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 Does Dan have to come?

Yes, of course Dan has to come. We’re checking the spectrometer at the Auggie-42 site, it’s a two-person mission. EXPLORE NASA’S SPACESUIT

Things. Outside.

I could do that. We did lots of missions together before Dan came.

Guard it? Against what? Dan, I think you should stay here, guard the habitat.

Alone on the Moon… ONE MAN was the only barrier between humanity… and the things outside…

Dan’s coming, RT.

SHOTGUN!

No, you have to be in the back.

I don’t like the back. I can’t see as well.

Well, that’s how the rover was designed. Why does Dan get the front? He just got here!

Later, Outside...

Oh! I wanna go see my friends!

RT, we’re about to leave.

VISIT THE LUNAR SURFACE

It won’t take long! I promise. I just want to say hi.

Fine. But don’t go far!


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 Battery is at peak.

Okay. Temperature monitoring system looks good…

BUILDING HABITATS

Those guys are so awesome.

They can build anything!

They’re making Dan his own, special habitat!

WHOA!

It’ll be ready by the time we get back!

Careful there, little buddy. Low gravity is tricky.

Dan doesn’t need his own habitat.

I meant to do that.

He does! Mission Control Very roomy. said! It’ll be much better, You won’t need Dan. You’re gonna love it. to come into our habitat…ever.

C’mon. We need to put you in your car seat.

Commander Callie Rodriguez, the first woman on the Moon, sets out on an important lunar mission... with her trusted robot, RT. And Mission Specialist Dan Patel… Who will soon be replaced by a LOVEABLE PANDA! That’s not happening.

By a loveable GIRAFFE!

Nope. An adorable GOPHER! I think he wants a pet…

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 Callie? I’m bored.

We’ll be there soon.

No. It’s going to take 84 minutes and 15 seconds...14 seconds...13... That’s not soon!

EXPLORE NASA’S SLS

Can we sing a song? “If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands!”

NO SINGING. I’m programmed to provide entertainment.

“If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands!!”

RT stop singing! I’m NOT Alexa! “If you’re happy and you know it... ...and you really want to...

...SHOW IT!”

RT! Please stop.

How did we get here anyway?

Fine.

VISIT NASA’S ORION CAPSULE

Uh…we’re following the route you mapped.

No, I mean HERE. The Moon.

You had your own, special We blasted off in the compartment Space Launch System, in the Orion Well, you remember? capsule. were there...

“Special compartment?!” “You stowed me in the bathroom! For two days!”


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 Well, we needed to save space.

I am still traumatized by that experience. Of course I remember it!

I mean, how did I GET HERE?

That’s not what I’m talking about.

How did I… come to be?

Has a robot ever asked that question before? Uh, I dunno…I don’t think so… “If you’re happy and you know it, CLAP YOUR HANDS!”

No singing!

Answer my question then.

“Well, I guess it all started in my dad’s auto shop…he’s who got me interested in building things…and going places…”

She’s back here with me!

She should if she’s my assistant.

A baby shouldn’t be back here!

Callie, what sound does a car make?

Callie? Where are you?

B-B-B-B-BB-R-O-O-OO-O-M!

See? That’s mechanical aptitude! She’s a genius!


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 Really? Callie, are you hungry?

B-B-B-B-BB-R-O-O-OO-O-M!

Mmm-hmm. I rest my case.

Besides, our baby girl is not going to be working on car engines.

Actually, my mom was wrong about that – I absolutely did end up working on car engines. And still do. I just had other interests, too… How fascinating.

When did I come into the picture?

I’m getting there!

You can’t always have your head up in the clouds.

Callie, you’ve got to watch where you’re going, honey.

But it’s a full Moon!

Where’s little Miss Callie?

I don’t know, but she shouldn’t be hard to find. Just follow the trail.

Looks like our girl found a new hobby.

You mean making a complete mess of the apartment?! Look how beautiful the Moon is! I wanna go! To do that you have to be an astronaut.

Then that’s what I’m gonna be!


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 C’mon honey, you’ve been in there for hours!

I’m VaraBeana Terra Nova!

Almost ready!

Who?

Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space. We looked it up on the Internet.

Trick or treat!

And what’s that behind you?

That’s my space robot!

Copy that, mission control!

Look at you! ¡Que linda! My space robot wants some candy too, please! How can I say no?

Muchas gracias and Happy Halloween!

He needs a name.

Who?

My space robot. And he should talk. And I want to fly to the Moon one day.

This may be the sugar doing the talking… Nuh-uh. Okay, then, do you know how we get you there? Build a rocket? Hey, I’m good, but I’m not that good. ...By seeing how other people did it. Follow in their footsteps. With hard work and a little luck, you can go anywhere.

Even the Moon.


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 That’s because we’re looking at the older missions, honey. Times have changed.

Mija, what’s the matter?

None of the astronauts look like us.

Here, look at these. The new astronaut classes have far more women and people of color in them than before. When your mom and I were growing up, ...how we looked on the outside might have been an obstacle.

But today, who you ARE is your superpower.

And even on the Moon… it was all about her… What?

I’m sorry, I’m confused. I thought we were talking about how I got here.

We ARE. Just be patient. But you have to believe that on the inside... ...here en tu corazón, for it to work.

Is sarcasm common with robots? Is that a thing? No. Maybe I should change his programming.


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 So, is that when you knew you wanted to be an astronaut?

Oh, no. For the longest time I thought I was going to be a pro soccer player…or a racecar driver…or both!

What’s your next move?

Goooooooaaaaaaaaal!!!!!

That’s easy. Replace the carb. Not so fast. The sensor could be bad. Always check that first. Being a good mechanic is just as much about NOT fixing the things that don’t need repair…


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 How you doing, mija?

Not good. Why won’t the coach play me?

Well, I guess he’s not sure what you can do.

But I’m good!

I know, mija, I know. So I guess you’ll have to show him.

How? If he even puts me in, it’s just at the last minute, in the backfield. I never even get the ball. Let me tell you something I’ve learned:

If you want to prove you can do something, sometimes you have to just DO it, and show the world.

¿Entiendes?

No.


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 Goooooooaaaaaaaaal!!!!! Do you understand me now?

¡Sí, papá!


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 Wait. What is she-? Callie!!

Gooooooooaaaaaaaalll!!!

“I was pretty sure I was going to go pro after that.” “But then Ms. Hernández happened…”


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 You know I’m here to help you do your best, right?

Okay…

Is everything okay, Callie?

You finished so early. I think so, Ms. Hernández.

Later...

I’m Callie’s math teacher.

You must be Callie Rodriguez’s dad.

I am. How can I help you?

Hmm, okay. Is there something wrong? I tell her to make sure she does all her homework-

No, she’s doing fine. Better than fine.

In fact, I think my class may be too easy for her.

Too easy?!

She needs to be more challenged.

There’s a special STEM program in the district that Callie should be a part of.

And based on the doodles I keep seeing on her homework, I also think Callie should go to Space Camp.

Space Camp? We can’t afford--

Please, leave that to me. There’s a scholarship program. I think she has a real shot…

AN ASTRONAUT’S STORY


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 “One thing I learned at Space Camp: exploration is in our DNA. And that’s when I truly decided I wanted to be an astronaut.”

“To help me reach my goal, Ms. Hernández recommended me for a magnet junior high for math and science.”

“I had to take a bus there, and didn’t know anyone, but I was excited.”

“I just didn’t realize how tough it was going to be…”


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 I’d like everyone’s attention. Today we have a new classmate joining us. Welcome Callista. And please, take a seat.

Any questions?

$%^&*^&*

Evidently this was a tough test for some…

Good. We’re having a quiz on this section next week.


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 What’s going on?

I’m not smart enough for this program. The truth is, I’m lost half the time. And that feels uncomfortable…

I got a “D” on a test, papa, a “D”. That’s almost an “F”!

It doesn’t feel very good.

You haven’t. But let me tell you a little secret: the harder you study, the smarter you’ll get.

And if you look in the mirror and feel you’ve done the best you can do, that’s all we can ask.

Now, lemme see if I can help…

...Yeah, that would be a hard no.

If you never fail, then you’re not reaching high enough. Okay, mija?

This is waaaay over my head.

Okay.

I’m so sorry I disappointed you.

Mine, too, I’m afraid.


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 We have a science fair coming up. I could use your help.

I don’t think they’re going to allow parents to--

You wouldn’t be helping, technically.

You’d just be making sure I don’t burn the shop down.

It can go in reverse too. All you have to do is press this button.

Impressive. You made this yourself?

It was all her idea.

And what do you call this… contraption?

Umm…good question. Lemme think…

…and first place goes to…Callie Rodriguez and her used-car-partsrobot-guy!


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 We’ll need to figure out a name…

All his life, he’d wondered where he came from…WHO he really was…and then he learned…he was just a CAR.

You’re not a car.

You just said I was a car. I’m made of car parts.

VISIT A LUNAR CRATER

You were then. Not now, obviously. But basically, I was your first car.

There it goes! Send! The very last college application…

Well, not exactly….

That was a lot of essays. You did it!

I can’t believe I’m done.

Congratulations. Oh and be sure to go to daddy’s shop, he has something to show you.


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 Mom said you wanted to show me something?

I do. Follow me.

What do you think?

What do I think? It’s a ’72 Mustang. It’s beautiful. Whose is it?

I’ve been working on it for about a year. It’s yours now.

We’re not giving you this for what you did, mija. We’re giving it to you for the type of person you are. But I haven’t done anything, or gotten in anywhere yet.

“I LOVED that car… and my dad loved seeing me drive it.”

“He was so proud. Everything was going so great, falling into place…”


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 MONTHS Later...

Hey mom, what’s up?

Honey, you need to come home. As soon as possible.

Something terrible has happened…

“When I got home, my mom told me that my dad had passed away from a sudden heart attack.”

“One minute he was there, the next minute he was gone…”

“Life in general became a lot less sweet…”


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 “For a long time after my dad died, I didn’t care about anything. Not school, not soccer. Not even my dream of becoming an astronaut.”

“But I finally realized what would have upset my dad the most was if I gave up. So I couldn’t. But now that he was gone, I also needed to help my mom.”

Congratulations, baby! UCLA was your number one pick! Your father would be so proud.

And it’s close to home. I can come back on the weekends. I want to help you out in the shop.

Where do you want to go?

Florida A&M. I know. But it’s not my top pick anymore.

What? Why? I mean, it’s a school, but-It’s where you went.

I’ll be fine. Well, yeah. But you got into--

I know, mom. But my mind’s made up...


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 On the Moon...

Your dad sounds like he was an amazing person.

He was. He’s a big part of why I’m here.

I wish I’d gotten to meet him.

He would have loved that. You’re named after him, you know.

That event… is not in my memory.

Well, that’s because you didn’t have a memory when that happened… DRILLING ON THE MOON

Florida A&M...

That robot is so cool! Does it have a name?

I never officially named him. But you know what? From now on, his name is R-T.

Short for Arturo, my dad’s name.

But I still couldn’t talk?

No, my ill-advised decision to give you the power of speech came later. “And that’s when you got your name!”

Callie? Lunar Outpost Command here. Got a couple of things to go over.


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 Inside the Lunar Outpost...

EXPLORE NASA’S LUNAR OUTPOST

We have a PUFFER in trouble out by the lava tunnel site. They’ve been doing 3D imaging of the tunnel from above, but one of them got its wheel stuck. Mission Control wants you to go check it out.

How far is it? About 10 kilometers to your north, 25 minutes from where you are. Sending you coordinates now.

That’ll put us farther out from Base. Agreed, but we We’ll be getting eyes on it shortly, will need that little guy operational. send you images as soon as we do.

We also want to hear the rest of RT’s story, how he became the RT we all know and love.

Roger that.

Really? Okay, you asked for it... I ended up getting my bachelors and masters at Florida A&M, which was pretty awesome...


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 “And it let me stay close to my mom…”

“I had lots of offers and could have made much more money doing something else.”

IN THE CLASSROOM...

“But I wanted to make a difference for kids like me…I wanted them to know what was possible.”

“I knew I could pursue a corporate job. And I thought the reason I was putting it off was that I wasn’t ready. But then my mom reminded me of something I’d forgotten about…”

You could apply now.

You know, it’s been two years since you received your graduate degree. You’ve had two years of experience in the field.

To what?


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 To become an astronaut! Why not? You still want to be one, don’t you?

Who wouldn’t? But that was a kid’s dream. I’m an adult now. Besides, the chances of getting picked are between slim and none.

If hard things were easy, then anyone could do them.

You sound like dad.

What he said then is still true today. But don’t do it for him. If you’re going to do it, do it for yourself.

A child’s dream is every bit as real as an adult’s… Oh, and look what I found when I was cleaning out your room…

It’s still just as beautiful…


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 Lunar Outpost...

Did you get in on your first try?

ASTRONAUT REQUIREMENTS

Nope.

Not on the first try, or the second. Or the third or the fourth, for that matter.

So what did you do?

“I remembered what my dad told me when I was a kid, first looking into being an astronaut.”

“He said I should ‘follow in their footsteps’.”

“So I figured out what made the other astronauts stand out” Konnichi wa.

Hello: “Konnichi wa.”

“and did exactly that…”


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 But because I couldn’t just endlessly wait for NASA to figure out how awesome I was…I decided to go back to school.

That’s where you come in.

ROBOT EXPLORERS

MIT...

“We wanted to show how A|* could be used to help elementary school kids who were struggling with particular subjects.”

“I became part of a brilliant research team.”

“With A| everyone can have a tutor.”

“Then we got an opportunity to show off what we could do at a competition at the university.”

“But we just weren’t getting the results we wanted.”

We’ve got images of the downed PUFFER, Callie.

Sending to you now.

“You were…having trouble coming up with the right answers.”
 * Artificial |ntelligence

“That was clearly your fault. You were the one trying to get a car to talk.”

Got them.


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 Roger that. You’re passing the skylight opening now, and should be at the PUFFER’s location soon.

LAVA TUNNELS

By the way, we’re all having a problem believing there was ever a time when RT didn’t have all the answers…

Oh, there certainly was. But I had an idea on how to fix it…

Back at MIT...

We could let the algorithm learn unsupervised. What?

We could just open the search parameters, and let it load as much data as it finds before tomorrow, without supervising what it gets…

You might lose all the data you’ve loaded already.

...maybe it’ll load enough to get more right answers.

That’s not a good idea.

Besides, there isn’t time to do all the coding to change it.


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 Callie, sometimes you just need to accept that your approach didn’t work, and start over. That’s how science works.

“But I didn’t want to start over.” “I thought it COULD work.”

Wait a minute. I got it!

Goooooaaaaal!

What?

Sometimes, you have to just DO IT, and show the world! Okaaay…

Do it? He said no.

Later...

Well…not really. He said he didn’t think it was a good idea. He didn’t say we couldn’t do it.

Besides, he’s our ADVISOR.

The decision is up to us. It’s our team. I’ll take full responsibility, okay? It’s my idea. I’ll take the blame if it doesn’t work…

C’mon. You can learn fast. I know you can…


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 We’re supposed to take a test on Antarctica, RT. How big is Antarctica anyway?

In a film like no other…in Antarctica!

Antarctica? Antarctica!...NOW! A young boy…on an island! In a small town!

...A heartwarming comedy...about family…

What’s happening? Why is it doing that?

…and REVENGE…

There was SOMETHING in the basement…In Antarctica!

DON’T GO IN THE CLOSET! Um…we let it go online. Unsupervised. I know you said it wasn’t a good idea, but we did.

DON’T OPEN THE DOOR!

AND DON’T ANSWER THE PHONE!

And, I dunno, sounds like it must’ve found YouTube…

This summer…in Antarctica! An enormous python…who just couldn’t fit in…in a wacky comedy…about LOVE! And a perfect killing machine…growing up!…and true friends...in ANTARCTICA!

GOOOOOOOALL!

Yeah, no. Not a goal. My professor was NOT pleased. He actually took me off his other research teams.


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 “After that, my prospects at the university didn’t look so great. I was feeling pretty unsure about things, honestly.”

“But then, oddly enough, I got my first NASA interview request.” “I was ridiculously nervous.”

“And, um, I talk too much when I’m nervous.”

“So when they asked how my research was going...” “...I ended up telling them what happened with the presentation.”

Wait, what? It talks in movie trailers?

Well, yeah. Kind of.

So let me get this straight:

You decided not to take the advice of your faculty advisor?

Right, we didn’t. I didn’t.

A few weeks later...

But if you had followed his advice, this wouldn’t have happened. Your robot, RT, would not be talking in movie trailers? Um, right. Probably not.

Hm. “I thought for sure I’d blown it.”

“But I guess that’s what made them give me a second interview.”


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 “They wanted to know more about my goals, and what I hoped to accomplish if I made it to the Moon.”

“But mostly, they wanted to talk to you…” So, he responds coherently to queries now?

Well, mostly. And we can ask whatever we want? Callie?

Um, yep.

Yes. Well, RT, what do you think? Should Callie be selected as an astronaut candidate?

She was a small town waitress… A single mother…

No. Noo...

...And a lethal assassin! This summer! RT.

She was a small girl… with a big dream… …and a terrible secret!

This fall! This CHRISTMAS!


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 She’s back! They’re back! YOU’LL BE BACK! On an asteroid, hurtling towards Earth!

Oh. That’s interesting. He’s combining data from the trailers toUm, I guess there were a lot of asteroid movies. Anyway, maybe we should--

One man! Two men. Three WOMEN! WACKY SCIENTISTS!

They always had each other’s backs... until one turned up DEAD...On an asteroid...hurtling towards Earth!

CALLIE!

They just wanted to have a good time…but THERE WAS NO TIME LEFT! Because their WORST NIGHTMARE…was coming to visit!

Cryogenically Frozen...genetically altered.…MORE THAN HUMAN! Yeah, none of that’s really-...and SHE WON’T TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER!

Buckle up! SADDLE UP! AND PUT THE PEDAL TO THE METAL! As a team of lovable oddballs… ...with just one chance for survival… find LAUGHTER! And heartbreak…

...true love…and SANTA!

On an asteroid...

YIPPIEKI-YAY!

...hurtling towards Earth!

Santa?

Okay. Thanks for coming in.


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 LUNAR OUTPOST...

She thought it was OVER…

But after that is when I got the call.

So yeah, that didn’t go so great. I figured it was over.

But then she got THE CALL!

I did. And you were there!

VISIT A LUNAR OUTPOST

MONtHS LATER... “So basically, I’m the reason you’re an astronaut?”

Callie, you threw our whole schedule off up here, we’ve all just been listening to you!

“I already knew that, but nice to have you confirm it.”

RT will probably end up with even MORE Twitter followers once that story gets out.

“Well, something like that. They figured you’d eventually learn how to answer a question coherently.”

“Sadly, we’re still waiting for that day.”

“Hey!”

By the way, you’re just about to come up on the first PUFFER.


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 Spot! Hey, Spot! Here, boy!!

Spot? He names all the PUFFERS…

Good, boy!!! Now, where’s Daisy?

Mission Control on Earth:

Urgent alert, Lunar Team! There was just a massive solar flare. Unpredicted. Heavy solar winds are already heading your way.

Aw. Must’ve lost its balance.

One MAN! One WOMAN! Saving the planet, one PUFFER at a time… Oh no. It’s happening to you, too.

We need you back to Base immediately.

Copy that. E.T.A.? SPACE WEATHER

Lunar outpost...

Radiation levels will become unsafe in approximately 38 minutes.

We’re farther from Base than planned. We can’t make it back that quickly.

If you disable the speed governor on the rover, and maintain 46 kilometers per hour, you can. That’s twice normal speed. But any delays will leave you exposed. And if there’s an accident--

...There’s no one to come get us. Other options? Any shelter at the second drill site?

No. You need to get going.


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 What about the lava tunnel?

We haven’t even sent a probe down there yet.

But we’ve already got 3D images from the PUFFERS.

We know what it looks like inside. And we’d be safe there. Yes, but we’d still need to get you down. It’s a vertical drop, almost 50 meters.

Right. Guess we’re driving-Wait. The winch!

On the rover. You could use it to lower yourselves.

Callie, the consensus is sheltering in the tunnel could be a better solution.

Mission Control, I think that could work. Copy that. We’ll evaluate.

I’m in. You’re on the ground, it’s your call. But either option presents risks.

Uh oh. This thing is completely dead.

LUNAR ROVERS

Could it be dust? Gets in everything.

Could be…or just a sensor telling the engine to shut off because it thinks there’s too much radiation.

Like this one!

And you, little robot man, have a very big brain…


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 Toby of his repose, as the very eye, at which he was lookingit was not, Madam, a rolling eyea romping or a wanton one—nor was it an eye sparkling—petulant or imperious—of high claims and terrifying exactions, which would have curdled at once that milk of human nature, of which my uncle Toby was made upbut 'twas an eye full of gentle salutationsand soft responsesspeakingnot like the trumpet stop of some ill-made organ, in which many an eye I talk to, holds coarse conversebut whispering softlike the last low accents of an expiring saint"How can you live comfortless, captain Shandy, and alone, without a bosom to lean your head onor trust your cares to?"


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 We’ve got power! How did you--??

Try her now.

A lesson a proud mechanic’s daughter learned when she was a kid…Let’s jam!

I can go down and get a visual before you descend to make sure the floor is safe.

Go. But carefully, RT. No barrel rolls…

The tunnel floor is flat, no hazards. And the geology is stable.

Dan, I’ll lower you, then I’ll program the winch to lower me automatically afterwards.

We can activate it remotely to pull us back up after the storm passes.

We’re estimating 22 minutes before the flare hits. Roger that.

Lean back, push off, and trust the cable.

I’ll go slow. Tell me if I need to adjust the pace.


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 Hello, Astronaut Dan!

Enjoying your trip?

I shall accompany you…

On the surface... I’m baaaaack…

Okay! At the bottom now!

You can pull it back up! It’s awesome down here, by the way!

Lunar Outpost, I’m descending into the tunnel now. What’s the ETA on the flare?

You’ve got about 8 minutes until it gets to you. Oh good. Plenty of time.

Good luck, Callie. We will keep you apprised of radiation levels on the surface.

Ready?

Here goes. Okay, descent is underway.


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 Hey, whatcha doing? Hanging out?

Just hanging around? You kind of left me hanging up there. I’ve literally got an endless supply of puns, you know. Hey, watch this. I look like a seal.

Lovely.

Wish you had a jet pack now, dontcha?

Don’t rub it in.

You know, Astronaut Dan really likes it down in the lava tunnel.

Callie. Be advised, we’re getting a lot of...

Maybe he should stay here, and we can go back to the Habitat.

I can hear you, you know. RT? RT, what’s happening?!

That’s the idea.

Lunar Outpost-- something’s going on. The descent stopped. I’m no longer moving. I’m just--Dan? You there? I’m about halfway down, but the cable stopped. I don’t know what’s…Dan? Hello?! Mission Control! This is Rodriguez! Are you receiving?! Lunar Outpost? Dan?! Hello? Is anyone there?


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 It was an eye

But I shall be in love with it myself, if I say another word about it.

It did my uncle Toby's business.

is nothing shews the characters of my father and my uncle Toby, in a more entertaining light, than their different manner of deportment, under the same accident—for I call not love a misfortune, from a persuasion, that a man's heart is ever the better for it—Great God! what must my uncle Toby's have been, when 'twas all benignity without it.


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 296 Since his return from Rome he has written to his diocese that the conflicts of the Church are not like those of the world.

These assertions of Dupanloup as to his unvarying faith may possibly explain why a distinguished fellow-countryman and head of the French Government could describe him in such terms as these: "everything about him indicates the irresistible dominion of impressions. So convinced is he of being in the right that he fails to be accurate to his demonstrations. He is a most imperious advocate of liberty, and always under the influence of preconceptions."

3. Gratry may be taken next: Gratry—whose famous four letters had focussed in brilliant light the difficulties, the contradictions, the adverse facts, the ignorant methods, the falsified documents. Men wondered what steps the former priest of the Oratory would now take; now that the thing that he feared had come to pass, and the incredible was decreed. Gratry had endured much mental agony. "His own peace would certainly have been better insured," says his biographer, "had he not been interrupted in that later contemplative study of Christian philosophy by which he hoped to do somewhat to make his fellowmen less unhappy, less unfit. But he was urged as a matter of conscience to enter the turmoil of polemical strife, a strife more cruel to one who retained his childlike simplicity, his love of truth, and his boundless charity, to the last hour of life."

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The Archbishop sent a kindly reply to the effect that he had never doubted Gratry's docility.

But how about the facts of history? Gratry effaced his interpretation; but he could not cancel the facts. How abandon his former convictions? That is precisely what Gratry's colleagues required him to explain. An explanation, therefore, he attempted to give. To those who reproved him for accepting without reservation the Council's decrees, he explains that, before the Decision, he argued in accordance with his conscience and his right; since the Decision, he had not said a word.

"Since the Decision, and immediately after it, I had two interviews with my Archbishop, Mgr. Darboy. We were agreed both in words and in faith. He granted me my position in the Church of Paris, and my office of Professor of Theology at the Sorbonne. I was therefore at unity with my Bishop. That was obvious. It continued for nearly a year. Therefore, strictly speaking, no one has any right to question me; not even


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 not an investment, but an extravagance. The cost of its construction must fall on the colony, alike in money and the distraction, from ordinary trade, of the local labour supply. In both countries the cost of a railway out there is necessarily great. I hastily beg to observe I am not aiming at a rivalry with Martin Tupper in saying this, but am only driven to it by so many people in their haste saying "Oh, for goodness gracious sake! let the Government make a railway anywhere; it's done little enough for us, and any railway is better than none."

There has been considerable difficulty over the Gold Coast Railway already, though it is only just now entering on the phase of actual existence. Surveys have been made for it in all directions. Surveys are expensive things out there. But the general idea the Government gave the Chambers of Commerce was that, at any rate, this railway was to run up into Ashanti, and be a great general trade artery for the Colony. The other day Manchester found out, quite unexpected like, that the Government whose affections Commerce had regarded as safely and properly set on the hinterland trade was off, if you please, flirting round the corner with a group of gold mines at Tarquah, and intended, nay, was even then proceeding with the undertaking of running the one and only Gold Coast railway just up to Tarquah, and no further, until this section paid. Manchester, very properly shocked at this fickleness in the Government and its heartless abandonment of the hinterland trade, said things, interesting and excited things, in its Guardian; but, beyond illustrating the truth of the old adage that it's "well to be off with the old love before you are on with the new," things of no avail.

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 298 Mgr. Darboy's successor. To require of me a public declaration would seem like revising the acts of his glorious predecessor and martyr for the faith. It is for this last reason most of all that those among my friends who urged me most to publish some declaration surprised and saddened me. I have constantly answered them that I have nothing to say, and nothing to write upon this subject."

But, on reflecting that there was no necessity to cling tenaciously to strict rights, if an assurance would remove his brethren's anxiety, Gratry wrote to his new Archbishop a letter of submission. That, he says, was easy. What would not have been easy was to say:—

If they object that this was not an Ecumenical Council since it was not free, Gratry replies that he is unable to deny its validity, and therefore he must submit to its decisions. Then, Gratry asks himself, what the great historic luminaries of the Church of France, Fénelon and Bossuet, would have done under the circumstances. Had Montalembert survived, he would certainly have submitted, as his own words prove: resolved, come what may, and cost what it may, never to transgress the inviolable limits of unity. But what of Gratry's letters? Strongly worded remonstrances had reached him on this. How could he cancel his letters and their unanswerable demonstrations? how contradict himself? how overthrow truths which he has firmly established, and re-establish the falsehoods which he has overthrown? To this difficult enquiry Gratry's answer was:—


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A distinguished Bishop, strongly opposed to the contents of the letters, had been advising him that he could maintain a considerable portion of his letters. All that was necessary was to cancel what contradicted the Decree.

Is it too much to say that this explanation is shorn of all the reasoning force and historic cogency of the famous letters? If words have any meaning, Gratry's entire conception of Honorius, and the attitude of the Councils towards him, left no room for the Vatican Dogma. The explanation reveals nothing so plainly as profound intellectual perplexity.

Gratry also wrote an explanatory letter to M. Legouve, a colleague in the French Academy.

This letter was not printed until 1907. And it appears that Gratry wrote still further explanations


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 300 which have not been published yet. A recently printed letter of Charles Perraud contains the following important postscript:—

But this document, without which the complete story of Gratry's submission cannot be told, has never been permitted to see the light. For whatever reason, Adolphe Perraud, Gratry's literary executor and biographer, withheld it from history.

But Gratry did not long survive the passing of the new Decree. "And," says his biographer, "most assuredly the trials of this period shortened his days."

Archbishop Kenrick of St Louis represented opposition in the American Church. During the Council he had warmly supported Dupanloup against American Ultramontanes.


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 where we left callie at the end of issue #1

Hello?! Mission Control! It's Callie!

Are you receiving?!

Lunar Outpost? Dan?!

Well, Callie, another milestone: the first astronaut to get stuck dangling in a lava tunnel...

Hello? Is anyone there?

"Were you scared?" 1


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 LUNAR HABITAT - five YEARS LATER

DOWNLINKS

I was. But one of the reasons we drill, drill, drill emergency situations is so if we’re ever in one, we automatically fall back on what we know.

Callie, can you hear me?

Copy that, Dan! Intercom’s been restored! That must mean the solar flare has moved past us.

So maybe other equipment is coming back online too. If we could just get the winch going again... I still can't connect to the rover. We’ll have to get it started manually. 2


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 Luckily, that’s when I came up with what can only be described as a brilliant plan.

Really? Pretty sure you were asleep.

I was just napping. I solve many problems while napping.

"Uh huh. Well, it’s true, you were the key to getting us out of there. I just needed a way to wake you up..."

There's RT! If I can get to him, then he can make it back up to the surface, plug in, and we’re back in business!

Sounds like a plan, except... how do we get to him??

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 If I could just swing a little closer...

Callie, you’re making me nervous right now.

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 OOOF!

Are you okay?

I'm fine. The cable's too short It won’t reach.

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 I know what you're thinking...

Well, I don’t have a better idea. Do you?

Our oxygen levels are down by more than 50%. We’ll run out before anybody else can make it out here.

Alright.

But let me at least get over there, so I’m under you. Just in case.

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 Made it! Now for a quick reboot and a lot of luck...

RT, do you know who I am? You don't? Callie, do you think you might have amnesia?

Okay, wiseguy. We don't have much time. I need you to restart the rover so I can power the winch remotely.

I'm on it!

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 This Tarquah railway is estimated to cost £5,000 per mile. It is to be financed by a loan, raised by the Crown Colony Agents, of £250,000. We have ample reason to believe that this £5,000 per mile will not represent one-third of its final cost from demonstrations by the Uganda, Congo Belge, and Senegal railways; more particularly are we so assured from the knowledge that the railway's construction will be in the hands of nominees of the Crown Agents, whose method of arranging for the construction of these railways is curious. They do not invite tenders for material or freight in the open market, and they do not give the taxed people in the country itself any opportunity for contracting for the supply of as much local material as possible—things it would be alike fair and business-like to do. Exceedingly curious, moreover, is the fact that the nominees of the Crown Agents' employers are not subject to the control of the local governmental authorities on the Coast, their sole connection with the affair apparently being confined to the passing of ordinances, as per instruction from the Colonial Office, authorising loans for the payment of the debt incurred by making the railway.

There is no doubt that any Gold Coast railway which is ever to pay even for its coal must run through a rich bit of the local gold reefs. Similarly, there is no doubt that the gold mines of the Gold Coast have been terribly kept back by lack of transport facilities for the machinery necessary to work them; but there is, nevertheless, evidently much that is unsound in the present railway scheme. If the charge for it, as some suggest, were to be thrown on the gold mines, it would be as heavy a charge as the old bad transport was, and they would be no less hampered. If, as is most likely, the charge for the railway

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 Rover started! And I’m happy to report that radiation levels are now normal on the surface.

SPACE WEATHER

Great, pick up Dan first. Then see if you can reestablish comms with Mission Control.

Okay Callie, connection restored.

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 Mission Control, do you copy?

Copy that, Commander! What is your status? Dan is already topside and I’m heading up... right now.

Mission Control, we are all on the surface now.

Ready to head back to base.

"And that’s how I single-handedly rescued Dan and Callie from the dark, dangerous lava tunnel. Of course, the nation was deeply grateful."

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 Which is why I was named NASA’s official Guardian Of Astronaut Teams!

Oh really? Some may say, the "G.O.A.T."...

Moving on...next question is from Michael!

Hi. Are you conducting any research on how Earth is being affected by climate change?

I'll give this one to our newest crew member, Meshaya Billy.

OPEN SCIENCE

Hi, Michael! Yes, we’re now doing some important research about Earth’s energy budget using datasets gathered through open science. This simulation shows how much energy from the Sun is absorbed by Earth and how much is reflected back into space.

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 We want this energy to be balanced that creates moderate temperatures and a stable climate.

My teacher says that you’re from the Choctaw community. What stories did you hear about the Moon growing up?

I heard many stories from my elders about the Moon! While you may have grown up hearing about “the man on the Moon,” I learned about the woman on the Moon, stirring a pot of traditional stew.

Did you always want to be an astronaut?

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 "Um, no. I wanted to be a helicopter pilot. When I was little, we were visiting family in Louisiana during a really bad storm,"

"I remember watching the Coast Guard rescue people from the Gulf."

"Those pilots were fearless. I knew right then, that’s what I wanted to do." 12


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 "I joined the Coast Guard, and did helicopter search and rescue for a few years." "Kids, Meshaya’s being a bit too modest.

Meshaya was awarded a medal for risking her own life to rescue the crew of a sinking freighter during a hurricane!"

After that I found out that NASA’s aeronautics directorate hires test pilots to fly new aviation tech. I was able to fly some amazing planes that have changed how we travel and here I am!

Yes, a member of my Artemis team - the greatest of all time! Okay next question.

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 Is NASA doing any projects with astronauts from other countries?

Oh, let’s have Martin take this one! He’s an astrophysicist visiting from the Canadian Space Agency.

Yes! We are working with NASA to finish construction on the next great observatory in space to enable more shared data and open science collaboration from scientists around the world.

We’re using multi-axle rovers, called M.A.R., to install the telescope dish made of thin wire mesh. It’s far too cold for us in the crater, but these little rovers will help us bring the Moon Radio Telescope online in the next few days.

SPACE TELESCOPES

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 I had wanted to—which I emphatically did not.

To pay for that plane I got the first job I ever had, the telephone company taking me on as unskilled labor. I was associated with the office boys at the back of the office, an association which I was told was one of the worst in the organization. We did things to the mail, opened it, sorted it, distributed it. I also filed letters and then tried to find them again. I liked the job and the boys, who were very funny and not the criminals they were pictured.

Perhaps this move on my part doesn't seem very convincing, for obviously my salary as playmate of office boys would have to run on for a long time before it would wipe out the balance of the $2000. But it did help my credit immensely! I think it made my flying companions believe I was in earnest.

It also affected mother to the extent that she finally wiped out my indebtedness, on condition I resign and stay home a little. By the way,

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 Commander Callie, what did it feel like to be the first woman on the Moon?

Great question!

"First of all, I wanted to make sure I didn’t trip."

One small step for humanity…One massive face plant for Callie Rodrigu-

Shhh!

DEFYING GRAVITY

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 "I also thought of all the training I went through… And the help I got from all the engineers and scientists at NASA to be ready for that moment.

I realized those steps were not just a big deal for me, but for the world."

This is one of the most historic moments not just for women…

…but for the entire planet!!!

"But mostly what I felt was gratitude for my parents and my mentors. I was lucky enough to have people who really cared in my life." 16


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 BACK AT THE Q&A

So if you have a dream, stick with it. Don't be afraid to ask for help. Questions will lead you to finding that person who can support you. If not a parent, maybe it’s a coach, teacher, or a neighbor. They're out there.

BUBBLES IN SPACE

Okay, we’re about out of time. Th—

Why, of course I can show you kids a video of a water bubble blowing contest on the Outpost!

What? RT, no one gave you that prompt!

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 LUNAR HABITAT - CONTROL ROOM - LATER THAT DAY

The problem seems to be with one of the east rim rovers.

mission control - Earth

It’s been stalled for over six hours now. Nothing we’ve done remotely has been successful to get it moving again.

Do we have any idea why it stopped?

Not yet, we need eyes on the site ASAP.

Have you ever tested RT in the extreme cold? It may affect his autonomous function.

I’ll go! I’ll go!

That just might work! Mission Control, I think we can modify RT’s functions and fly him into the crater. 18

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 That’s what we’re thinking. Callie, we want you, Meshaya and Martin to head out to the telescope, with RT. Meshaya, you can remotely operate RT like a drone down into the crater to get a look at the construction.

Copy that.

Wait, what?

Martin, if any repairs are needed...

I can make them on site.

Okay, let's get moving.

LUNAR HABITAT - EXTERIOR - LATER

Lunar Outpost, we’re heading out.

Roger that, Commander Rodriguez. Drive safe!

So Martin, since we have an hour and a half, I thought we could sing some songs.

Thank you, RT, but no. How about a game of I Spy with My Little Eye?

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 RT, I need to concentrate on the mission.

Of course. We can just ride in silence then. I don’t mind that at all. It’s fine.

Why, of course I can narrate our progress! What a great prompt!

What?

It’s a HARSH and UNFORGIVING environment, but they are UNDAUNTED by the challenges that lay ahead. Moonquakes…sudden drops in temperature…

AND marauding Moon creatures!

But this gutsy crew is ready for ANYTHING…

ESPECIALLY their cool and stylish French Canadian copilot… 20

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 Hey, you okay?

Yeah, all good.

You look tense.

Just feeling the weight of it all.

Flying a drone into a crater at minus 400 degrees…fixing a telescope that could transform our understanding of the universe… I don’t want to let anyone down.

EXTREME COLD

Haven’t seen you worried like this before.

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 The whole world wasn’t watching before. Now they are. Especially my community back home, they’re so proud of me. I feel like any mistake I make reflects on them, you know?

Oh, I might know something about carrying a lot of people’s expectations on my shoulders, yeah.

Right. Guess you would.

Look, there are millions of people who think you’re a hero. But there are always going to be people who don’t. You can’t let that get in your head, any of it. You have to know you’re good at what you do. Because there may come a time, doing this, when it’s just you. When you have to make a decision, and there’s no one to guide you, you’re going to have to trust your choices.

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 You were trained for this, Meshaya. Remember that. Sigue adelante.

What’s that?

Oh, just something my mom says when I’m worrying too much.

A Few weeks earlier...

I, uh, had a little fall.

Mom, Qué está pasando? What happened?

They're running tests right now, but I'll be in the hospital for a few days.

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 Oh, mom. I wish I were there with you! I know, mija. But I’ll be fine. And you’re exactly where you’re supposed to be. Doesn’t feel like that right now.

Sigue adelante. It’s going to be fine, mija. I love you.

I love you too.

BACK IN THE ROVER...

And she was right. We have to keep going. Made me think about some things though. I really don’t like being this far away from her right now.

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 I’m sorry. Must be tough.

Life happens, right? Even when we’re up here.

Commander Rodriguez. You're approaching the crater.

Roger that Lunar Outpost.

Okay team, it’s showtime.

VISIT THE TELESCOPE

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 Are you sure you can’t come with us, Callie?

I’d love to, RT. But I need to get the rover situated so the solar array can boost our power reserves.

Mon ami, it's okay to be scared.

Me? Scared? I mean, if this fix doesn’t work, it’s only humanity’s ability to better understand the universe that’s at stake. No biggie.

Don’t worry, RT. You’re in good hands. I’ll be guiding you every step of the way. Let’s suit up!

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 ROVER POWER SYSTEMS

Solar array is now engaged and drawing power. Good luck troubleshooting the telescope deployment.

Okay, RT. I’ll pilot you down. You take care of the camera. Ready?

What if I get cold down there?

I promise, you won’t feel a thing. Just don’t freeze up. Use that extra power to keep your hands warm, we may need them later…

Lights!

Camera! Action!

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 Okay RT, slowing your descent so we can have a better look at the stalled rover.

Hello buddy! You are such a good little telescope builder! Yes you are!

Hold up…What’s that? Halting descent — RT, rotate the camera 15 degrees and zoom in on the wire mesh.

Looks like we located the problem! See that kink in the mesh?

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 That’s why the M.A.R. stopped cold, so it wouldn’t tear a big hole in the mesh.

RT, we’ll have to straighten out the mesh manually. If all goes well, I’ll bet the M.A.R. will restart and we can wrap up.

I feel like I can do this with my eyes closed.

Nice and steady…

Don’t close your eyes! I need the camera!

It’s straightened out! Now let’s see if we can get this little dude back to work.

Wakey Wakey! He doesn’t seem to be restarting.

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 If we can send the winch down to RT, we can bring the M.A.R. to the rim and I can check it for any damage.

I can send the winch down, but we’ll need to radio Callie to —

Consider the plan confirmed! RT, we need you back up top!

On my way!

Ready RT? Winch attached! Sending you back down!

You gave me a leash!?!

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 Bonjour monsieur…

Let’s get you squared away.

Any guesses on what caused it to fail?

I’ll go with my gut on this. Aliens.

RT, if that’s what your gut is telling you, maybe you need a reboot...

Yes indeed, looks like regolith did get inside and has jammed the gears.

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 All clean now. Let's get you back to your partner...

Ah, non! Now RT has me talking to the robots.

Commander Rodriguez, this is Lunar Outpost. We’ve got an urgent mission update. We’ve detected several small meteorites entering the exosphere.

VISIT A LUNAR OUTPOST

Copy that Lunar Outpost. Any read on trajectory? They’re tracking towards your general position! Impact imminent!

Roger. Martin, Meshaya I’m on my way.

RT, fill us in on the potential damage of a small meteorite strike, please.

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 Due to the lack of atmosphere on the Moon, a meteorite the size of a softball can impact the lunar surface traveling at speeds ranging from 22,000 to 156,000 miles per hour —

MONITORING CRATER IMPACTS

Convert to meters, please.

That’s ten to seventy kilometers per second, which is roughly thirty times faster than in Earth’s atmosphere.

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 Martin! Meshaya! What’s your status?!

This is Meshaya. I’m okay. RT too.

But I don’t have a visual on Martin.

I’m getting data from his suit’s Bio-Monitor. He’s alive!

Martin?! I repeat, can you hear me? Over.

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 Callie, I’m here.

Are you okay? Over. There’s limited visibility and the impact threw me a good distance.

Any damage?!?

Unsure. Standby for status.

Heart rate accelerated Martin what’s going on?!

Unstable surface I keep sliding!

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 Martin, don’t move!

Callie - I have a visual. Martin is on a small ledge inside the crater, any movement could send him into the mesh!

My mobility is compromised.

It’s possible my leg is broken.

Positioning the rover now, just need to make sure we don't cause a landslide!

Callie - we may be able to use the rover's robotic arm to lift him out!

Martin, we'll need you to attach yourself to the harness.

Confirmed. Now you know how I felt! It’s your turn to get the leash!

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 BACK IN THE ROVER...

Habitat Control, the rover’s electrical system seems to have had a power surge, or a short. We’re losing power faster than we should. Habitat Control, do you copy?

Callie, what’s going on?

My instrument readings are showing we are losing too much power… 38

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 What about replenishing with solar?

Possibly…but we must have sustained some damage. I’m also seeing receiver antennas 1 and 5 are offline. RT, send a damage assessment.

Solar panels are damaged beyond repair. Antennas 1 and 5 are gone.

Hmmm...that’s not so good…

What are you seeing up there?

Do we have enough power to get back to the Hab?

Doubtful. If this gauge is accurate, the power is drawing down much faster than it should be. With the antennas we have left, Habitat Control should be able to hear us, but we can’t hear them… I’ve shut down all non-essential power to preserve the batteries. For now, we wait…

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 Meshaya, how’s our patient? It’s hard to assess until we get him back to the Hab. Martin, how do you feel?

Not great. What are we waiting for?

Standard protocol is to send out help. We can expect Dan to arrive with replacement parts.

MEANWHILE...

Artemis 23 team! I’m not sure you can hear me, but I’m on my way! Lunar Outpost headed out now.

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Copy that, Dan. We’ll guide you to their location.


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 in the rover

Blood pressure and heart rate are dropping…I’ve seen this before, I think Martin’s going into shock.

Can you treat him here?

We can start fluids and monitor vitals, but we need to get him back to the Hab’s medical bay ASAP.

If we turn off navigation, it should save us enough power to get Martin medical attention sooner.

Too risky. With no navigation system and with our tracks covered by debris, we’d be flying blind. If we go off course…

I’ve taken that into account.

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 We HAVE to get him back and we don't have time to wait.

Martin’s vitals are dropping fast. With the limited equipment we have here, I can't tell what's going on.

If the battery’s drain becomes critical, we could freeze before help arrives –

We can make it. I’ve done the calculations, there’s enough power left to rendezvous with Dan.

Commander, trust me. We have to go. Now.

Okay. Let’s do this. If we can pick up our tracks beyond the debris field, all we need to do is–

Orienteer using landmarks until we get there. 42

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 RT, we’ll need you up top for lighting. Not using the rover’s lights will save us more power.

Aye aye, Captain.

Major rock formation 15 meters ahead!

I can be very illuminating!

That's the outcropping on the map! We're headed in the right direction!

NOT LONG AFTER...

I never thought I’d say I’m happy to see him, but –

Look!!! There’s Dan!!!

TOUR THE MOON

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 I’ll swap out the power unit and we’ll have Martin back to base ahead of schedule.

Unit replaced. Fire it up! EXTRACTING OXYGEN

Confirmed, we’re good to go! Let's get back home.

Yeah, I-I know...Just wanted to make sure you knew I was still up here.

Habitat Ho!!! But watch out for that rock straight ahead! Re-routing!!!

RT, we have our navigation system back you know…

VISIT THE LUNAR SURFACE

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 later - in the habitat

Hey, Callie.

Meshaya!

We need to talk about what happened out there.

I want to say thank you! For persisting. You saved your crewmate today.

It was. But it was you who got me to reconsider. I would have waited and who knows what might have happened to Martin if we had?

Well, it was a group effort.

You calculated our options and trusted your instincts, Meshaya. And you got me to see a new path...That’s leadership. Which is exactly what NASA’s going to need on the Mars team. The Mars team? Oh, I don’t know about that -

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 INSIDE MISSION CONTROL - FIVE YEARS LATER

Mars Lander, this is Mission Control. We’ve got changing weather conditions on the surface. Winds currently at 50 kilometers per hour, gusts up to 75.

Increasing dust storms and decreased visibility in the landing area. Navigation system initiating slight course correction to avoid potential hazards.

That’s my daughter.

Mars Lander, you are go to enter descent. I repeat, you are go to enter descent. We’ll be losing communications momentarily. From one first woman to the next, proud of you, Shaya. The entire world is with you.

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 Mission Control, this is Mars Lander. Confirming course correction. I know you’re all probably very nervous right now.

But all our systems look good. We have one more thing we want to say before we go radio silent.

What’s the one thing, crew? We ARE Going!

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 Commander! We’re getting updated readings from the surface. The weather’s changing rapidly. There’s a new dust storm at the landing site. You may have to assume manual control as you approach the surface. The decision will be yours.

Roger that, Mission Control. We’re getting those readings, too. Ready to override if needed. We’re -

We’ve lost audio.

Okay, people. Now, we wait. Sigue adelante, Shaya. You’ve got this.

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 ish when brought before the bar of Common Sense?

Could we only force ourselves to remember that a day full of these contrarieties is a day wasted, and will leave a page, dark as our own gloom, upon that life-chronicle, to every leaf of which angel fingers will point, every line of which we must read in the hereafter, before we take the places prepared for us, or rather, which we are daily preparing for ourselves—could we only remember this, the weakest of us would find strength to shake off the incubus, and no black day, however gloomily it began, would end in darkness.

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OW often bashfulness passes for humility—for a painful want of self-appreciation—for a modest undervaluation of one's own merits! Yet the self-consciousness which gives rise to bashfulness almost always springs from sensitive self-esteem, a latent love of approbation, a nervous dread that others will not rate us as highly as we prize ourselves!

What is it but self-consciousness which prevents a bashful person from entering a room without fancying that all eyes are turned upon him? What is it but self-consciousness which makes him fearfully certain of attracting attention if he ventures to move? What is it but self-consciousness which impresses him with the conviction that all ears are quickened to listen to the unmeaning words that hesitatingly fall from his lips? What is it but self-consciousness which causes him to commit any number of awkward blunders while he is speculating on the judgment that will be passed upon his most insignificant actions?

People are bashful because they cannot ignore

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best part of every man's education," said Sir Walter Scott, "is that which he gives to himself." The late Sir Benjamin Brodie delighted to remember this saying, and he used to congratulate himself on the fact that professionally he was self-taught. But this is necessarily the case with all men who have acquired distinction in letters, science, or art. The education received at school or college is but a beginning, and is valuable mainly inasmuch as it trains the mind and habituates it to continuous application and study. That which is put into us by others is always far less ours than that which we acquire by our own diligent and persevering effort. Knowledge conquered by labour becomes a possession—a property entirely our own. A greater vividness and per- Rh


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She tries to measure that which is measureless—her love for him.

After that inspired outburst of woman's perfect love, what word can be added?

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 She turns to her letters and musingly loosens the string that bound them, and lets them drop upon her knees. Though they are but "dead paper, mute and white," to her they seem "alive and quivering" against her tremulous hands. She tenderly reminds him what this said, and what that; a simple thing, and yet it made her weep. And she tells him how she "sank and quailed" when she read the one which held those words, "Dear, I love thee!" and how the ink of another had paled by lying upon her fast-beating heart.

Then, with that vague sense of fear which every woman feels at the contemplation of yielding up all for one, she asks him, solemnly:

With reverent words, almost with holy awe, she dwells upon the memory of his first kisses.

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F we place beside our slight, imperfect sketch of "Maidenhood in Love," its corresponding pendant of Bachelorhood in Love, be it understood, that the latter, ruder portrait is designed solely for the contemplation of our fair young sisters throughout the land. Their lovers may naturally raise an outcry against this unceremonious lifting of the finely painted masks which they assume for the courting field, as punctiliously as knights of old, who battled for ladye love, let down their vizors for the tournament. But the alarmed wooers have little to fear from our revelations. Though we should unsparingly tear from their faces the charming counterfeit, every love-blinded maiden would refuse to recognize the beloved one's lineaments beneath; would cling to the bewitching mask, and fondly pronounce it the veritable countenance.

And yet, gentle sister, the mask your suitor wears, though it may be impalpable to you, is not less a reality. The exaltè state of mind produced by his very passion, causes—nay, compels him to

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