To the Core and Back Page #2

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- How do birds navigate?

- [woman] By sight?

- No, no, no, the long range stuff.

- [woman] Magnetic fields.

Little ions in their brains align

with the magnetic field of the Earth.

- Yeah, what she said.

- Right?

Acker. Hit the Net, do a search for,

oh, two years ought to do it.

Any and all, like, "weird news,"

you know, bizarre animal migrations,

specifically birds.

Whale and dolphin beachings.

Uh, unusual atmospheric phenomenon,

unexplained plane crashes,

- you know, just use your imagination.

- That is a huge search.

You can use our T-1 line to look up

Sailor Moon crap. You're up to this.

Danni, Danni, get me the brightest kids

from the Field Theory class

and design a computer model

of an electromagnetic field.

- What are we doing?

- I need a 3-D computer model

- of the Earth to lay the field over.

- Whoa, the planet Earth?

Yeah, the planet Earth.

You know, the pretty blue one.

Map out the anomalies that Acker finds

and grunt out the equations.

And... grab those smelly kids

from the Non-Linear Diff class, too.

Listen, Josh, do we even

have time for this?

Do this and I'll sign

your doctorates blindfolded.

- [Danni] Blindfolded?

- Blindfolded. Do not pass Go.

Go directly to PhD.

Be wrong. Be wrong.

[typing on keyboard]

Tim, I'm coming in a little hot.

Give me some drag, will you?

Roger that.

[clears throat]

We are in attitude and ready

for entry interface.

Nice work, Major.

I have the controls now for E.l.

I could take us in.

You could... but you won't.

- I'm ready for this, Bob.

- Oh, no, you're not, Beck.

You're trained, and you're certified.

Doesn't make you the commander.

And the commander lands the bird.

You got to be the youngest person

ever in space. You should say,

thank you, be happy. Now.

[man] Endeavour, Houston, at this time

we show you go for re-entry.

[Beck] Houston, Endeavour descending

through 400,000 feet

- coming upon entry interface.

- Endeavour, this is Flight.

Weren't able to annoy the commander

into letting you bring her in this time?

That's a negative, Stick. I'll

have to be more annoying next time.

- Is that even possible?

- [laughs]

[man] Endeavour, we see you

in good entry config.

[Beck] Roger, Houston.

[Tim] Advise.

[Bob] I'm seeing

those plasma trails now.

- [Tim] All right, mark 24 and a 1/2.

- [Bob] So, a minute to air.

[Beck] I don't believe in be/ts.

Just get me through the Earth's

atmosphere in this spaceship.

- [beeping]

- Com dropout.

- [Tim] Start the I Com.

- [Bob] Let's wait till the, uh...

Com restored.

[alarm beeping]

- [chattering]

- Quiet!

We are out of position here.

Guidance shows us on energy

and on course.

Well, I've made this approach

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