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FIRST WOMANN A S A’ S P R O M I S E F O R H U M A N I T Y
ISSUE No. 1: DREAM TO REALITY

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 Inside the Lunar Habitat...

One woman...* GROWING

PLANTS IN
SPACE

...a scientist…

…an ASTRONAUT.

On a journey unlike any other... ...to find a salad bar...

...IN SPACE!

* When RT’s speech bubble is surrounded in marquee lights, he’s using his Movie Announcer voice.
THEY SAID it couldn’t be done… In a forgotten place…
Now! CALLIE RODRIGUEZ…
THEY SAID there was no hope… In a DANGEROUS place…
with SPINACH! KALE!
But they DIDN’T KNOW HER! And BROCCOLI! In a place where
NO ONE GOES…
Together again…
She rolled the dice…
like you’ve NEVER
and now she’s
SEEN THEM BEFORE!
TURNING UP
Actually, I had THE HEAT!
this same salad
yesterday, so…

IT DOESN’T
GET BETTER
THAN THIS!

Really?
Oh no. Bigger? You about ready to
I haven’t head out?
gotten any-

Yeah, just
finishing
my salad.

Seeing is BELIEVING!
Based on a true story…

CALLIE RODRIGUEZ...BIGGER All she wanted was to

and BETTER than ever! finish her salad…

...but SOMEONE Probably.

wouldn’t let her.

Great.

Is he going to do the
movie announcer thing
the whole time again?
 Yes, of course Dan has to
Does Dan have come. We’re checking the
to come? spectrometer at the Auggie-42
site, it’s a two-person mission.

EXPLORE
NASA’S
SPACESUIT

Things.
Outside.

Guard it? Alone on the Moon…

I could do that. Against what? ONE MAN was the only barrier
We did lots of between humanity…
missions together Dan, I think you should stay and the things outside…
before Dan came. here, guard the habitat.

Dan’s coming, RT.

SHOTGUN!

No, you
have to
be in the I don’t like the back.
I can’t see as well.
back.

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 VISIT THE LUNAR

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

Fine. But
don’t go
far!
 Battery
is at
peak.
Okay. Temperature
BUILDING
monitoring system
HABITATS looks good…

Those guys
are so
awesome. They can build
anything!

They’re making WHOA!

Dan his own,
special habitat!

It’ll be ready
by the time we
get back!
Careful
there, little
buddy. Low
Dan doesn’t gravity is
need his own tricky.
habitat.
I meant to
do that.
He does! Mission Control Very roomy.
said! It’ll be much better, You won’t need
C’mon. We need
Dan. You’re gonna love it. to come into our
to put you in
habitat…ever. 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 By a loveable

happening. GIRAFFE!

Nope.

An adorable
GOPHER!

I think he
wants a pet…
 Callie? No. It’s going to take
I’m bored. We’ll be 84 minutes and 15
there soon. seconds...14 seconds...13...
That’s not soon!
EXPLORE
Can we sing NASA’S SLS
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. Fine.

How did we get here anyway?

VISIT NASA’S
ORION CAPSULE

Uh…we’re
following
the route
you mapped.

You had your

No, I mean own, special
HERE. We blasted off in the compartment
The Moon. Space Launch System, in the Orion “Special compartment?!”
Well, you remember?
were capsule.
there... “You stowed me in the
bathroom! For two days!”
 I am still traumatized I mean, how
Well, we needed by that experience. That’s not did I GET
to save space. Of course I remember it! what I’m HERE?
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 She should

here with if she’s my Callie, what
me! assistant. sound does a
car make?
A baby
shouldn’t be
back here!

Callie? Where
are you?

B-B-B-B-B-
B-R-O-O-O-
O-O-M!
See? That’s
mechanical
aptitude! She’s
a genius!
 Mmm-hmm. I
B-B-B-B-B- rest my case. Besides,
Really? Callie, B-R-O-O-O- our baby
are you O-O-M! girl is not
hungry? 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 I’m getting
into the picture? there!

Callie, you’ve You can’t

got to watch always have
where you’re your head up in
going, honey. the clouds.

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 Then that’s what
to be an astronaut. I’m gonna be!
C’mon honey,
I’m VaraBeana
you’ve been
Terra Nova!
in there for
hours!

Almost
ready!

Who?

Valentina Tereshkova, That’s

And what’s my space
the first woman in that behind Copy that,
space. We looked it robot!
you? mission
up on the Internet. control!

Trick or
treat! 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 My space robot. And he
a name. Who? 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, Even the
you can go anywhere. Moon.
 That’s because
we’re looking
Mija, what’s at the older
the matter? missions, honey.
Times have
changed.

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, And even on the Moon…

who you it was all about her…
ARE is your
superpower.
What? I’m sorry,
I’m confused. I
thought we were
talking about how
I got here.

We ARE. Just
be patient.

But you Is sarcasm

have to common with
believe that robots? Is that
on the a thing?
inside...
No. Maybe I
...here en tu corazón,
should change his
for it to work.
programming.
 So, is that
when you knew Oh, no. For the
you wanted longest time I
to be an thought I was going
astronaut? to be a pro soccer
player…or a racecar
driver…or both!

What’s
Goooooooaaaaaaaaal!!!!! your next
move?

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…
 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 How? If he even
know. So I guess puts me in, it’s
you’ll have to just at the last
show him. 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 No.
DO it, and show the world. ¿Entiendes?
Goooooooaaaaaaaaal!!!!!
Do you
understand
me now?

¡Sí,
papá!
Wait. What is
she-? Callie!!

Gooooooooaaaaaaaalll!!!

“I was pretty sure I was

going to go pro after that.”

“But then Ms. Hernández happened…”

 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 Hmm, okay. Is

can I help there something In fact, I
you? wrong? I tell her to think my class
No, she’s doing fine.
make sure she does may be too
Better than fine.
all her homework- easy for her.

Too
easy?!

She needs And based Space

to be more There’s a special STEM on the Camp?
challenged. program in the district that We can’t Please, leave
doodles I
Callie should be a part of. afford-- that to me.
keep seeing
There’s a
on her
scholarship
homework,
program. I
I also think think she has a
Callie should go to real shot…
Space Camp.

AN
ASTRONAUT’S
STORY
 “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 “I had to take a bus there,
math and science.” and didn’t know anyone,
but I was excited.”

“I just didn’t realize

how tough it was
going to be…”
I’d like everyone’s attention. Today we have
a new classmate joining us. Welcome Callista.
And please, take a seat.

#$%@ Good. We’re having

a quiz on this
Any questions? section next week.
*(&(*$%#$ !!@%

$%^&*^&*
#$#$(^&(^

Evidently this was a

tough test for some…
What’s going on?

I’m not smart enough

for this program. The
truth is, I’m lost half
the time.

And that feels It doesn’t

uncomfortable… feel very
good.

I got a “D” on a You haven’t. But let me tell you

test, papa, a “D”. a little secret: the harder you
study, the smarter you’ll get.
That’s
almost
an “F”!

And if you look in the

mirror and feel you’ve Now,
done the best you can lemme see
do, that’s all we can ask. if I can
help…

If you never fail, ...Yeah,

then you’re not that would
reaching high be a hard
enough. Okay, no.
mija?
This is
waaaay over
my head.

Okay.

I’m so Mine, too,

sorry I I’m afraid.
disappointed
you.
 We have a science
fair coming up. I
I don’t think
could use your help. You
they’re going to
wouldn’t
allow parents to--
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 It was
yourself? all her
idea.

And what do
you call this…
contraption?

Umm…good …and first place goes

question. to…Callie Rodriguez
Lemme think… and her used-car-parts-
robot-guy!
 We’ll need to figure All his life, he’d wondered where he
out a name… 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.
Well, not exactly….

There it goes! That was

Send! The very a lot of
last college essays. You
application… 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.
 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
“I LOVED that car…
the type of person
and my dad loved
you are.
seeing me drive it.”
But I haven’t done
anything, or gotten
in anywhere yet. “He was so proud.
Everything was
going so great,
falling into place…”
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 “One minute he
sudden heart attack.” was there, the
next minute he
was gone…”

“Life in general
became a lot
less sweet…”
 “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 And it’s close
father would be so proud. to home. I can
Where do you come back on the
want to go? weekends. I want
to help you out in
the shop.

Florida
A&M.

I know. But it’s

not my top pick
anymore. What? Why?
I mean, it’s a
school, but-- I’ll be fine.

It’s
where Well, I know,
you went. yeah. But mom. But
you got my mind’s
into-- made up...
 On the Moon... I wish I’d He would have
He was. He’s a gotten to loved that. You’re
big part of why meet him. named after him,
Your dad sounds I’m here. you know.
like he was an
amazing person.
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 Callie? Lunar Outpost Command here.
your name!” Got a couple of things to go over.
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

need that little on it shortly, will Roger
guy operational. send you images as that.
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.
Really? Okay, you asked
for it... I ended up getting
my bachelors and masters
at Florida A&M, which was
pretty awesome...
 “And it let me stay
close to my mom…”

“I had lots of IN THE CLASSROOM...

“But I wanted to make
offers and could a difference for kids like
have made much me…I wanted them to
more money doing know what was possible.”
something else.”

“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 To what?
experience in the field.
 Who wouldn’t? But
To become an that was a kid’s dream.
astronaut! Why not? I’m an adult now.
You still want to be Besides, the chances
one, don’t you? If hard things
of getting picked are were easy,
between slim and none. then anyone
could do them.

You
sound
like dad.

A child’s
dream is
every bit as
What he said then real as an
is still true today. adult’s…
But don’t do it for
him. If you’re going
to do it, do it for Oh, and look what
yourself. I found when I was
cleaning out your room…

It’s still
just as
beautiful…
 Lunar Outpost...

Did you get

in on your
ASTRONAUT first try?
REQUIREMENTS

Nope.

Not on the first try,

or the second. Or the
third or the fourth,
for that matter.

So what “I remembered what my dad

did you told me when I was a kid, first
do? 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…”
 That’s where
But because I couldn’t just
you come in.
endlessly wait for NASA to figure
out how awesome I was…I
decided to go back to school.

ROBOT
EXPLORERS

MIT... “We wanted to show how

A|* could be used to help “With A|
“I became part of a elementary school kids who everyone
brilliant research team.” were struggling with particular can have a
subjects.” tutor.”

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

“But we just weren’t We’ve got images of the

getting the results downed PUFFER, Callie.
we wanted.”

Sending to
you now.

“You were…having
trouble coming
up with the right “That was clearly
answers.” your fault. You were
the one trying to get
a car to talk.” Got them.
*Artificial |ntelligence
 Roger that. You’re
passing the skylight
opening now, and should LAVA
be at the PUFFER’s TUNNELS
location soon.

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 That’s not a
right answers. good idea. Besides, there isn’t
time to do all the
coding to change it.
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 Besides, he’s

couldn’t do it. our ADVISOR.

The decision is up to us. It’s our team. I’ll C’mon. You can
take full responsibility, okay? It’s my idea. learn fast. I know
I’ll take the blame if it doesn’t work… you can…
 We’re supposed In a film like no other…in Antarctica!
Antarctica?
to take a test on Antarctica!...NOW!
Antarctica, RT. How
A young boy…on an
big is Antarctica
anyway? 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 DON’T OPEN
basement…In Antarctica! THE DOOR!

DON’T GO AND DON’T

IN THE ANSWER
CLOSET! THE
Um…we let it go online. PHONE!
Unsupervised. I know
you said it wasn’t a
good idea, but we did.
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.
 “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 “And, um, I talk
nervous.” 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 Well, yeah.
trailers? Kind of.

So let me get
this straight:

You decided
not to take the
advice of your Right, we
faculty advisor? 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 “But I guess that’s

sure I’d blown it.” what made them give
me a second interview.”
 “They wanted to know more about
my goals, and what I hoped to “But mostly,
accomplish if I made it to the Moon.” 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 No.

town waitress…
Noo...
A single mother…
...And a lethal assassin!
This summer!

RT.

She was a small girl…

with a big dream… This fall!

…and a terrible This CHRISTMAS!

secret!
 She’s back! They’re back! Oh. That’s
YOU’LL BE BACK! On an asteroid, interesting.
hurtling towards Earth! He’s combining
data from the
trailers to-

One man! Two men. Um, I guess there were a lot

of asteroid movies. Anyway,
Three WOMEN!
maybe we should--
WACKY SCIENTISTS!

They always had each other’s backs...

until one turned up DEAD...On an They just wanted to have a good time…but
asteroid...hurtling towards Earth! THERE WAS NO TIME LEFT! Because their
WORST NIGHTMARE…was coming to visit!

Cryogenically Frozen...genetically
CALLIE!
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...

YIPPIE-
KI-YAY!

...hurtling Okay.
towards Thanks for
Earth! coming in.

Santa?
 But after that
LUNAR OUTPOST...
She thought it is when I got But then she got
was OVER… the call. THE CALL!
So yeah, that
didn’t go so
great. I figured
it was over.

I did. And you

were there!

VISIT A LUNAR
OUTPOST

MONtHS LATER...

“So basically, I’m the Callie, you threw our

reason you’re an “I already knew that, whole schedule off
astronaut?” but nice to have you up here, we’ve all just
confirm it.” been listening to you!

RT will probably end

up with even MORE
Twitter followers
once that story
gets out.

“Well, something like that.

They figured you’d eventually By the way, you’re just
“Sadly, we’re about to come up on
learn how to answer a still waiting
question coherently.” “Hey!” the first PUFFER.
for that day.”
Spot! Hey,
Spot! Here, Good, boy!!!
boy!! Spot?
Now, where’s
Daisy?
He names
all the
PUFFERS…

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 We need you

its balance. back to Base
One MAN! One WOMAN! immediately.
Saving the planet, one
PUFFER at a time…

Oh no. It’s Copy that.

happening to E.T.A.?
you, too.
SPACE
WEATHER

Radiation levels will

Lunar outpost...
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.
...There’s no one to
But any delays will leave come get us. Other
you exposed. And if options? Any shelter at No. You
there’s an accident-- the second drill site? need to get
going.
 What about
the lava
tunnel? We haven’t even
sent a probe
down there yet.

But we’ve
already got 3D
images from the We know what it looks
PUFFERS. 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-- Callie, the consensus

is sheltering in the
tunnel could be a
Wait. The better solution.
winch!

On the rover.
You could use
it to lower Mission
yourselves. I’m in.
Control, I
think that You’re on the
could work. ground, it’s And you, little
your call. robot man,
But either option have a very big
Copy that. brain…
We’ll evaluate. presents risks.

Uh oh.
This thing is
completely
dead.

LUNAR
ROVERS

Like this
Could be…or just a sensor one!
Could it be telling the engine to shut
dust? Gets in off because it thinks there’s
everything. too much radiation.
 A lesson a proud
Try her We’ve got
mechanic’s daughter
now. power! How
learned when she was
did you--??
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 I’ll go slow.
the cable. Tell me if I
need to adjust
the pace.
 Hello,
Astronaut
Dan!

Enjoying
I shall accompany you…
your trip?

On the surface...
Okay! At the I’m baaaaack…
bottom now!

You can pull

it back up!

It’s awesome Lunar Outpost,

down here, by I’m descending You’ve got about
the way! into the tunnel 8 minutes until it
now. What’s the gets to you.
ETA on the flare?
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.
Hey, whatcha doing?
Just hanging around?
Hanging out?
You kind of left me
hanging up there.

I’ve literally
got an endless
supply of puns,
you know.

Hey, watch
Lovely. this. I look
like a seal.

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?