Species II

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Houston, this is Excursion.

We see a good

orbit-insertion burn. Over.

Excursion, this is Houston.

We copy and concur.

Good 0-1 burn.

Houston, can you confirm

good K. U. antenna coverage

for lander deploy?

INCO, this is the flight director.

How is our K. U.

for lander docking system release?

Flight, this is INCO.

We should have good K. U. coverage

all the way through L.D.S. release.

In fact, we're covered all the way

through the landing and air lock egress.

Houston, stack going

to minus Z-L-V.

Flight, Prop.

R.C.S. margins good.

Copy. Control systems

propellant quantities good.

Flight, EECOM.

Lander umbilicals dead-faced.

Copy. Lander on internalpower.

De-orbit burn TIG

in five, four...

three, two, one.

De-orbit burn in progress.

Flight, Rendezvous.

Excursion sep maneuver is nominal.

Lander, this is Houston.

We shownominal de-orbit.

Looks pretty good from this end.

The eagle has landed...

again.

Way to go! Yes!

Houston, we have touchdown

at M.E.T...

1 82 days, 1 1 hours,

53 minutes, 37 seconds.

Excursion, Houston.

You are go to reconfigure

nominal DAP, B-1.

Copy, Houston.

Selecting item 30.

I'm there.

Set P.E.T. countdown.

It's one hour

till party time, baby.

Commanding camera boom deployment.

Flight, E. V.A. Air lock

depressurization complete.

Hatch coming open.

Comm check on l.F.M. uplink.

Do you read?

We're with you, Patrick.

Houston, Excursion.

Deploying rover two.

We confirm rover two's telemetry

is go for deploy.

Excursion, this is Houston.

Are you receiving rover one's carrier

signal through the landers uplink?

That's affirm, Houston. We expect

excellent video from rover one.

Not for one nation...

not for one people...

not for one creed...

but for all humankind.

Patrick Ross,

son ofa senator, football star at Yale,

and now the first man on Mars.

A perfect hero

for these imperfect times.

Patrick, this is Excursion.

I need you to check rover two's

next drilling site for me.

Patrick, would you take a look

at yourprimary O-2...

andpower levels on your D.C.M.

Suit parameters all look good.

Structure around is loamy.

Loose topsoil is rock.

Drill bit shows signs ofwear and tear.

It'll last. One more area.

Sector 1 1 2, okay?

It might have been

a canal bed.

Eight years oftraining,

and I'm a Martian ditchdigger.

You have 1 hour, 30 minutes

surface time left.

And counting.

Final sample loaded.

Prepping for air lock ingress.

In a world beset by violence,

hunger and strife...

there are occasions

when mankind surpasses...

the pettystruggles

ofdaily existence.

The Excursion voyage to Mars

is one ofthose occasions.

TodayAmerica is proud.

I told them not to go!

Three, two, one...

Let's get you out of here.

Oh, my God.

It was incredible.

A tremendous achievement

that once again proves...

that if we can rise above

partisan politics...

America can climb to the heavens.

Thank you, Mr. President.

The credit goes to my crew.

Flyhome safe, son.

Ourprayers are with you and...

God bless you.

Thank you, Mr. President.

Flight, Nav. We'd like the crew

to take a star trackerpass...

andperform an l.M.U. alignment

before we update the state vector.

CAPCOM, let the crewknow Navigation

wants a fix on a starposition...

and alignment of

the interior moment unit...

before putting a new

state vector on board.

Houston, this is Excursion.

We have your new state vector on board.

Excursion, Houston. We copy you.

Have received the updated vector.

Coming up on TIG

for transfer orbit burn.

Copy.

Excursion, you are good to go.

Thanks, Huston.

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