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Authorities in Australia report that

the solar storm electromagnetic pulse

overloaded power stations all along Australia's eastern coast.

Though the storm occurred some hours after sundown local time,

the high energy burst was apparently diverted

around the curvature of the earth

to strike Sydney after dark.

The young woman was killed instantly.

Now the intensity and effect of this solar storm

is reminiscent of the geomagnetic storm

that was a result of a cordial mass ejection

on March 9th 1989

that knocked out power in the Canadian province of Quebec.

That storm originated on earth with extremely intense aurora's

at both poles that were visible as

Really?

Well I know we're going through a peak in the solar cycle,

but it generated a storm.

Does this change anything for the flight tomorrow?

I don't think so.

Go home.

Go to sleep. I need you tomorrow.

You're on launch diagnostic systems and fuel disbursement back ups.

I need you

When you talk like that, it really turns me on.

So come on, lets just go back to your place and order some Chinese.

We just ate.

Fine, let's just go back to your place and do more tech talk.

Denise

I know, I'm too young,

I could get hurt, yadda, yadda, yadda.

Listen. I told you when we started working together,

you don't want to hang out with me.

Ok. You remember that.

Yeah. I thought you were just being mysterious.

How was I supposed to know you were incapable of lying?

I told you that, too.

Yes. You did.

You told me that. Yes.

Do you know

that biologically that two people can tell a lot from each other

by the transfer of genetic information that occurs from kissing.

It's a miracle of Darwinian selection.

What's my DNA telling you right now?

That uh, one day I'm going to get to you

and when I do you're going to be in big trouble.

Ok. Won't be the first time a kiss got me in trouble.

Thanks

Slow down.

Don't you think we're moving a little fast?

No, and now kiss me.

No. Hey it's only been our third date.

You want a fourth one? Kiss me.

We don't have a lot of time.

Until what?

What the hell!

Tempo is recovered.

Returning to castle.

Tempo? I thought you told me your name was Lara Smith?

Miss Mathany, please come with us.

Mathany? Lara Mathany?

I've been dating the president's daughter?

Awesome!

Making out with some boy in the back seat of car. Really?

Nothing happened.

Hey, you just slipped your secret service detail and you just ran off.

Do you even realize the risk you put yourself at?

I was being discrete.

You're the president's daughter.

You're held to a higher standard.

I didn't ask for any of that.

I want a normal life.

Well you can have one in a year.

Five if I'm re-elected.

We'll talk about your behaviour when I get back.

Wish me luck.

Ya. Good luck on your publicity stunt.

Hey! Hey!

It's ok. Just leave her.

Were you like that at sixteen?

Worse.

You're sure this is going to be safe?

Roebling's a genius.

He's poached the best minds from NASA.

This program better funded than any other government agency.

I'd go in a second if I could.

I know.

Well, I'll see you Thursday.

I don't think I hold you enough.

So hold me now.

Well I am really excited for you and,

no I really am.

Ya, no I am. Really, ya.

I think he's just trying to make up

for the G force test

he put me through.

Well I think that's what you get

when you're the oldest member of the group, right?

Does your back still hurt?

Now it's my shoulder.

One second.

Can you wait? Paul?

Ya?

Can you just, take care of these guys

Sure.remember

You know, if you think it's too much for you

you could pull out.

No way.

We both know what the camp runs on.

Food, used clothing donations.

Publicity.

And this little trip of mine is going to raise awareness

for our work to new heights.

Literally.

Just come back soon, preferably in one piece.

Did you hear from JJ?

No. No,

I thought he'd at least call and wish me luck.

Mr. Elias?

I gotta go.

I'll call when I'm back.

OK.

Good morning everyone.

Morning

My name is Peter Roebling

and I want to welcome you to this the most exciting day of,

well the most exciting day of all our lives.

Today marks

the beginning of a new era in civilian space flight.

No longer will man flights belong exclusively to governments

or special interests.

As of today, space belongs to the people.

Ya!

Now I would like to introduce Dr. Craig Bakus,

formerly a senior engineer with NASA

but now Roebling Spaceport's designer a.Nd head engineer.

He's going to talk you through today's flight.

Thank you Peter and thank you all for coming out today

and good morning.

The Roebling Clipper is without a doubt

the most advanced civilian aircraft ever built.

It's designed to take off and fly just like a regular airplane

but also to be able to leave and re enter the earth's atmosphere.

Taking off from our runway just outside

here command pilot Fiona Henslaw.

Let's give her a hand.

Thank you.

She'll take the Clipper up to an altitude of 50,000 feet.

And from there she'll fire a rocket,

that will take her and the Clipper up

to seventy miles above the earth's surface.

Hey, Jeff Gustas,

WLDQ Network.

Hi Jeff.

Craig, is this the scalar drive we've been hearing about?

No. It's not the scalar drive, it's a special hybrid,

designed to get us into low orbit.

And once we are in low orbit we'd fire the scalar drive.

John Davis CNJ News.

Can you tell us

the difference between a scalar drive and a regular rocket engine?

That's a good question.

Well a regular rocket engine burns fuel.

So no fuel, no propulsion,

but the scalar drive uses solar radiation.

And there's plenty of that in out in space.

Let me tell ya.

Think of the scalar drive a little bit like a music amplifier,

but instead of making your neighbor's tunes louder,

what is does is that it takes the energy from radiation and it amps that up.

Take bad music put it into an amplifier

and you get a headache,

take solar radiation,

you put it into the scalar drive

and you get massive acceleration.

Cindy Powers, NTX News.

How fast are you talking about?

One hundred three thousand miles a minute.

Which is about one ten thousandth of the speed of light.

And that's a...well that's ah pretty damn fast. Isn't it?

The trip around the moon and back

today should take just under seven hours.

Dr. Bakus.

Is scalar technology safe?

It's about as safe as your drive out here today Jeff.

Maybe safer.

Thank you Dr. Bakus.

- Thank you. - Well done.

Joan? She just walked in.

Ahh family? Parents?

I don't know.

Nourhan

Let's get her to medical.

Just make sure she's ok.

What's your update?

We get a ton of rice in a couple of days

but it's crap quality.

I really don't care.

Just so long as they bring in the water purification tablets.

They're gone.

Mehrzad's men had them hijacked off the aid supply trucks.

High energy biscuits too.

Did you text him?

Can we set up a Skype call?

It's really hard to save a thousand of his starving people

while he's stealing our supplies.

I guess if you're a war lord

selling aid supplies on the black market

you don't care about killing off a few of your countrymen.

Clearly.

Just wish he'd steal the crap he wants.

Ladies and gentlemen,

please join with me and help welcome

a true legend of the US Space Program,

Commander Don Wincroft.

Did you know Wincroft was coming?

Are you kidding me?

On a pissed off scale of 1 to 10?

Nineteen.

Ok.

Thank you. Thank you.

Good morning everyone.

A special good morning

to you our civilian astronauts.

In a few hours they will do what most people only dream of.

Break free from the earth's grasp and fly.

He sure talks pretty.

You take with you all the earth's best hopes,

dreams and ambitions.

Godspeed.

Crew and passengers of the Roebling Clipper.

When I first found out that I was picked

from all of Virginia to go on this flight,

I was pretty shocked.

Especially since I didn't know

that my wife had entered me in the lottery.

But what she didn't know is that I entered her too.

Ok. I'll see you later?

Don't you know never to say that to a girl?

See you later sounds like a shut down.

Like, I'll see you never.

I'm sorry.

Ok, ok.

I'll call you sometime.

I will see you soon.

- Dr. Bakus. - Jeff

How bout a few words with you and Commander Wincroft?

I'm sorry. I'm busy.

The hardest part

I think is leaving my wife in Afghanistan.

We hope that my being here today

will help draw attention to the needs of the refugees that we're helping.

Do you have any concerns about last night's events in Sydney?

Oh none at all.

And besides, I know the Roebling Clipper inside out.

If there's any problem, I know where to kick it to fix it.

So you have no concerns even though

this launch is happening during a spike in solar activity?

None what so ever.

And besides, if there was anything working wrong

we'd have scrubbed the mission.

How bout that son of a bitch asking about the spike in solar activity?

It's a reasonable question.

What? Are you saying that we're at risk?

No, I'm saying it's a reasonable question, Peter.

It's space travel. There's always risks.

Craig. Is there any solid data that we're in danger?

No.

Ok, would you get on the flight?

You know I would.

Well, that's good enough for me.

We've been following Mr. Roebling's successes for some time now,

and personally I'm thrilled that Peter invited me to come.

My husband and I have absolute confidence

that this will be a safe and exciting journey.

Dr. Bakus. Excuse me Dr Bakus,

I'm Reg Walker, Reggie,

Reginald if you'd like.

Hi Reginald.

I'm a communications technician and we met a couple of weeks ago.

Dr. Bakus. I need you to take a look at this.

Anyways I'm going to be working integrated communications today.

Great.

I'd just like to say Dr. Bakus,

it's a real honor to be serving with you on this mission.

Thanks.

You're still here.

Well look, I'm a doctoral student at the Polytech

and I was wondering if you'd consider looking over my uh, my thesis?

Thanks. Reggie,

it's a big day for both of us here today.

I need you to focus in. Ok?

Absolutely. Abso, no I'm focused.

No I did not, not today.

I'm just thinking sometime in the near future.

You know what, why don't you give me your ah cell phone number?

I can text you my contact info. Huh?

I don't have a cell phone.

That's a brilliant life choice.

You know what? I'm going to give you my cell phone number,

and you can just call me whenever you'd like.

How bout that?

You're not at your work station.

Ya. Right.

Ya. Ok.

Alright everybody, let's get this party started.

Com loop check time.

Mom! Look, there's dad!

He looks cool in that space suit.

Yes

hello? She'll have to call you back later.

Who was that?

Dr. Gallagher's office.

That could have been important.

Today you're not a nurse.

Today you are an astronaut's wife.

Besides you have to keep this line free

Relax mom.

The PR company will call.

They said they will.

You know things are really going to change around here.

Jose said he might even write a book

about his experiences.

Write a book.

He can barely write his name.

Mom!

Well it's true, isn't it?

Yes, hello?

She'll call you back!

Mind if I watch?

Yes. What are you doing here anyway

NASA sent me as a personal favor

to President Methany.

Serves me right for voting for him.

So how you been?

Really?

Is this the conversation we're going to have?

What's next, woody banter about the weather.

If you'll excuse me I've got a space ship to fly.

Well done. Almost like a real space program.

Bite me.

I'd be nice. The world is watching.

What are you doing here anyway?

Seriously?

The first ever paying tourist was a wealthy American industrialist

who flew to the international space station

You're late.

Sorry.

MSNBC needed a statement.

Well I guess it must be a pretty busy day

being the President's Science advisor

Yes Mr. President.

Television seems to really love your husband there

Cheryl.

Which one?

I'm sorry. That was awkward.

It's fine Mr. President.

Craig and I divorced years ago.

We're both past it.

Well in that case the one on the left.

In that case, thank you Mr. President.

Ok. This is flights.

I need a launch status check TBC.

TVC is go.

Fido?

Go

Guidance?

Go

Inco?

Inco is go flight.

Right. That's it.

We are go for launch.

Roebling One

you have clearance for take off.

Roger that flight.

And sir we have lift off.

Alright everybody.

Just like we trained for.

Now once we get to 50,000 feet, that's when the show really begins.

What do you think Fiona?

This beats working for the Airforce.

Absolutely.

Though I did like the Airforce flight suits better.

Well you know I think

these suits help to fire up the imagination of the public.

Not to mention our investors.

Always looking out for the bottom line.

Huh Peter?

Altitude reading,

cruising up to 22,000 feet.

How are you doing Mr. Hernandez?

Pretty good.

Except for the fact that my heart's about to jump out of my chest.

Back at the press conference you said you weren't scared.

I lied.

So, uh, is this your first time flying into space?

Yes. And yours?

It's my first time flying. Period.

Well if you get really nervous you can grab onto my hand.

And piss off the President of the United States.

I got enough trouble.

29,000 feet and climbing.

Hey Alan.

Why don't you wave to the folks at home?

Donate now to the Elias refugee camp.

Send this man your money.

He will save refugees

and he might even win himself another humanitarian prize.

How we doing Denise?

A OK boss.

Madam First Lady?

I'm doing just great.

Jose?

How's she flying Fiona?

Beautifully.

Here we are aboard the Roebling Clipper.

Approaching 50,000 feet.

I'm sorry Mr. Miller

but trading in all exchanges has been halted.

There's some kind of electrical glitch in the system.

No, I'm sure it's absolutely nothing.

On camera we see Alan Elias.

Mr Elias of course and his wife Joan

noted humanitarian relief efforts.

Yes,yes I have those documents here in my hand.

A charity they started...

And as soon as trading resumes I will be sure to execute your exchange.

College students has since grown into a major international aid organization

with branches in more than 70 countries all over the world.

Yes he is my father.

An you may recall a few years ago

I'm very excited for him.

The Elias' were honored by the Nobel community

and recognized with the prestigious Simmons accommodation

for their relief efforts in Afghanistan.

35,000 feet.

36,000 feet.

Still climbing.

Thanks.

Hey listen I was out of line earlier,

with that crack about the real space program, and uh for that.

I'm sorry.

I think you've mistaken me

for somebody who actually cares what you think.

Regardless.

I guess it's a little much for me to think

that we could still be friendly, huh?

Sure. Whatever.

How's Cheryl?

She's good. She's ah...she's good.

I'll let her know you said hello.

I didn't.

Roebling Clipper at 48,000 feet.

49,000.00

Flight we are at ignition altitude.

Roebling Clipper, you ready to light it up?

Roger Flight.

Ignition.

Yeah BABY!

Roebling One to Flight.

We are in low earth orbit.

Roger that Roebling One.

Welcome to space.

Yes.

Good job.

Roger

Great job.

Jose.

He's so cool.

Ya.

Roebling One to Flight.

We are in low earth orbit.

Roger that Roebling One.

Welcome to space.

To Alan Elias.

The Elias Afghan Relief Camp's first astronaut.

To Alan!

Alan is in space.

And there you have it ladies and gentlemen,

after a near flawless launch

the Roebling Clipper has achieved orbit.

And there on camera right now we see Alan Elias.

Mr Elias the oldest member on board

Roebling Clipper's inaugural flight.

Congratulations everybody

on being the first commercial passengers in space.

Now I have a special little gift for everyone.

Astronaut bubbly.

Ah, champagne in a bag!

Nicely done sir.

What a view.

Denise?

Hey. I thought you forgot about me.

Never. How's the ship?

Please tell me you did not ask about the ship

before asking about me.

I am repentant.

Ya. You better be.

I'm fine, thanks for asking and so is the Roebling Clipper.

Can you do me a favor?

When you get back,

prepare a report for me

on the fuel cells from the scalar drive.

Just curious to see whether or not the photonic distribution

was affected by the change in gravity.

That is a massive turn on.

So, how are you doing?

I'm great.

This is an amazing experience actually,

and, I just, I wish I could share it with you.

Listen, Denise.

Ya?

When you get back,

I really do want that report on photonic distribution.

Bastard.

Denise huh?

Why don't you do me a favor,

stick to what you know.

Mission Control this is the space station.

We have a visual on the Roebling Clipper.

Copy that space station.

How does she look?

Spectacular.

Like the future of space travel.

You've been reading our promotional material again I see.

I wish I had the money to invest.

She's good to go Dr. Bakus.

Thanks Ivan.

Roebling One this is Flight.

You're good to go for scalar drive ignition.

Copy that Flight.

Ladies and gentlemen,

next stop, the moon.

Sit back and relax folks, this is going to be something.

On my mark.

And mark.

Pushing through 1000. 1100,

pushing past 1300 miles per minute.

Amazing.

What the hell!?

Oh my god!

What was that?

Everybody just, just stay calm alright.

Craig?

Can you hear me Craig?

Are you there?

Talk to me. Do you have any idea what's going on?

I can't take anything up here.

Talk to me Craig

What's happening?

I don't know.

Denise. What's going on?

I'm not sure.

Some kind of spike in the energy, maybe a solar anomaly.

Come on!

Everyone hold on tight. We're figuring this out.

Cheryl

Don. What's happening?

We don't know yet.

Some sort of power surge.

Inco, can you pull up space station?

I'm on it.

Thank you.

Space station is up.

We need to know whats on your sensors.

Thanks Inco.

It was a wave of cosmic rays. Micro burst.

From where? Solar or galactic?

Local. From our sun.

We're detecting a CME behind it.

Big one.

- Cheryl. - Copy that space station.

It was a blast of cosmic radiation.

There's a big CME storm following right behind it.

Denise? That was a cosmic ray.

Coronal mass ejection bringing up the rear.

How's everybody doing up there?

Freaking the hell out. How bad is this?

I don't know yet.

Flight...check your monitor.

She's accelerating. Hang on.

Fiona. Can you confirm the engine readings please?

47 percent, and, and rising.

51 percent

Shut down the mains.

Negative. Negative on an engine shut down.

53 percent.

Oh my god.

Damn it.

Hey, will you tell me what the hell is going on?

The Clipper is accelerating right at the moon,

and if you would just stay out of our way

maybe we can get something done about it.

Cheryl we got a real situation brewing here.

No I'm not so sure he's capable to deal with it.

Thank you.

Ok.

Mr. President.

How bad is it?

A cosmic ray storm triggered a malfunction in the scalar drive.

The passengers are ok.

Mission control is doing everything they can to fix it.

So they can fix it?

We don't know yet.

If you needed publicity so bad,

why didn't you send mom to a kid's hospital,

instead of into space?

Can you kill power to the scalar drive remotely?

We already tried that.

Guidance, what's our current course?

If she keeps keeps accelerating

she's gonna blow right past the moon and shoot off into space.

What do we have remote access to?

How bout the thrusters?

How bout you let me handle this?

How bout you cut crap and let me help you.

Here, put these on.

Have you tried bypassing your AVP Module?

Yes.

What is our current speed?

2789 miles per minute.

Is that even possible?

Apparently!

Are any of the engines responding?

No.

- Thrusters? - No.

- Retros? - I can't get anything.

Come on, damn it.

What are these guys still doing here?

They have permission to be here.

Get out of here!

Not anymore they don't.

Were done here gentlemen.

Not anymore they don't.

Were done here gentlemen.

Well as yo just saw there,

it seems that ah,

Commander Don Wincroft

is no longer allowing our news crew

to broadcast live from inside mission control,

so...We will continue to bring you updates as this situation unfolds,

meantime

- Fiona!? - I'm trying!

Flame out.

Engine just shut itself down.

Denise? Are these readings correct?

The engine's off.

Flamed out.

Oh, thank god.

What she said.

Thank god.

We're no longer accelerating.

But we're not slowing down either. Are we?

Flight, can you confirm our current trajectory?

I can't get a read up here anymore.

Working on that right now. Guidance?

Give me another minute.

You don't have another minute.

Fido? I want you to work up the following protocol.

Go.

Well as you saw just moments ago

we have lost our video feed from inside the Roebling Spaceport.

But we are going to go now live to our reporter

Jeff Gustas who is standing by outside.

Ah Jeff, what is the latest?

All we know is

that there's been some sort of a mishap aboard the Roebling Clipper.

Whether it's mechanical malfunction or something caused by human error,

we really don't have any way of determining at the moment.

Alright. Thank you very much.

That of course Jeff Gustas our reporter

who is tracking this developing story for us this afternoon.

This is what I got.

- You sure? - Hundred percent.

We need to call the President

ya

So it's not going to hit the moon?

That's correct, Mr. President.

The current trajectory will bring the ship close enough to the lunar surface

that the gravity will slingshot it around the moon.

And back towards earth?

No Sir.

The ships going so fast

that it's going to veer off into space towards the sun.

Oh God.

What about a rescue?

I'm sorry Mr President

but that's just out of the question right now.

We are presently working at firing the thrusters remotely,

Sir, from Mission Control.

That's true,Sir

but it's a very very long shot.

Statistically close to impossible.

But not actually impossible?

No Sir.

You don't know what you're talking about.

You bet I do.

Ok. Listen. Make it happen.

I don't care how, just do it.

Cheryl, go there.

I want eyes and ears in Mission Control,

I want to know what's happening as it happens, no matter what.

I understand Mr. President.

Why are you giving him false hope?

I'm not quite ready to give up on your ship yet.

I'm not giving up on my ship!

But I'm not blowing smoke either.

You know what, that's always been your problem.

You just don't know when to quit.

Well you don't know when to fight for something worth fighting for.

You never did.

You know, she only went because I asked her to.

They're doing everything they can to bring the First Lady home Sir.

Windcroft and Bakus,

they ever let you down?

Not together.

Aren't there back up systems?

There are always back up systems.

There are plenty of back up systems.

No one could have anticipated a problem like this.

Denise?

Ya, I'm here. You got some good news

We're working on some models right now

to see if we can't get those thrusters firing remotely.

Well that's never going to work.

I wish it could but it won't.

It might.

You just keep working on the thrusters on your end, ok?

Understood.

Listen, about those scalar fuel cells numbers you asked for.

I think we can put a pin in that for now right?

No, there's something odd about them.

Like they're over clogged,

as if they were adjusted to perform at higher levels then

when we tested them.

Could that happen all on it's own?

No.

Ya, that's what I thought.

Denise,

let's just focus for now on getting the thrusters working ok?

Roger that.

Bye.

But there's really no point.

Mom, what I was trying to say is that I'm not happy

you're alone right now.

Well that's never bothered you before.

I'm sorry.

That was mean. I'm not alone JJ.

I'm surrounded by 950 people who need me.

There's nothing either of us can do for your dad right now.

Well I'm sure the US is doing everything they can

to protect him and these people.

Governments don't save people JJ, people do.

People save people.

Mom. What the...

Ma! Hello?

JJ?

JJ?

Now as the Clipper slingshots around the moon

she'll be pulling 9 G's...

Excuse me. Is she rated for that?

Reggie

Ok. Ya I get it I'm just communications.

I'll shut up. Ya.

No, that's a good question.

Dr. Bakus.

It's a dog and pony show.

I thought this was a closed facility.

Not anymore.

I'm here under orders of the President of the United States.

Can the Roebling Clipper withstand 9 G's of force?

Yes. Barely but yes.

As I was saying,

9 G's will send the Clipper to veer off it's plotted course

and head on an 87 degree trajectory towards the sun.

Now we need to be ready to

transmit the thruster control signal the minute

she clears the far side of the moon.

Now get your calculations together,

lets get on it.

Hey Don.

- Hey Baby. - Craig.

Cheryl.

I'm glad you two have put aside the animosity to work together.

It's an illusion.

The odds of Don's plan working are about...

Twenty percent.

Zero point zero one percent

You know Craig even if you're right,

the Clipper is traveling at 11,000 miles a minute.

That puts it in the sun in six days.

Guess we better hope this plan works then.

Right Superman?

How is he?

Well he's about the same.

A brilliant guy but a pill.

Clearly he still hates me

and he's not that wild about you either.

But I'm glad you're here.

Me too.

Let me show you around.

The information I'm receiving about the rescue plan is spotty at best.

My sources are telling me

that it involves some kind of a transmission of a signal

from Mission Control to the Roebling Clipper

that will somehow,slow the ship down

Ok. Thank you very much Jeff.

How's she holding up?

It's hard for her.

- It's hard for all of us. - well as Jeff was saying...

Look if there's anything you need, anything you want, just call me.

Claire?

I just wanted to remind you about the council meeting in 30 minutes.

Let's cancel that. I'm staying here.

You don't have to do that.

I belong here with all of you.

We're all in this together.

Isn't it a little late to change the meeting?

The nice thing about being mayor is

that I get to do whatever the hell I want.

...Clipper is in any type of condition to receive a signal,

when and if it is broadcast.

And our experts here on the ground are telling us

that any type of rescue plan at this point is a longshot.

Once we hit lunar orbit

I'll need everyone belted in tightly.

Face forward in your seats and try to stay calm.

Try to stay calm, are you serious?

Would you just relax. You are in good hands.

The hands that got us into this mess?

Those the hands you're talking about?

Gentlemen please.

We're all feeling the pressure here, this is not going to help.

Denise, how you doing?

Considering we just had to rip Roebling and Elias apart, fine.

How are you doing firing those thrusters remotely?

We're working on it but just don't wait for it ok?

You just keep working on the thrusters yourself.

What if we don't slow down?

Where do we end up with our trajectory?

Six days and you're going to get pulled into the sun.

No Craig, you can't let that happen.

We're gonna get you out of there Denise.

No you don't understand Craig.

If the scalar drive hits the sun,

which is already going through an active phase,

the drive will just amplify the energy in the solar plasma

and send it shooting out into every direction.

You sure about that?

Positive. Unfortunately.

Well I guess we're just going to have to make sure you don't hit the sun, right?

Brace yourselves everyone.

I gotta go.

Okay.

Please don't say I'll see you later.

I wasn't.

But I will see you later. Count on it.

Deinse?

Inco?

Well we're not going to hears from them

until they clear the other side of the moon.

How long?

About five minutes.

Here we go.

1 G

2 G's

Right now we can only imagine

what is happening on board the Roebling Clipper

as it hurtles around the far side of the moon...

We are still four minutes away from knowing

the fate of the Roebling Clipper and the six people on board.

As we reported the acceleration of the passengers and the crew

will create up to 9 G's or 9 times their body weight.

The human body with just over three minutes left,

the tension not only here but around the world is palpable.

This will likely be one of those moments.

That this generation looks back on and always remembers where they were.

As the earth held it's breath waiting

to hear again from the Roebling Clipper.

The world awaits news from Roebling Spaceport

regarding the fate of the passengers and the crew of the Roebling Clipper.

With minutes remaining.. All...one has hope.. And pray...

Oh C'mon. work, dammit!

It's not the radio, it's interference from outside.

Four G's.

Four point five.

Six.

Six point five.

Seven.

We are of course following the online chatter regarding this story

as it unfolds and many people now drawing

How many minutes until...uh...?

Less than three Mr. President.

Is there anything I an get for you?

Ya, my wife back, safe.

And like Lady Di,

the First Lady seems to create this aura of accessibility around her.

She is a devoted mother,

a beloved figure,

famously generous with her time.

Mrs. Mathany won the hearts...

The President is barely holding it together.

Colonel, what do you think?

Is this mission in good hands?

What do we know about Craig Bakus?

Brilliant scientist, designed the Aurora Clipper,

but apparently he's not the easiest person to deal with.

Oh, great.

What about Don Wincroft?

NASA, decorated astronaut.

Saved the crew of the shuttle Reliant when they had to ditch

and he has mission critical experience.

If it was up to me, I'd rather see him in charge.

Me too.

Make the call.

Shouldn't that come from the President?

In this matter I'm confident I speak for President Methany.

Make the call.

And the Washington social scene have combined to make her

one of the most popular First Ladies.

We're just hoping she returns safely.

Two minutes.

This is completely wrong.

I understand, but tell the President that I advise against this.

Fine.

No, better if it comes from me.

Oh god.

Craig I have to talk to you.

Not now Cheryl.

- Inco? - One minute, forty five until radio contact.

Remote firing sequences ready to transmit?

Craig please, this is important.

I need to speak with you in private.

C'mon Cheryl, we're all friends here.

We have no secrets between us. Huh?

The White House wants Don to take over the mission.

What?

Don is in charge now.

This is a private facility, you can't do that.

Roebling's license with the FAA allows us.

We are federalizing control of the operation.

Craig, I'm sorry.

One minute.

I'll tell you what.

Why don't you two stop screwing around,

we'll go back to trying to save these people's lives okay?

Thank you very much.

Inco...

Craig...

You've been trying to take over since you got here haven't you?

- You think I wanted this? - Hell ya!

Everyone calm down!

You don't touch me.

Craig, Don had nothing to do with this.

It came from the top.

Like hell he didn't.

Roebling One.

Guys, guys, I got her... I got her... I got her...

Transmit.

Escort Mr. Bakus out of Mission Control.

You don't touch me.

I'll get there myself.

You get what you want!

You happy now Wincroft? You happy!?

Keep me up to speed Inco.

Ya. Right.

Stay focused.

Is everybody okay?

I'm okay... I'm good.

That was almost as bad as the simulator.

Peter?!

Peter?!

No... no...

Try to keep up big guy.

Gonna lock that?

That is Jeff, and of course as he was mentioning

there are many factors here that need to be taken into consideration...

Don Wincroft is America's most celebrated astronaut.

It's a smart call for the President

to remove Craig Bakus

and turn the rescue mission over to Commander Wincroft.

Okay, thank you very much for that,

Who the hell put Wincroft in charge?

Obviously we taking nothing away from Dr. Bakus' understanding of the...

Who made that call?

I did Mr. President.

Without consulting me?

It was the right thing to do.

No!

The right thing would have been to consult your boss.

The Commander in Chief.

...arguably the only reason

the Reliant made it safely back to earth

was because of Commander Wincroft's heroic handling

of what was a near fatal situation.

I feel really bad about this.

You've been feeling bad about Craig for years

Cheryl. That's what he does,

he makes people who care about him feel bad.

Inco? It's ah Reggie right?

Ya, yes Sir, ya.

Have the Clipper's thrusters fired yet?

Not that I can see, no.

Can we boost the signal?

I tried that already and I'm working on it now.

Hey, listen.

Why don't we ah give Craig a couple more minutes to clam down,

then you pay him a visit,

see if he want's to come back and be part of the team.

I'm the last person he wants to talk to right now.

You might be the second last.

Commander the Clipper's on line.

Roebling One this is Mission Control.

Dr. Bakus?

This is ah Commander Don Wincroft.

I've been asked to assume control of the mission.

This is Captain Henslaw correct?

Yes.

Captain, what's your situation up there

Have your thrusters fired yet?

Negative, not yet.

Commander, Peter Roebling's dead.

Say again Captain.

Roebling's dead. G forces were too much.

Copy that.

Captain, you flew with VFA-11,

the "Red Rippers" right?

That's right.

Remember how they were on the Forrestal

when they came through that fire back in '67?

I do.

Just like that Captain, you're going to come through this.

Copy that.

Denise, listen.

Dr. Bakus isn't in charge any more,

Wincroft is.

What? Why?

I don't know. It doesn't matter.

It matters to me.

Listen, we've got to get our thrusters firing.

Remember you said you knew where to kick the Clipper

if something didn't work?

Did you mean that or was that just talk

I meant it.

Then show me.

C'mon, c'mon, c'mon...

Hello?

Reggie, don't say anything.

Don't react, it's me Craig.

I need you to do exactly what I say.

Okay.

I need you to patch me through to Denise on the Roebling Clipper.

Can you do that for me?

Ya, I could get fired.

Reggie, you don't have a job to get fired from anymore.

Do you really think

that any one's going to want to pay to fly into space after today?

I see your point.

Ya. Thank you.

Ya.

Nice work Reggie.

Denise you there?

Craig, where are you?

Why is Wincroft in charge?

Screw that. How are you doing?

Hanging in there. Barely.

How bout the thrusters?

Has the remote protocol worked yet?

No. They're rerouting the system manually.

Might be able to get them started up yet.

Those cosmic rays that fired our Clipper,

triggered a whole bunch of SEL.

You're kidding me.

A single event latch-ups?

I mean c'mon. That's incredibly rare.

Are you sure?

That's why I'm telling you.

The scalar drive was engaged when the SELs were triggered right?

Right.

Don't go anywhere.

I wish.

Well so far it appears that the Roebling Clipper is not responding.

I repeat not responding...

C'mon Cheryl, give me something.

The President's watching the news channels...

We're still transmitting the remote sequence but...

the longer it fails to work the less likely it is that is will work.

Well I hope that someone does more than try.

Roger, how are you holding up?

How do you think I'm holding up?

Call me when you know more.

...hard information all we can do at this point is guess...

I think it's time we bring Craig back in here.

What is he doing?

Joan. You better come.

This better be good.

What's going on?

He says that a girl is hiding here in the camp.

Her name is Nourhan.

He wants to come in and look for her.

She's supposed to marry him.

Marry him? She's a kid.

Stay out of this please.

This camp is under the protection of International Treaties.

Tell him.

He's not a big fan of treaties.

I'm not a big fan of his timing.

Does he have a picture of the girl?

Do you have a picture?

She's not here. Tell him.

He says that the girl is Mehrzad's daughter.

Mehrzad himself sent him to find her.

No.

You're not coming into this camp.

That was really stupid of me, wasn't it?

Yes.

I'm sorry... I gave her away.

Find Nourhan, keep her out of sight.

If the Roebling Clipper's thrusters don't fire,

gravity will eventually pull the ship directly into the sun.

They really only have one chance at this.

And the real problem here is no one fully knows

what will happen to the ship's scalar drive

if it impacts the sun.

Craig.

Why are you calculating phased systems?

If I explained to you I won't have time to finish.

So please just stop talking.

Denise?

Hold on.

Wait, I think we're getting something.

Try the thrusters.

No.

Try again.

Craig I need you to explain this to me.

Denise? Can you still hear me?

Go Craig.

You're talking to Denise?

Dr. Bakus?

I need you to confirm some power cell settings for me.

I need you to hang up right now.

Forty seven, two, ninety nine, six, thirteen...

Craig you've got to let me in.

What is going on?

And forty seven, two, ninety nine, six and thirteen.

Those are correct.

Denise, do not...

Denise copy! Do not fire the thrusters.

What?

You want me to let you in, get me out of here,

we cannot fire that remote transmission.

What! Why?

They can't fire those thrusters.

Why?

Trust me.

Craig!

Yes.

Balaban, it look like you aren't just talk.

Don! Don!

Tell Fiona not to fire the thrusters.

Tell her now!

Why?

Easy, easy..

Because the cosmic ray

that hit the ship caused a bunch of single event latch-ups.

That means the electronics,

they're stuck in the exact same state

that they were in when the ray hit.

Reggie

what was the last confirmed settings of the drive?

One hundred and ninety eight percent full forward.

Full forward one hundred and ninety eight percent.

That's the state the drive's going to be in when it comes back on line.

Stand by everyone.

Firing reverse thrusters.

Five percent power.

Let's slow this bitch down and go home.

Roebling One this is Mission Control.

Do not fire the thrusters.

Do not...

Scalar drive engaged instead of thrusters!

Shut it down!

I can't! I can't!

Don?

- Don? - Roebling One, come in.

Roebling One, come in, come in!

Inco get me back!

I'm, the channels are all blocked.

Well try harder!

Roebling One, please come in.

Come in.

Oh God.

Fiona! Shut them down!

Engines are not responding, Navigation seems frozen.

Too repeat,

reports are now coming in

that the Roebling Clipper is out of control once again.

I repeat the Roebling Clipper, out of...

Ma, are you there?

Ma, can you hear me?

Ya. I'm here sweetheart.

I'm here.

Good to hear your voice.

How are you over there?

Listen Ivan, if you're still tracking the Clipper

can you relay her course of speed to us?

Yes. We still have her but I'm not sure for how much longer.

We're sending telemetry to you now.

Roebling One respond..

Roebling One respond

Denise? Fiona?

Cheryl, what the hell happened?

The scalar drive fired instead of the thrusters.

We didn't anticipate it.

And what's being done to fix this?

Fiona?

Everyone is doing everything they can.

The minute we know more I'll let you know.

I love you baby.

Everybody, out.

Out!

Thank you, thank you.

What's going on?

Are we slowing down?

No. No we've hit our top speed.

That's a good thing right?

I mean, if we can't go any faster, that's good right?

How fast are we going?

Five thousand, five hundred and eighty-eight miles per second.

Per second?

But you can turn us around right, I mean you can shut the engines down!

I'm sorry.

What do you mean"sorry".

What does that mean?

We've almost re-established contact with the Clipper.

Clipper's accelerated at three percent the speed of light.

At that speed,

it will be close enough to the sun to burn up in less than thirty minutes.

That's not even the worst of it.

The scalar drive is designed to withstand intense heat,

so when the Clipper incinerates,

it's going to continue on straight into the sun.

The scalar drive is a quantum device.

After impact it'll phase double and multiply

every solar anomaly we've been seeing.

You sure know

a whole hell of a lot about scalar mechanics for an astronaut.

Is there anything we can do?

No. It's inevitable.

There's got to be something we can do.

No! It's over Don.

Alright everybody! This is officially over.

There's not going to be another Shuttle Reliant for you Don.

Alright, what exactly is gonna happen?

The earth is gonna suffer through a cocktail of solar events

like we've never felt before.

Starting with a cosmic ray burst.

Will it impact earth directly?

It doesn't really make a difference if it impacts directly.

Even an indirect hit, it's very bad news,

it's gonna take out a chunk of the ozone layer,

expose us to direct solar radiation.

Following right on the heels of that, will be a massive CME.

It's going to take out all the electronics,

everything the cosmic ray hasn't touched.

Throw one in for good measure, constant static electrical storms.

It's going to blast us back into prehistory.

I have to alert the the White House.

They need to get the word out to other governments.

Inco? Can you patch everyone in the Clipper

through to people they need to say goodbye to please?

Yes Sir.

They've got 30 minutes left.

I'll have a Skype for you in a minute.

I'll take the audio feed.

We're almost ready.

Thank you Reggie.

Commander, if you don't mind me asking,

what was it like on Reliant when the accident happened?

Wasn't good.

Dr. Bakus told me that you lead a mutiny.

Really?

Ya.

Well you know Reggie,

Dr. Bakus often has a slightly skewed,

vision.Sometimes for the better, and sometimes not.

Anyway, the ship was severely compromised.

The impact had knocked out our guidance control board,

which put us into a deteriorating orbit.

Our trajectory was gonna put us straight into Chicago.

We were ordered to fire the engines and shoot off into space.

We said our goodbyes,

the captain was about to engage the engine

when it occurred to me we had a rover in a cargo bay,

now I don't know why no one had thought of it before,

but it had a compatible control board on it.

Now I surmised that we could reprogram that,

use it to bypass our down system.

The captain refused to take the chance.

So what'd you do?

Well the flight engineer and the payload officer were keen on my plan

and they backed me to take charge of the ship.

Well, the short of it is,

it took under three hours to reroute the system.

So that's how you saved Reliant?

Basically.

What about this captain?

He didn't press any charges?

No, you know Reggie, he never did.

I guess the captain saw

the merit in NASA not finding out that,

he was tied to his chair

in what could possibly be the greatest space rescue

since Apollo 13.

Commander, we're ready.

Everyone's in place.

You know I really thought we were going to beat this thing today.

Me too Sir.

Dad? Dad can you hear me?

I, I hear you JJ.

I tried to get mom on the line but there was just simply too much interference.

I wanted to tell you that I'm sorry

that I didn't call you before the launch.

It's okay. We're talking now.

Listen, I just want to say that I'm sorry your mom

and I didn't give you the kind of childhood you probably wanted.

Don't be sorry Dad, it's not the...

No, no, no I know how you felt growing up.

That we picked our work over you.

But I want you to know that

if I had it to do all over again

I'd do the same thing.

Probably not what you want to hear

but I need you to understand.

I've devoted my whole life to an idea.

To the belief that helping others is the greatest good

a person can do.

If you remember anything about me,

remember that.

Ya, I won't forget that.

I love you JJ.

I truly do.

Ya.

Tell your mother that I love her.

Okay then...

I gotta go.

Honey, Honey don't be sad.

We'll be together again one day.

I want to be with you now.

I need you to be strong. Both of you.

You hear that Freddie?

I need you to take care of Mommy for me. Okay Buddy?

Okay.

Don't be scared. I'm not.

What do I always tell you? Life's one big...

Adventure.

Marta, listen.

I want you to get married again.

No, don't say that. Please.

Yes. When the time is right, you get married.

But listen, this is important.

Don't marry Brad Bartels.

I see the way that sheriff looks at you

and I don't like it one bit.

Okay.

I just know you're gonna raise Freddie in a way

to make me proud.

I gotta go.

Others are waiting.

Hold on Mom wants to say something to you.

Jose, I just want you to know that I'm sorry.

For giving you such a hard time over the years

No you're not.

But I love you anyway Mom.

Denise?

You shouldn't be wasting this call on me, okay?

Everyone I'm close to knows how I feel about them

except you so...

Reggie boost the signal.

I'm, I'm trying.

I've got one question for you Craig

and I know you're incapable of lying so

here goes... Do you love me?

Because I sure as hell love you.

It's okay.

Thank you for, for telling me the truth.

I've got yo go.

Ya.

I'll call you later.

Would it have killed you to tell her you love her?

She would have known I was lying.

I couldn't do that to her.

I'll see ya later.

We have a connection to the First Lady.

You should talk to your mom first. Okay.

Mom.

Hey Baby.

Oh Sweetie, it's okay, I'm okay.

I'm not scared.

I was so awful to you before you left.

Oh Baby don't...

I know you didn't mean it.

Please tell me you forgive me.

Of course I forgive you.

Can you do something for me?

Okay, anything.

Help your dad. He's not as tough as we are.

Will you do that?

Okay.

It wasn't anyone's fault Sweetie.

You remember that, okay?

Oh I love you sweet girl.

I love you to Mom.

Honey I...

I know... I know

I know Look after Lara for me.

Love her just the way she is.

I will I should have held you more.

So hold me now.

How long till impact?

Four minutes. Maybe five.

It takes another eight minutes

for whatever the hell's unleashed to get here to earth.

We should tell the President.

Sorry.

Don't.

Mr. President? You heard what Cheryl said.

We have to get the word out.

Mobilize the National Guard.

Look, Roger. I need a moment.

Mr. President, I need you to sign this.

What is this?

Because of your personal loss,

as per the rules of Presidential succession,

you need to affirm in writing that

you are no longer able to discharge the powers and duties of your office.

I just lost my wife.

I think I can have a moment.

Nobody will think less of you for doing this.

It's obviously not true.

How much time do we have?

Approximately eleven minutes.

I want emergency messages sent to every state

and federal agency we can reach.

Let 'em know what's coming.

Yes, Mr. President.

Get out of my sight.

Yes, I understand.

Thank you Governor.

Jeffery?

How many copies of the town of Eden disaster plan do we have available?

Make another ten copies please, right away.

Right away.

One minute till impact.

We won't know about the solar event or how bad it is

until eight minutes after impact.

Alright I want all systems that aren't crucial powered down

and disconnected from the grid.

Ivan, how long will it take you to do an emergency evacuation?

Not in eight minutes, if that's what you mean.

Besides, why would I want to give up

the best seat in the house for the show?

Is that the right expression?

Yes, it's the right expression.

I don't think you want this seat Buddy.

I will stay here

and relay information from the Solar Dynamics Observatory.

Might give you a few extra seconds of warning.

Thanks Ivan.

Five seconds. Four, three, two, one. Impact.

Is there a bunker here?

No.

Not that it makes much of a difference.

Wouldn't do us any good anyway.

The world is in mourning at the loss of the First Lady

and the rest of the passengers of the Roebling Clipper.

No one is exactly sure what happened.

But it is...

Paul!

Mom?

Sa.. Sarah?

No, no it's okay

I don't want you to come over right now.

No, I'll be fine.

Look, I just want to be alone.

I'll call you a little later okay?

Okay.

Freddie!? Freddie come here.

Have you seen him?

I thought he was here with you.

- He's not in his room? - No.

Freddie?

Twelve, eleven, ten, nine, eight,

seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.

It missed us.

It went lateral to earth at eighty-two degrees.

Eighty-two degrees.

Dodged a bullet there huh?

Wait for it.

Oh my god.

Paul!

Do you ever get tired of being wrong?