it.

We'll keep sending more

information as it comes in.

Mission Control out. FORRES Life One out.

This is Life One.

The main habitation

chamber is secure.

The hibernation

and reentry capsule... is...

I'm sorry, I don't know

who you are, um...

Can you find me Ben Elliot

or... Bob Jansen?

Would be great.

This is Life One out.

Space travel

is inherently dangerous.

There could always be a problem.

Let's say on the first leg,

heading towards Venus...

or on the second leg, going

from Venus back to Earth...

aborting the mission

would be relatively simple.

We'd just come home.

We'd actually be asleep at the time...

...so we probably wouldn't

know that there was a problem.

Of course, after we make that last push

around Earth and head towards Jupiter...

well, there's really

no going back.

Life One,

this is Mission Control.

We have Robert Jansen to come

in and talk to you face-to-face.

All right, great, thanks.

Michael?

It's Life One.

No, it's Michael,

and you're Adam and I'm Bob...

so let's cut the jargon.

Michael, hi, it looks like

the space craft...

was more than likely hit

by a micro-meteorite.

Information is coming in and we're doing our

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