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You know, he used to read this to me when I was a kid.

Wait, he did?

Yeah. I loved it.

I'd never heard a story like that before.

I bet.

I think it's bullshit

we don't get to give him at least, like, a little memorial service.

I know.

I just wish we could honor him, you know?

Send him off in the right way.

We will.

When things get back to normal.

Here.

Go through these.

Do you think…

That he's still, like…

I mean, do you believe in… you know, like…

- Heaven? - Yeah.

You know,

I don't think there's some magical place in the clouds

where all the ghosts hang out.

All right.

But I really do think that

the people who have passed on…

They stay with us.

They guide us.

Alex?

You guys should come see this.

Why do you wanna join the off-planet expeditionary force?

Opef is where the best of the best are, sir.

Your commanding officer seems to think that you put in for a transfer to

avoid the consequences of some problematic behavior.

Problematic behavior?

Like me being the top rifle expert at mct?

She says you have a tendency to isolate.

That you don't socialize with the other members of your unit.

Because they're a bunch of drunks, sir.

I see you've attended three different high schools, and been suspended twice.

Can you explain why?

Houston's school system's a war zone.

Some tweakers tried to start a fight. I finished it.

Then the bleeding-heart principals blamed me.

With all due respect, sir, what does this have to do with me joining opef?

Unit cohesion.

You'll be confined in tight spaces with the other members of your unit

for extended periods of time,

and you won't be able to just open a door and walk off your frustration.

I can handle that, sir.

Do you have any diagnosed or undiagnosed history of depression?

I don't do depression, sir.

I leave that to the philosophy majors.

Why did you take your stepfather's last name?

I didn't, sir.

My mother changed my name.

What kind of relationship did you have with your biological father?

He died when I was a baby.

I don't remember a thing about him.

As far as I'm concerned, my father is Tom jarrett, sir.

Do you worry you might share some of his traits?

I hope so. He raised me.

I wasn't talking about your stepfather.

I meant astronaut Daniel Stevens.

He's not my father.

Almost ready?

Don't wanna be late for your first day.

You don't think, like…

You don't think grandpa would think I'm playing it safe, do you?

Alex, your grandfather didn't spring from the womb as an admiral.

He started out swabbing decks just like everyone else.

You gotta start somewhere, and it doesn't have to be forever, okay?

Just…

Give the job a few weeks, see if you like it. That's all I ask.

Okay. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

You told Dev I didn't want any special treatment, right?

Yes, Alex. For the millionth time, I did.

Okay.

I'm gonna be home late tonight.

We're running sims for the titan landing.

Okay.

Wait, wait. Hold on.

Here.

What's that?

Here.

I found it in grandpa's stuff.

Wow.

Gosh, I haven't seen this since…

I don't even know when.

I was thinking you should take this with you

to titan when you leave next week.

You could name a mountain,

or a methane lake or something after grandpa.

You know?

I love that idea.

I will.

Once you log in, you will access this database.

You will parse these records from the last eight years,

extract the personal energy consumption figures,

and run them through this conversion program.

- Can you do that? - Yeah, yeah, yeah. I ca…

- Yes, ma'am. - I prefer Ms. Joshi.

Right, right. Ms. Joshi.

Just to say, by the way.

Whatever I can do to help the team, I will.

I just wanna be treated like everyone else here.

Why would I give you special treatment?

No… sorry. No. I'm sorry, I'm saying you shouldn't.

If you need any assistance, you can ask your colleagues.

Right.

Thank you.

Vestibule leak check is good.

Hopper 17, t-minus 60 seconds to Mars descent.

Hopper 17, Phoenix. Proceed with undocking.

Request clearance for separation.

Max q, 679 mass at 1.07.

Prop iso valves open.

Rcs thrusters enabled.

Hopper 17, you are clear for separation

and Mars descent.

Copy, Phoenix.

Undocking successful.

Firing rcs thrusters at 15%.

Beginning rotation.

You are clear of departure vector 325.

Roger. Departure vector 325.

Holy fuck.

Aleida.

How was the trip?

A fucking month in zero-g.

I'm still feeling a little wobbly.

People usually spend more time on Phoenix getting reacclimated to the gravity.

Well, we don't have time to waste.

Very true.

I'm really on Mars.

I can't believe it.

Well, you ready for a walk?

Come on.

I could use a drink.

That can be arranged.

Mr. Ayesa, what can I do for you?

Nothing, I'm just looking for this guy.

Look at you.

A working man.

- How you getting on? - Good.

Ms. Joshi's been great.

Come up to my office, there's something I wanna talk to you about.

Yeah. Yeah.

The high-speed Maglev train runs along the side here.

There's a baseball field, and check out the beach.

- The what? - It's actually built over

the refuse processing facility.

The energy created from the incinerator underneath powers the waves.

That is brilliant.

Yeah.

Thought you'd like that.

You know, that's the whole idea of this place.

When you're inside, one of its million residents,

you might as well be in London or Copenhagen.

Meru's food, life support and power

will be completely self-sustaining using entirely local resources.

Everything manufactured here on Mars.

We will no longer be reliant on

the inefficient shipments of supplies from earth.

Truly

in control of our own destiny.

Wow.

This looks so perfect.

Almost too perfect.

Too perfect?

I don't know. I mean, like, too planned.

You know, too complete.

I mean, there's no room for people to make it their own, you know?

It's dangerous to give people too many options.

It confuses them.

Yes, but this isn't a ship or a computer, it's a home.

Okay… when I was… when I was little, yeah,

my mom hated how claustrophobic the pods were.

So she tore off the cabinet doors and filled them with

our books and my toys and other stuff from earth.

I don't know. I…

Okay, maybe you could make parts of the base like more modular,

more flexible, like the hab walls.

Even the public spaces.

I mean, you could give it a little more breathing room. You know?

Like, make… I don't know, really make people feel like they're free.

Sorry.

That was a stupid idea. Sorry.

No, it's a good point.

But that's not a simple change though.

Something like that, the redesign, resourcing material, delays…

That's several million dollars at least.

Shit.

I'm sorry. I didn't mean...

but if you can come up with an affordable plan

for flexible living spaces,

I'll make the change.

I mean… well…

- Ms. Joshi needs me to... - don't worry about her.

Just focus on the work.

Wow.

I want you to feel

like you can make a real contribution here.

Meru will be your home too one day.

So he starts walking down the line…

- What can I get ya? - Gimme a coke.

You're an asshole!

You're one asshole!

Close enough, he's standing in front of me.

He leans in so that close you can see the veins throbbing in his eyeballs.

And I just burp in his face.

- No, you didn't. - I did.

Well, clearly you didn't piss him off too much.

- Yeah. - You're going to the moon, baby.

Yeah.

- Semper fi. - Semper fi!

- I am so jealous of you. - In zero-g, baby.

Hey, ruiz.

You got accepted to opef?

Start training in two weeks.

Hey, guys. This is jarrett. She was in lethal Lima with me.

You hear back from opef yet?

They're giving me a second poly.

Fuck.

- What? - Somebody must've poisoned the well.

Yeah. After the poly, they interview the people closest to you.

Your family, your childhood friends, classmates.

If anyone says something

that conflicts with your answers, you're fucked.

You must've got fingered for something.

Here I thought you were a goody two-shoes.

Yeah. Any skeletons in your closet, jarrett?

Fuck you.

Or are you just an alkie?

You're sucking that coke down like it's going out of style.

Hey!

- Or maybe they just figured out… - what the hell, jarrett?

…you're a fucking psycho.

- Say that shit again, I fucking dare you! - Hey, hey, hey. Get… come on.

- Say it! Fucking say it! - Hey, hey. Get off him. Get off.

Fuck you!

To titan.

Yeah.

So you're just never gonna bring it up?

Bring what up?

Korolev.

You mean cutting the legs from my life's work?

- Nah, I wasn't planning on it. - Kelly,

I swear I did everything I could to save your research program.

I know. I know.

It took me a while, but I get why you did it.

I'm just glad I kept the expletive-filled vidmail in my drafts folder.

Look, I still believe there's life on Mars.

And if we're gonna find it, korolev's the best place to look.

But I might not be the one, and that's okay, 'cause…

I'm gonna find it on titan. I guarantee you that.

Damn straight.

So tell me about your sojourner team.

I mean, Walt is the commander, but how are the rest of the team?

They're great.

You know, incredibly smart, driven.

Best of the best.

And they all hate my guts.

Come on. That can't be true.

It's Walt's crew, and I'm the outsider.

Well, it's not the worst thing for people at work not to love you.

They bother you less.

You would say that.

No, I just… I want them to know I'm a team player.

Well, I'm glad to hear you say that.

You know, I wasn't sure if after your dad…

If you'd still be up for it, or if you'd need more time.

Which would be totally understandable.

No, it's…

It's the opposite.

This mission meant so much to him,

and he was actually the one who pushed me to get on the crew

as a pilot in the first place.

I really was sorry to hear about him.

It's been over a month…

And it still feels like it happened yesterday.

Sometimes I come home from work and I still expect to

hear him bitching about that damn ankle monitor.

Yeah.

Those things that drive you crazy about them,

those are the things you miss the most.

Yeah.

Starting to see that.

But it's made me appreciate the time I have with my kids now.

Even though I still mostly just complain about them.

How are they?

Javi's been touring with his band.

My god.

I would love to hear some of his music sometime.

No, you wouldn't.

And graciana…

She couldn't wait for me to leave. Practically booted me out the door.

Same with Alex.

He can't wait to get the whole hab to himself.

Okay, one last shot and then we're going to bed.

- Right? - Yeah.

Aunt aleida.

Aunt aleida, wake up.

Fucking hell.

Alex?

Wow.

You got huge.

Mars gravity.

Is that coffee?

Yes. Yes.

And aspirin.

She raised you well.

Speaking of which, where is your mom?

Not sure.

But she was in rough shape this morning too.

What the hell did you two get up to last night?

You know.

Just catching up.

Hey, you're going to helios, right?

Yeah. Yes, yes.

All right.

I'll come with you.

Give me five minutes.

Just need a second.

You know, I… no, no.

No, no.

Give me ten minutes.

Okay, cool.

There you are. How was the ride?

Did you talk to opef about me?

Well, hello to you too.

Come on in.

What'd you say to them?

Well, I told them that you are incredibly bright.

Highly motivated, tenacious, and that they'd be lucky to have you.

What else?

They asked about your family.

My dad?

And your uncle. And your grand mama, and your grandaddy too.

What'd you say?

I said that your father was very talented.

But that he had serious psychological issues.

They already know that. It's in his service records.

I said that

living in the shadow of what he did…

It wasn't easy on you.

It was a burden you took up, and it wasn't yours to carry.

They're giving me a second poly.

Good.

Good.

That means you're still in the running.

In fact, it means they really like you.

Otherwise, they wouldn't bother giving you a second shot.

I just…

I can't screw it up.

- Then be honest. - I was.

My dad, he's not…

He's never been part of my life.

I don't give a shit about him.

Avery, come sit down.

Your dad

became an astronaut because

he had something to prove to the world.

That he could live up to the legacy of his parents.

And because he thought that that was what was expected of him.

But deep in his heart,

it wasn't what he wanted.

He lied

to his superiors, to ed, to me, and to himself.

That is what killed him.

And if you're doing all this just to prove you aren't him,

you'll fail too.

I want my own life.

No one else's.

Then tell them that.

That is what they need to hear.

Excuse me.

You gonna just walk on through here and not say hello to Avery?

Hi, Avery!

- She's getting big. - Too big.

I can hardly keep up with her.

Come on, eat something.

Actually, I should get back to Pendleton.

Already? Wait, you just got here.

Yeah.

I'm sorry I came in so hot.

Come here.

You know I love you no matter what, right?

And you're gonna need that fire in your belly for what's to come.

I love you too.

I'm surprised to see that.

After everything that happened between you.

Love, hate.

The older you get, the more you start to realize they're not so different.

The war of words between corporate rivals in the space race is heating up

as dueling missions to titan are launching within days of each other.

Russian aerospace firm kuragin launched their craft, kosmos-1,

from Kazakhstan just yesterday.

While the helios-funded mission

is said to launch from Mars in less than a week.

They both seek to be the first to find signs of life in our solar system.

Protests have grown in regions of the Soviet union,

the largest in Vilnius and Kiev,

as members of anti-Soviet independence movements

are spreading in the wake of the flailing Soviet economy.

Along with the us and other m-6 nations,

Moscow has invested heavily in iridium mining on Mars.

But shipments of the valuable resource

have slowed as tensions at happy valley continue to rise.

You were appointed to your post with very clear instructions.

To implement our plans to expedite shipments of iridium, no matter the cost.

And these past weeks, the work has slowed to a crawl.

You know I am fond of you, my boy

but we have leveraged our entire economy on getting iridium

and the people are growing tired of waiting.

You must expedite the next phase of the kuragin project.

I know you can rise to the occasion, lenya. Goodbye.

He is angry…

Of course he is.

What are you going to do about this mess?

I need to find a way to turn the page.

Get people focused again on their work.

They're still bitching and complaining about Lee.

And that damn Baldwin memorial

that's been up for a month is not helping matters.

Tear it down. It is a violation of base law.

I can't tear it down, they'll only build another and they will hate me even more.

I must unite the people, not make it worse than it already is.

Remember the launch parties

they used to throw in star city?

How could I forget?

We met at one of these parties.

Every man there wanted you.

But you were the only salmon to make it to the top of the falls.

Lenya.

Please.

Think.

Why do we celebrate these launches?

The Americans do it too.

So does helios. Esa. Even the north Koreans. Why?

A shared sense of purpose.

I would wager ferdinand and Isabella

threw a hell of a party for Columbus before he sailed across the Atlantic.

The titan mission.

Precisely.

Something for the people to rally behind.

And it doesn't hurt that ed Baldwin's daughter is on the crew.

Honey. What would I do without you?

How far away is this?

Just another minute.

Jesus Christ.

How's everything going?

Yeah. Yeah, everybody's been really nice.

I'm actually back down another floor. But you're good, yeah?

Yeah, I'm good. Hey, thanks for being my guide.

Yeah, of course.

Ms. Rosales, he's expecting you.

- Can I get you a coffee or something? - I'm okay.

Ms. Rosales? Right this way.

Did you want some coffee?

Wow.

I thought I'd give you a moment to savor what we've built together.

Dev.

I need to talk to you about…

I am so glad you're finally here.

I'm so glad you finally came up. I've been waiting for you.

Okay.

But the fact remains

that this company has become dysfunctional, Dev.

We can't keep working at cross purposes.

I'm trying to keep helios solvent,

meanwhile you're spending hand over fist on this fucking city on Mars.

Which you announced without even giving me a heads-up.

Hey, look. I get it.

I haven't always been the most communicative person.

But in my life, I've lost trust in people.

Been stabbed in the back by those closest to me.

See, the difference with me is I'll stab you in the front.

I don't doubt that.

So are we good? Or are we gonna talk about our feelings all day?

All right.

Then let's get down to business.

Two things.

First is that the new plasma engines on sojourner aren't reaching rated power.

Won't even get us to orbit.

Second, if we do get them to work,

we're gonna hit titan's atmosphere like a bat out of hell.

We need more accurate atmospheric scale-height calculations

for the aerobraking maneuver.

Don't we have the data from Walt's seekers?

Yes.

But that won't match conditions when we get there.

Without real time scale-height figures…

Sojourner might just skip off the atmosphere and get sucked into saturn.

Or come in too hot. Burn up on entry.

So bad day either way.

Kuragin's planning an aerobrake maneuver for their mission.

They must have a scale-height figure for those conditions.

- They'd be crazy to launch without it. - So how'd they get theirs?

Pretty sure they'd consider that proprietary information.

Okay.

I think I have a solution.

But I'm gonna need some time.

If we don't get that number,

they'll beat us.

I'll get it.

- Good morning. - Morning.

- What's up, Mario? - What's up?

G money, which server has the space elevator schematics?

I just need to know how much weight the platform can hold for the meru cargo.

Server 36, axl Rose.

Why are all your references from the '80s?

Takes longer for shit to get to ussr.

Are you… I'm sorry, are you sure this is it?

Yes, cowboy.

I ever see a man holding a bull by the tail, you're it.

My god. Please stop.

Rio bravo.

- Sorry, Ms. Joshi. - Yes?

I just can't seem to get access to this folder on server 36.

Yeah.

You have to have level three security clearance

from the m-6 for files with that heading.

And how do I get that?

Took six months from when I applied.

Can I just use your computer then?

Nice try.

It was, like, weird. You know?

The folder was in cyrillic, which I only kind of understand

because my grandma kept, like, drilling it into my head as a kid, but…

It said…

Automation.

Why is that weird?

'Cause the space elevator isn't supposed to use any automation.

The unions made, like, a big fuss about it.

Well, what do you think is in that folder?

Wow. Are…

Sorry, are you asking me right now, or are you reporting for nnc?

- Is that… yeah. - Shut up.

Like they actually ask me to do anything besides make coffee.

Seriously, what do you think's in it?

I don't know, okay?

I couldn't see it. I didn't have the proper clearance level.

Come on.

When has that ever stopped you?

Remember when you hacked into the vending machines on sl2

and we had free soda for, like, all of junior year?

Yeah, and I almost got suspended for it.

You almost.

When I was growing up,

he was just a picture on a wall.

My mother told me how much he loved me,

and when I was little, I believed that.

I used to lie in bed at night…

look out the window at the stars…

Thinking maybe somebody made a mistake

and that he was still alive up there.

That one day he would just land his spaceship in the backyard.

Scoop me up in his arms and tell me how much he missed me.

When did you learn the truth about him?

High school.

The other kids started calling me "psycho bitch."

Said I was as crazy as my old man.

I'd take it for as long as I could, then I'd start fighting back.

Is that why you joined the corps?

To prove them wrong?

No.

I joined to serve my country.

Same as my dad and his dad before him.

Ma'am, the lidar density maps and atmospheric thermal profiles

you requested from Dr. Griebel finally arrived.

Also, I printed out that monthly operations report that you asked for.

Good. Thank you.

Also, knocking first would be nice.

Sorry, we actually have an open door policy here.

Dev doesn't really believe in closed doors.

Well, I do.

Yes, ma'am.

Wait. Hold on, come back.

It says here that a delegation from kuragin

is slated to come up here next week?

Does it have anything to do with our titan launch?

I'm sure it has something to do with the space elevator construction.

It is behind schedule.

Get me whatever information you can on them.

Yes, ma'am.

Okay.

Joshi priya.

Okay. Here we go.

Okay.

"Replacement of Mars personnel with automation."

"Achieve automation of 98% of all Mars operations"?

What the hell?

Fuck it. Fuck it.

Look at you burning the midnight oil.

Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you. I know it's late.

It's totally all right.

I'm sorry. I just… I get so focused, you know?

I like your desk.

Yes, yeah. Thank you.

So what are you working on?

Just data entry.

Mainly… you know?

Hey, don't put too much pressure on yourself, okay?

Not the worst thing to take a break every once in a while.

Yes. Yeah, yeah.

Feel that. Feel that. A lot.

Starting right… I will take a break right now.

- You take a break right now. - Yes. Yeah.

- See you later, kiddo. - Have a good night, aleida.

Holy shit.

Jesus Christ.

Yeah.

It's not just about the space elevator.

- They're gonna… - automate everything.

Asteroid mining, iridium refinery, the metal mills, the hopper, even Phoenix.

They can't do this.

They already are doing it.

Kuragin's been bringing equipment up here for months, off the books.

And then what happens to everybody living here?

- Their jobs are... - it says here

that they'll just ship everyone back to earth within a few years.

We gotta let people know about this.

I can give it to my boss at nnc, and I…

What?

- What? What is it? Alex… - yeah, I just…

I just… I need to talk to Dev.

- Alex. - No... he's clearly involved in this.

But it doesn't make sense. He believes in Mars more than anybody.

Then why were these files found on helios servers?

Everybody knows that nothing happens over there without his say so.

Look, I know you're close with him, but we have to let people know about this.

I need some time to think about it, okay?

Okay.

Coke, please.

That shit before.

We were drunk.

Sorry things got out of hand.

Anyway, fuck the poly, right?

You're a good marine.

Those machine don't know shit, anyway.

Well…

Then I guess it's too bad that I passed.

You what?

You heard me.

Yo!

Tabasco's going to the moon!

Tabasco! Tabasco! Tabasco! Tabasco! Tabasco!

Tabasco! Tabasco!

Good job.

Tabasco! Tabasco! Tabasco!

See you later.

Ladies and gentlemen,

I am very proud to introduce you to these intrepid adventurers.

Now, they're about to expand mankind's reach by one billion kilometers

as they journey to titan.

The moon of saturn.

And their aim is to bring back

what possibly is the first life from another world.

They include flight engineer Stuart Fraser.

Geologist Elena beaufort.

Flight engineer and propulsion specialist, Oleg vyshinsky.

Mission pilot, Kelly Baldwin.

And commander Walt griebel.

Settle down.

Settle down, please.

It is easy for us sometimes to forget why we're all here.

But we are all explorers.

It is because each and every single one of you that this…

This endeavor doesn't fall apart.

So today is a celebration.

But not only of the mission.

It's a celebration of you, who make it possible.

Now this is a proof of what we can achieve when we all come together.

Each one of you helping to push mankind's reach further into the stars.

Alex?

In here.

Hey.

Hey.

You okay?

Yeah. Course.

You sure?

Yes, yes. I'm fine. Stop worrying.

So…

last night on Mars?

I know.

And I picked up just the thing to celebrate.

What, spaghetti night?

Come on. I need your help with the garlic bread.

Okay. I'll be right there.

- All right. - Okay.

Engine self-check is nominal, flight.

Ascent, is sojourner go to initiate start sequence

on ascent engines one through six?

Pumps armed, magnetic containment active, rf power on standby. Go for engine start.

Ma'am.

I have that information you asked for.

Thank you.

Aleida.

Aleida.

Ready for launch.

Let's get started then.

Capcom, tell sojourner we have a green board.

Sojourner-titan, we show all systems go for your ascent.

Copy, Mars. We're as ready as we'll ever be.

Vasimr status?

Reactors nominal, tokamaks stable.

Ich is powering up.

Injectors now at operating pressure.

Ascent engines show green, main stage engines at standby.

Guidance is now running program four zero two.

L-minus six.

Five. Four. Three.

Two. One. Zero.

We have lift-off.

And clear. Twenty meters

100 meters.

Good ascent profile.

Secure a rotate to azimuth zero-niner-seven.

Rotating to azimuth zero-niner-seven.

Mainstage thrusters ready.

And forward motion.

From the reports we're receiving,

today marked a successful launch for sojourner-t and her crew of five,

- a mission funded by helios aerospace. - To my husband

who successfully reunited the people of happy valley.

I'm proud of you.

Thank you, little rabbit.

…endeavoring to land on titan, a moon of saturn.

Their objective is nothing less than to discover life.

The crew includes exobiologist…

Are you having trouble focusing, my dear husband?

…daughter of renowned astronaut Edward Baldwin…

Maybe I can help with that.

…who recently passed away.

She joins a team lead by Walt griebel.

The implications of such a discovery would be groundbreaking,

potentially reshaping how humanity conceives of itself…

- I'm turning it off. - …potential applications

for bio medicine here on earth.

The pharmaceutical corporations are taking note,

positioning themselves to cut deals with either helios…

What is it?

…this discovery.

What is it?

Not surprisingly, helios and kuragin's stock

have both plummeted…

My god.