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- As the comet nears the sun it begins to warm.

Its icy body gets bright enough to see from Earth

as heat from the sun causes the ice

on the comet's surface to evaporate into gases.

- It was our first field trip of the year.

- Whoosh!

- As usual, it was Steve Bennett

who got things rolling.

Along with Tourette's, Steve had ADHD.

I'll stress the H for hyperactive.

- Will you make him stop it?

- Stephanie Reinks was never one

to let anything slide.

She was ADD and bipolar.

- Shut up and sit down, Sasquatch.

- Scott Goudy, dyslexic

with anger management problems.

He hated being in special ed.

- Shut up, Scott!

- That boy right there with red hair

is Matt Snyder, autistic but a math and science whiz.

Lewis Dayhuff, lived with his 13th foster family.

Dyslexic, Lewis had a temper that made Scott seem tame.

- Hey, [muffled], knock it off.

Okay, that's it, everybody out right now.

- Ms. McKinney, tell him that's not fair.

- Robynn McKinney, my new co-teacher.

Far more capable than I had yet to admit.

- You heard Mr. Kersjes.

He's been giving warnings all day.

Now form a line please.

- We still have 20 minutes.

- That's me, Mike Kersjes.

Special ed teacher and defensive football coach.

I started teaching kids with learning disabilities in 1978

so by this point I'd learned a few things.

One was not to treat them as special.

You misbehave, you gotta pay the price like any other kid.

- After eons of orbiting,

the comet reaches the end of its long journey.

- I'd always loved teaching special ed

but after 10 years

I was feeling a lot like that comet.

- That show's too long.

30 minutes, those kids combust.

- Speaking of combusting.

- I know I overreacted.

- Yeah, kinda.

- I just don't, I don't think I have the patience anymore.

- Ben did something bad, Mr. Kersjes.

- Lisa Casey.

She ran the alphabet of disabilities, ADHD, OCD.

She was also the class tattletale.

- What did Ben do?

- He stole this from the planetarium.

- That's a free brochure, Lisa.

Anybody can take one.

- Yeah, one.

- What do you got there, Ben?

- This is so cool, Mr. K, space camp.

- Ben Schmidt, Down syndrome,

learning and speech impaired

but the most affectionate young man I'd ever met.

- Rocket bomb, whoosh!

- You take one, Ben, not the whole stack.

Look at this.

- Ben, look what I got.

- There was also Jamal Davis.

Educably slow and slow to get agitated.

- You have to wear one of these things?

- It's a space suit.

- Get to go on a rocket, that'd be so cool.

- Finally, Adam Plowright.

Autistic and OCD.

Adam was our gentle giant with a heart to match his size.

- Just get off the bus, Jabba.

- Hey, Scott, come on.

Let's go Adam, you can do it.

That's it, buddy.

Come here.

- It wasn't my fault.

- What's wrong with you?

Why are you picking on him?

I gotta talk to your mom again?

- Why don't you talk to Principle Keller

and tell him I don't belong inside this class?

- Well your test scores from the last five years say you do.

- Test scores are bull and everybody knows that.

- Why don't you read me a paragraph,

any paragraph on how to enroll in space camp, okay?

- Why would I wanna go there, you know?

I don't belong with these losers, okay?

- Hit it, hit it!

What's wrong with you guys?

Cheerleaders hit harder than you do!

- Okay coach.

Show us how it's done.

- Alright, wise guy.

- This ought to be good.

What's up with coach?

- Line up.

- Hi dad.

- Night dad.

- Hey, goodnight, tiger.

I love you boys.

- I love you dad.

- Sleep tight.

- Love you.

- Okay, love you.

Hey.

Look at this.

Matt's writing in some kind of code

and Scott's is basically illegible.

I'll be here all night deciphering.

- Why isn't Robynn doing this?

With you're coaching and everything

you're stretched pretty thin.

- Oh, Robynn doesn't know my kids yet.

- Your kids?

You're gonna have to let go of something

or you won't be able to hang on to anything.

I love you.

- I love you too.

- Ben.

Let's go, lights out.

- One more minute.

- What's that?

- Space camp.

- Really?

- That's where they make the rockets

and I really, really wanna go.

- Ben, I don't know about that.

Tell you what, make sure you put your swimming trunks

in your backpack.

We'll go straight from school tomorrow, okay?

- Okay.

- Come on, give me a hug.

- Dad, I want that back.

- Night, kiddo.

- Goodnight dad, I love you.

- Love you too, lights out.

- What's up, Scott?

- I think that we're showing some really good effort.

With a little more focus I think we could really be--

- Still stupid.

- Matt, you aced it as usual.

- Course I did, Algebra's easy.

- Maybe you could help some

of your classmates with their math.

- No, they're incapable.

- Lewis, you wanna tell my

why you didn't do the assignment?

- I was too tired.

- You had time for this.

Get more sleep, do your homework.

- See you a minute, Mike?

Good morning, class.

- Say hello to Mr. Keller.

- Good morning, Mr. Keller.

- Always my favorite class.

I got a call from the planetarium this morning.

I wanna talk to you during lunch

about taking those kids on any more field trips.

- Alright.

- Come on!

- No fighting in school, no fighting in school.

- Get back to your seat.

- Why should I?

- Because I said.

Because I'm asking you to.

Sit down.

- Welcome to the club, Lewis.

- Wanna tell me what that was about?

- It wasn't him, Ms. McKinney.

They were calling him names.

- Dirt bag, loser.

- Why do you still let that stuff get to you, Lewis?

They're the losers.

- You gonna be okay?

- Oh, just fine, Ms. McKinney.

- Just stopped a Lewis Dayhuff brawl for a change.

Speaking of brawls, how'd it go with Tom?

- I didn't go.

- Why?

- 'Cause I can't stand the thought

of someone taking away one more opportunity for my kids.

- What's that you're reading?

- Space camp.

Wouldn't it be cool to go there

and take a class there?

- Cool it would be.

- You think we could go there?

- This class?

- Yeah.

- You know what kind of kids go to space camp?

Kids headed for MIT, Cal Tech.

- I know but maybe there's a program for kids like ours.

- You're crazy if you could see our kids

doing something like that.

- Well I think they could.

There's an 800 number here.

Wouldn't even cost a dime to call.

We'll just see if they have any programs

for kids with disabilities.

- And that's it?

- That's it.

- And if they say no you'll drop it.

- Absolutely.

- No, I'm afraid we don't have anything

of that nature.

Space camp is really a program for gifted

and talented children.

- I understand, I was just hoping

that there might be some opportunities

for kids who are a little less fortunate

but no less enthusiastic.

- I don't know of anything like that.

- Is there someone there who might?

- I could transfer you to Dr. Barnhart,

director of our camp.

- That'd be great, thanks.

Moving up the chain of command.

- But you said that you weren't gonna--

What?

- They're playing Guns N Roses.

- Deborah Barnhart speaking.

- Hi Dr. Barnhart, this is Mike Kersjes.

I'm a special ed teacher at Forest Hills Northern High.

Our kids came across the brochure for space camp

and I was wondering if you had any programs there

that they might participate in.

- What kind of students did you say?

- Special ed, kids with special needs

ranging from dyslexia, ADD, to OCD down to Downs syndrome.

- No, unfortunately we have nothing like that.

- Nothing?

Doctor, our kids might be challenged

but they have a lot of heart and imagination

and they'd benefit a lot from coming to space camp.

- Well thank you, I wish we

were equipped to handle students like yours

but we're not.

I tell you what, Mr. Kerchief--

- Actually it's Kersjes.

Like surges but with a K.

- Mr. Kersjes, why don't you

put together a formal presentation and send it along?

- Lunch is almost over, Mike.

We still haven't had our chat.

- Good luck.

- Sorry about that.

Important phone call, school business.

- What about?

- Space camp, I'm looking in to it.

- Excuse me, what would you do there?

- The same thing as the other kids do,

learn about space.

- I asked you in hear because of a call I got

from the planetarium about the havoc they created their

and you're talking about going to space camp?

- Yeah.

- Mike, these kids have serious behavioral

and learning issues.

Some have IQ's below 85.

Some are reading at a third grade level, come on.

- Well they've asked me to send a proposal

so I think I'd like to do that.

- Fine, Mike, you do that.

- Monday we spent the afternoon,

well part of the afternoon at the planetarium.

What intrigued you most about what you saw there?

Jamal?

- Oh, I was intrigued on how Lewis

could actually sleep through the big bang.

- Bang!

- Alright, that's enough.

- Yeah, it took a screaming Sasquatch to wake him up.

- Coach, will you make him stop?

- Sit down, Stephanie.

- Sit down, big girl.

- Hey, everybody, alright?

Come on.

Ben, what did you like the most?

- Reading about space camp.

- Reading about space camp?

I just happen to have a few brochures about space camp.

Why don't we turn it to a reading exercise?

- We already got one.

- Can we speak a moment, Mike?

- Yeah, pass those out for me, Ben?

- Sure.

- Guys, this place teaches kids about space.

- Aren't you getting a little ahead of yourself?

- Just gauging their interest.

- Gauging their interest?

There's no program for them.

- No program yet.

Proposal for Dr. Barnhart.

It's a start but it needs your magic touch.

- You stayed up all night doing this?

- Hey, I'm sick of everybody saying these kids

can't do anything, they can.

I wanna shoot for the moon.

Listen to 'em.

Hey, together, we can make this thing happen.

Space camp's not like that.

You don't really go into space

but what you do do is learn how to become an astronaut,

conduct a shuttle mission.

There's structure to it, it's a lot of hard work.

- You mean we have to study?

- How long will it take to study?

- It's gonna take a long time

but I'll tell you what, the kids

who go to space camp, they have a lot of fun.

I think it's a great opportunity.

I think it'd be a great opportunity for us.

Lisa?

- Isn't space camp for smart kids?

- Good one, Lisa.

- Who's this?

- Albert Einstein.

- Do you know why Albert Einstein's on our wall?

Because some people say he was learning disabled as a kid

and he went on to become one

of the most important mathematicians in history.

Albert Einstein said the true test of intelligence

isn't knowledge, it's imagination.

I don't care about your IQ's.

I don't care about your standardized test scores.

With imagination, you can overcome any obstacle

that's put in front of you in life.

Who here has an imagination?

There you go.

- So when do we go?

- Hey, Ms. McKinney.

My mom's gonna ask Principle Keller

if I can test out of special ed.

- Oh, good luck with that, Scott.

I know how much that means to you.

- So Ms. McKinney, when do we train for space camp.

- Will you stop asking about that?

It's all you ever do.

Big Dan's Burger Shed?

Sign me up.

I'll do it your way.

- Good choice, dude.

You can get started on your future

as a burger flipper, right, huh?

- I wanna flip burgers!

- If they liked it I guess they

would have called by now, right?

- I don't know, we put a lot of effort into that proposal.

Least they could do is read it.

- Coach, they won't even let us

into regular ed science classes here.

How can we go to space camp?

- Yeah, they're not gonna let us in.

- Yeah, 'cause we're special.

- This is Dr. Barnhart.

- Hi, doctor, it's Mike Kersjes

from Forest Hills Northern High.

- Oh, yes, the special ed instructor.

- Right.

I was wondering about our proposal.

- I'm sorry, it's been very busy here.

I'm sure you understand.

- Sure, of course.

- I haven't had a chance to look at it yet

but when I do, I'll call you.

- Well?

- They're just waiting for us to give up and go away.

- So pretty much what I said?

- Yeah, that's what you said.

Pressure!

Come on, guys!

Put the pressure on!

What are you waiting for?

You wait, they control the play.

Put the pressure on you, control the play!

Hey guys, keep running the drill.

Alright, keep working on it.

Pressure!

- Dude, where's he going?

Hey coach, where you going?

- Check it out.

- Very funny jerks.

They glued my locker shut again.

- Me too.

- Looking good little Bill.

Good morning Robynn.

Matt, Adam, my man.

- Aren't you in a great mood this morning.

What gives?

- Dr. Barnhart does not know me.

- Dr. Barnhart?

- I realized I have to apply a little pressure.

- You're going to apply pressure on space camp.

- That's right.

- How are you gonna do that?

- Our congressman, Paul Henry,

same Paul Henry who happens to be the co-chair

of the house of space and technology committee.

- And you're going to ask him to apply pressure?

- I already did last night.

The best defense is a good offense.

Sun Tzu, Art of War 101.

- You do realize that is 100% certain

to antagonize Dr. NASA.

Psychology 101.

- And that is the gamble 'cause we're all in.

Poker 101.

- Mike Kersjes, you have a phone call

in the school office.

- I'm coming with you.

- This is Mike Kersjes.

- Mr. Kersjes, this is Deborah Barnhart.

I read your proposal.

- You did?

- It's interesting.

Congressman Henry thinks it would be a good idea

for you to visit us so we can talk about it

in greater depth.

- Great, great, okay.

I just have to get permission from the principle

and we're on our way.

- I assumed you already had that.

- No, I've mostly kept this to myself

as not to disappoint too many people.

I'm sure he'll fully support it.

He's a big fan of the kids and the program.

- I told you no.

- Actually what you said was fine, you do that.

- Mike, this is ridiculous.

I couldn't even justify the expense.

The whole program's gonna cost what?

- 50 grand, we'll raise it.

- Mike, I want you in the classroom

teaching the prescribed curriculum,

preparing them as best you can

for life beyond school.

- Oh come on, Tom.

Sending these kids to space camp

will teach them skills to use beyond school

better than any prescribed curriculum.

- Well I disagree, I think you'd

be setting them up for failure.

You'd be doing the opposite of what you want

by shattering their confidence

and their ability to move forward in life.

- No, Tom, I had my doubts at first too

but Mike has a really good idea here

and I think that you might be making a mistake on this one.

- I'm making a mistake?

This meeting is over.

- Bye everybody.

Hey Ben, who's picking you up today?

- My dad.

- Okay, I'll walk out with you.

Alright buddy.

How's that job at the Burger Shed working out?

- It's awesome, I flip burgers now.

- I'm not so good at flipping burgers.

Maybe I'll come down there and you'll show me how.

- Okay.

- Hey coach, you're headed in the wrong direction.

- I'm gonna be late so just work out

with Coach Breed til I get there, okay guys?

- I thought space camp

was just some far fetched dream of his.

- Dennis, I believe this could be a reality

if I could just get past Tom, get down to Huntsville,

present my case and I thought you

being president of the school board,

if you get behind this thing maybe something could get done.

- Are you kidding me?

Space camp would be an amazing opportunity for these kids.

I'm headed to a board meeting now.

Why don't you come make your case?

- Really?

- Where have you been?

I was so worried.

- I'm sorry, I should have called.

I couldn't get to a phone.

Listen, Tom Keller refused to sign off

on space camp today so after school

I see Ben Schmidt's dad, he's on his way

to a school board meeting.

He takes me along.

I presented my case and they're discussing it right now.

- You went over Tom's head?

- Yes.

- You're gonna get yourself fired.

- I'm not gonna get fired.

- How can you be so sure?

Mike, is this about space camp

or are you just out to prove that no one

can push Mike Kersjes around?

Maybe the reason they don't have space camp

for special ed students is because it's too demanding

and what if they can't do it and they fail terribly

and they embarrass themselves

just 'cause you wouldn't take no for an answer?

- Hello?

- Mike, pack your bags.

You're going to Huntsville to state your case.

- Dennis, that's great.

That is good news, that's great news.

- We did good, Mike.

- Thank you, Dennis.

- Take care.

- Look at that.

That's the Saturn Five rocket right there.

That's the rocket that took Neil Armstrong

and Mike Hollands to the moon.

The eagle has landed.

- Actually Mike, I think the first men

on the moon were Armstrong and Aldrin.

- Can you believe this?

Look at these kids.

Can you imagine our kids walking around in those outfits?

We'll blow their minds.

- Mr. Kersjes.

- Dr. Barnhart.

- Ms. McKinney.

- Hi.

- Well I'm glad to finally meet the man

behind the phone voice.

Welcome to space camp.

Would you like to look around?

- Absolutely.

- Yes.

- I invited you here because I wanted you

to understand our difficulties

in dealing with special needs kids.

We have never done this before

and there's all these safety and medical issues

that come into consideration.

Now these kids are conducting crystallization growth

and microgravity experiments, things of that nature.

It takes a steady and delicate hand.

Let's go to the MAT.

- MAT?

- Multi-access trainer.

It's NASA speak, Robynn.

Everything's in acronyms or initials.

The kids have to learn a whole new language.

Now the MAT simulates a space shuttle

hitting the atmosphere on reentry.

- Oh, the kids are gonna love this.

- What is this exactly?

- It's a tetrahedron.

Campers have to assemble it

and simulate low gravity conditions.

- You mean underwater?

- That's right, working against a clock,

competing to be the fastest.

Mike, your kids good swimmers?

Now this is the highlight of the week,

a simulated shuttle mission.

Campers go through every stage of an actual flight.

Launch, orbit, satellite release,

space station docking, reentry, and landing.

- How long does the mission last?

- Two hours.

- Two hours, wow.

- The kids, they don't use all these instruments do they?

- Oh yes they do, they need to know them very well

because if something goes wrong.

Like the Christmas tree, they know how to recover.

See we designed this so we can test the campers

and how they respond to a crisis situation.

Do they panic or do they calmly assess a problem

and resolve it.

- How do they turn it off?

- That'll be included in the curriculum materials

we provide.

Now the shuttle mission is where we find out

who's got the right stuff.

Come on, I'll show you mission control.

- Our kids are going to do this?

Stephanie?

Something like that can trigger one of her panic attacks.

What do you think Adam will do?

Or Steve, they couldn't even handle the planetarium

for 30 minutes.

- What are we supposed to do, pack up and go home?

- I just wish that I could be as sure as you are.

- You don't think I have my doubt?

- No, actually, I don't.

- You were right, I went about this the wrong way.

I got their hopes up.

We can't let 'em down now.

You really do get the best and brightest

of everything here, don't you?

The best education, the best opportunities in life.

- Actually, we have a robust scholarship program

where kids come from all parts of the globe,

all walks of life.

- All?

- Fair enough.

Alright, it's 11 o'clock.

I scheduled you a meeting with Colonel Weschler at five.

He's a yes or no man.

What's your plan?

- Go back to the hotel and freshen up I guess.

- I have to let you know what you're up against.

Colonel Weschler has not been supportive

of your proposal.

Even if you do manage to engage his interest,

you might wanna think how you're gonna negotiate

with him because he likes the give and take of that.

Without his approval, this is over.

- It doesn't matter what you're negotiating for.

See what's important is you

understand the rules of the game.

Now Robynn, you graduated

from Texas Christian University, right?

- Yeah.

- Alright, well then you run the show.

- What?

- [mumbling], Mike, so if she pays a southern belle

everything goes much more smoothly.

- What about me?

- Mike, you're a bull in a china shop.

You're not gonna negotiate, you're gonna argue.

So just sit quietly and support everything

that Robynn says, don't talk.

- How do you see this program helping your kids?

Aren't there other camps designed

for special education students?

- That's very true sir, but nothing like this

where they can learn math, science, technology

the way that you teach it here.

The way that you integrate using one's hands

with one's imagination.

Colonel Weschler, our kids can do amazing things

when given the opportunity and your program

uniquely gives them just that opportunity.

- What have you and Mr. Kersjes learned

during your visit here?

- Exactly what we want them to learn,

that through imagination and perseverance

and team work, anything's possible

and Robynn and I, we have some good ideas

for modifications that our kids might need.

- Modifications?

- We're not talking about space camp

adapting to fit the needs of our kids.

Some of them do have serious learning disabilities

and it's important for us to modify a training regimen

that will address those circumstances.

It won't mean any additional work

for you or your staff, sir.

- You have anything more you'd like to say?

- Well colonel, I've worked with special needs kids

for too long to romanticize their accomplishments.

There's no simple solutions for any of them.

These are basically good kids who've been dealt a bad hand.

They live their lives on the margins.

Their classroom's a metaphor for their existence.

It's out of the way in a room at the far end

of the basement, it's like a big cell block

with bad air, bad light, no windows to the outside world

and outside of the classroom not much

is asked of them nor is much expected.

Can they try your patience?

Yes, they can.

And do they sometimes break your heart,

yes sir, they certainly do

but there are times, remarkable moments when,

and I've seen this with my own eyes,

when more is asked of them and more

is expected of them and they rise to the occasion

gratefully, gladly, just to remind you

of the remarkable power of the human spirit.

- Alright class, before we get started--

- Steve, put that toy away.

- Mr. Kersjes and I have something to tell you.

- We do?

- We do.

Oh right, we're going to space camp.

- I'll never fit in those uniforms.

- Okay, relax, relax.

- Calm down, sit down, sit down, calm down.

- Calm down.

From today on, including Saturdays,

you guys are in training, mental and physical.

- Saturdays?

- Yeah Jamal, Saturdays, every Saturday

and you gotta do all your school work too.

You guys are gonna have to work

harder than you ever thought possible.

Any problems with that?

- Not me, getting tested out

by the end of semester so I'm out of here.

- Hope you pass.

- Well I'm gonna hate to lose you, Scott,

but as long as you're in this class

you're gonna do what we do.

- Coach has something else he needs to tell you.

Don't you, coach?

- Well I didn't wanna worry you guys about this

but you're gonna find out sooner or later.

I gotta raise a humongous amount of money.

- Well don't sweat the money, coach.

We'll hold a car wash.

- Or a bake sale.

- Or how about if we charge money

for people to view Sasquatch, huh?

- Shut up, Scott!

- Scott!

- Humongous is not a number.

- Ms. McKinney, Ms. McKinney!

- It's gonna take a lot of bake sales

to raise 50,000 dollars.

- You let me worry about the fundraising.

I want them concentrating on training.

- Yeah.

They wanna help too.

Okay, I'm hearing some good ideas.

Let's put some on the board.

One at a time.

Car wash.

- Down!

♪ Sun is shining in the sky

♪ There ain't a cloud in sight

♪ It's stopped raining, everybody's in a play ♪

♪ And don't you know it's a beautiful new day, hey ♪

♪ Running down the avenue

♪ See how the sun shines brightly in the city ♪

♪ On the streets where once was pity ♪

♪ Mister blue sky is living here today, hey ♪

♪ Mister blue sky, please tell us why ♪

♪ You had to hide away for so long, so long ♪

♪ Where did we go wrong?

♪ Mister blue sky, please tell us why ♪

♪ You had to hide away for so long, so long ♪

♪ Where did we go wrong?

♪ Hey you with the pretty face

♪ Welcome to the human race

♪ A celebration, mister blue sky's up there waiting ♪

♪ And today is the day we've waited for ♪

♪ Mister blue sky, please tell us why ♪

♪ You had to hide away for so long ♪

- Coach, check it out, we're stars.

We're stars going to the stars.

- Cool huh.

- What are those, Ms. McKinney?

- Curriculum materials from space camp.

- Can we open 'em?

- In a minute, Steve.

- Okay everybody, listen up.

From now on, the spotlight is on you guys.

Even though Mr. Keller signed off on this,

you gotta tow the line.

One incident and this whole thing

could come crashing down to the ground

and I mean it, one fight, one disruption

like we had at the planetarium or the cafeteria

Mr. Keller could pull the plug on this whole thing

and you know what?

He'd have every right to do that.

- That would mean you, Lewis.

- Matt.

But he's right, Lewis, no more fighting.

Scott, you gotta quit mocking the other kids.

No, no, no, no, no, no eye rolling, no attitude

'cause that's exactly what I'm talking about.

That's enough.

No more raspberries.

No more toys.

No more fooling around.

Any questions?

- Can we open the boxes now?

- We have to learn all this?

- You gotta become experts at it.

- Don't worry, we'll help each other.

- Don't ask me to help him.

- Okay, I know this looks like a lot of work

but we can get through it, we have a year.

Okay, that's Stephanie, Ben, Lisa, Steve, home ec.

Scott, shop, Matt, pre-cal.

Come on, let's go.

What's up, Adam?

- I like doing this stuff.

- Building models and airplanes?

- Uh-huh, I'm pretty good at it too.

Can I take one home?

- Let's wait til you get a partner

because I'm trying to work on team building, kay?

- I'll help someone later.

I want to take one home first.

- I don't know, Adam, this looks really complicated

I don't even know if I could do it.

You think you could build it?

- Uh-huh.

- You'll bring it back when you're done?

- Uh-huh.

- You have the stuff you need to put it together at home?

- Uh-huh.

- Okay, you can have one.

- What?

- Can I take two?

- One.

You bring that one back and you can have another.

- Gotcha.

- I love Adam but I don't think

you're gonna see that model again.

- Okay, let's get those pies in the oven.

- That looks like the lamest pie I've ever seen.

- Shut up, Jack.

- Yeah, shut up Jack.

- It looks like Sasquatch puke.

- Shut up Jack, you stupid jerk.

- Hey, you settle down over there.

- This is what they use on Sasquatch puke.

It kills the smell.

- You jerk!

- Hey!

Steve Bennett, you are out of here!

- It's just so complicated.

- There's enough acronyms here to fill a phone book.

- Mr. K, please come help.

- Hey coach!

- What have you guys done?

- They started it!

- We'll clean this up.

- No, bull, they started it.

- I don't care who started it, Stephanie.

We'll clean it up.

- But coach!

- Go to my room right now.

If we clean this up, can--

- I won't mention a word.

- Stephanie, come on, quit crying.

Go to the bathroom, Robynn will help clean you up

but then you gotta go back to home ec

and straighten up with everybody else.

Hey.

- Why am I getting in trouble for defending myself?

They started it.

- I know sweetheart but I told you,

I don't care who starts it, okay?

- Why do people have to be so mean?

- Hey, hey, look at me.

It's not always gonna be like that, okay?

You have to find a way to rise

above other people's ugliness.

You have to be stronger than they are.

You have to be more mature.

You have to be better than they are.

- It's not fair and you know it!

- I'm glad you came by, Kersjes.

See how the kids are doing.

- Just don't let 'em bake.

- They told me about that.

They tell me everything.

You know, truth be told I wish all my employees

worked half as hard as these kids.

Want a burger?

- No, no, I'm good.

- Hey, fix Mike a burger.

- Coming right up.

- Thanks for looking out for the guys.

I know they can get carried away sometimes.

- You're telling me.

Hey, what's this space camp thing they keep yammering about?

- It's a great opportunity.

I'm still trying to make it happen.

- Still?

- Well, I gotta fundraise.

- Well why didn't someone hit me up?

- Come on Dan, you've already given these kids so much.

- Don't kid yourself.

They're the ones doing the giving, not me.

- Guess who the skinny guy is?

- Hey, that your first place?

- Yep, that's where it all began.

Opened up number 17 on highway one last month.

- 17.

- Yep.

- Wow, congratulations.

- Thank you.

- One burger coming up.

- Hey man, look at that, wow guys.

Alright, well, here goes.

- Here's my contribution.

Go on, look at it, it's a thousand.

- Alright!

- Hey, don't go die on me now, Kersjes.

- Please be doubles, yes!

- Well, I guess you proved me wrong.

I'm so proud of you.

- Hey, listen to this.

Space camp is a rigorous

and competitive educational experience.

Awards are presented for best team patch,

best space station and most prestigious award,

best mission.

- Does that get your competitive juices flowing?

- You know it.

- I wanna go to space camp.

- Well nobody's gonna go to space camp, buddy,

unless I can raise some more money.

I got three more rejections today.

- Oh Mike.

- Long way from 1800 dollars to 50,000.

- I'm sorry.

- I don't know, maybe it's for the best.

I mean I'm trying to read this thing

and you gotta be a genius.

How am I ever gonna teach it?

- Well you know, someone said once

that genius is breaking down something

that's complicated and turning it into something simple.

You know, it's like that.

You got two dice, you got a metal shoe and a top hat

and our sons are learning to become capitalist.

They're buying real estate and they're getting mortgages.

- Yes, like getting out of jail!

- Yeah, and they're getting out of jail.

- Free parking.

- That's it.

- What's it?

- Keeping it simple.

A board game!

You're the genius.

- Hey.

- Guys, can I borrow that?

- Sure dad.

But dad, I was winning!

- Hey.

- Hello, Mr. Late.

- Oh, sorry I'm late.

Here's what I wanna do.

Cut the room in half, all the desks that way,

all these desks that way.

Let's make a big space right in the middle.

Wait til you guys see what I got.

Alright, help me pull this out here.

- What's this?

- Whoa, that's so cool.

- Alright, the object is to get from the Earth

to the space station.

We're gonna roll the dice.

You might have to use a mission control card

or a cautions and warning card.

For instance, SRB has failed to separate.

- Solid rocket booster.

- Solid rocket booster,

look who's been doing their homework.

You guys get it, come on, roll it.

- Who made this?

- I did, why?

Oh, you think you can do better?

- Yeah, I know I can.

- Have at it my friend, knock yourself out.

- Adam, you're late.

- Yes I am.

- What is that?

- It's a surprise.

- Let's see.

- What is it?

- May I?

- Certainly.

- That's amazing.

- Wow.

How'd you learn how to do that?

- I don't know, I just know how.

- You did this all by yourself.

- Mm-hmm.

- In one night.

- Mm-hmm.

- This would take me a week to do

and you did your homework too?

- You know I did.

- Adam, you have an extraordinary gift.

I am so proud of you.

- And you said I could have another one.

- I did, didn't I?

You can.

- Thanks coach.

- Hey, I know that nothing makes you guys more nervous

than the clock, being timed and stuff,

but in space camp you get timed at things

so we're gonna take it up a notch, understand?

- You can't let the clock be your enemy.

You must embrace the clock, love the clock.

It's your friend.

- On your mark, get set, go.

- Nice and steady.

- Alright, let's go, keep your eye on the goal line.

You can do it.

Keep your eye on the goal.

- Now we gotta practice with the space cadets, coach?

- Down goes Sasquatch.

- Hey, come on man, that's your idea of tough,

picking on a girl, huh?

- Thanks.

- You okay?

- Yeah.

- Thought you guys were a football team.

When did you become a pack of bullies

which is what you were out there.

What happened today is never gonna happen again.

Does everybody got that?

- Yes sir.

- Sorry coach, it was just an accident.

- It was an accident?

Pushing that girl wasn't an accident.

Calling 'em Sasquatch, space cadet,

that wasn't an accident.

- Okay.

Why you gotta spend so much time with them?

What about the team?

- Yeah, what's up with that.

- These kids need me more than you guys right now.

You guys have got state championships,

you guys have trophies.

What have they got?

Nothing, zilch.

Against all odds they get a chance to go to space camp,

something they never dreamed possible.

Well I gotta make a team out of 'em

and I need a team to show 'em how it's done.

Right now I'm asking you guys

to be big brothers to these kids.

If you see 'em in the hallway, be friendly to 'em.

You see 'em in the cafeteria, recognize 'em

as fellow human beings.

If you do that, the rest of the kids will follow suit.

Okay, tetrahedron assembly is a major part

of competition at space camp.

We've done it in class, now we need

to do it in low gravity which means under water.

Look at this, looks like we got some help

teaching you guys how to swim.

Alright, everybody in the pool.

- Don't be nervous.

All we wanna do is see who can swim

and who needs some help.

- It's cold.

You sure we have to do this, coach?

- No, you don't have to do it Lewis,

long as you don't mind losing your spot on the team.

- Never mind.

- Hey!

Are you okay?

- Steve clearly never learned how to swim.

- That's okay.

That's the kind of gung ho guy every team needs.

Okay, now who here can tread water?

- Okay, but in the shallow end.

Steve, you stay put.

- Sasquatch can't swim.

- Shut up, Scott, can too.

- Guys, come on.

- Watch out below!

- No, Ben!

Oh my gosh.

- Got a swimmer.

- Hand me those rods and nodes please.

Okay everybody, this is where the rubber meets the road.

We need teamwork underwater.

Get up here and grab one of these and go for it.

- This will be fun, you can do it.

- One, two, three.

- Wait, we can't all go down at the same time.

- Just try it.

- Team work.

- You made me drop my node.

- Hey, you grabbed the rod from me,

you dropped it yourself.

Just go find it.

- You go find it.

- Hey, Jamal, come on.

- Everyone's fighting.

- Let's go, everybody out of the pool right now.

Hey Scott, hang back a second would you?

- What did I do?

- I need you to lighten up.

You're too harsh with these kids.

You got nothing to prove.

You're the best swimmer, you're the quickest learner.

- Yeah, quickest learner, right.

- You are the quickest learner and you know what,

everybody knows that so you don't have

to make 'em feel bad about it.

Scott, you gotta have more patience.

Hey, I know it's hard.

Nobody said it was gonna be easy being a leader.

- Who said that I was a leader?

- I'm saying it right now.

Every team needs a leader to set an example

and I need you to be that person.

- Coach, I'm not a leader.

Coach.

Staying in the class.

- Small viewfinder, this lines up

Why don't we use this

T minus five.

- Four, three, two, one, blastoff.

- Hey, another rejection letter.

That's 18.

Two more and I'm dead in the water.

- What are you gonna tell them?

- I don't know.

I got their hopes up so high, I just,

do everything backwards.

- Oh Mike.

- This is what we've been working toward, guys,

going to the stars.

- Are we really going there, dad?

- Oh no, buddy, that's just an expression.

- Do we have the money yet?

- Oh, good question, do we have the money yet?

Actually no, we don't, but I'm working on it.

- But--

- But coach, you said--

- I know, I know, listen,

I've got a few irons in the fire.

I'm looking at some grants.

You guys let me worry about this.

- So who can tell me the name of a constellation?

Yeah?

- Ryan?

- Orion, composed of Betelgeuse, Rigel, Bellatrix,

Mintaka, Alnilam, Alnitak and Saiph.

- Very good, Matt.

Can you tell the class the name of any others?

- No, they should do their own work.

- The moon is sad.

- Or if you turn your head sideways, Adam,

it's smiling, see?

- It's hard to believe guys really went up there.

- I saw a show on TV, said it was all faked.

- It wasn't faked, it was real.

Right, coach?

- I saw it happen, I'm pretty sure it was real.

- Yeah, but it was on TV.

- You're saying that TV is fake?

You ever seen Monday Night Football?

- Forget about him, he's testing out anyways.

- Let Mr. Kersjes talk.

- Well I guess I was around your age

when I saw Neil Armstrong walk

on that big piece of cold rock for the first time.

I was a young kid going nowhere, no plans,

no future, and when I saw that

I realized anything was possible

if you just reached for the stars.

- Just like we're doing.

- Just like we're doing, Ben.

- Hey Dan.

Ben and Steve said you wanted to see me.

Are they making problems?

- They're not the problem, coach, you are.

- Me?

- Yeah, Steve tells me you are really awful

at fundraising.

- He did, huh.

- My thousand dollars couldn't get it done.

- Dan, it was a generous start but I stalled.

- You didn't tell me you need 50,000 dollars.

- My lord.

- You gotta shoot for the moon

if you ever expect to get there, coach.

- We're going to space camp.

We're going to space camp.

- Yes sir.

- Yeah, we did it fellas.

- Oh cool, a rocket ship.

- Look at that, Ben.

- Can't believe this.

- It's like a space station here.

- Parisian Air, over here.

- Tech, over here please.

- [mumbling], right here.

- Dan's Burger Shed, right this way.

- That's Big Dan's Burger Shed.

- Big Dan's Burger Shed, sorry about that.

- Is he on your team or just tagging along.

- Oh, he's our team captain, why?

- He's a mongoloid.

- No, he's an American.

Tourette's.

- Y'all are the first team I ever had

that's named after a hamburger.

I'm Julie, I'm gonna be your lead counselor so welcome.

Let's go get y'all orientated.

Hi there.

Come on guys.

Come on in here.

So space habitat is where you boys

are gonna be bunking during your stay.

- Just like Star Wars.

Now I'm next to Steve and Jamal, we can rest.

- The eagle has landed.

- Well I'm sorry, guys, but there's no rest for the weary.

We need to go get you suited up.

- What?

- Come on, it'll be fun, come on.

Come on everyone.

Let's go get our astronaut suits.

Okay campers, try to find a suit that fits you

'cause you're gonna be wearing it a lot this week.

- I knew there wouldn't be one for me.

- Oh no, honey, don't you worry.

We'll get one made for you.

- You think so?

- I promise you so.

Get you one made special just for you.

- I hope so.

- Okay everyone, group photo is at 1700.

That gives you 30 minutes to spruce up, alright?

- 30 minutes.

- It fits.

- It's perfect.

- Say space.

- Okay burgers, let's rock and roll.

Time for astronaut fun before the judges

put your through your paces, come on!

- One small step for man.

One giant leap for mankind.

- Just kidding!

- Hello?

- Hey, I wake you?

- Is everything alright?

- Yeah, I just can't sleep.

- What's wrong?

- Well in five hours, all hell's gonna break loose

and there's nothing I can do about it.

- Mike, what are you talking about?

- It's our first judged event.

They're gonna pick us up in a bus

and take us to the pool and the kids

have to build that tetrahedron under water.

- Oh, that.

- Yeah that and I can't help thinking we didn't

get enough pool time, never nailed it down.

It's the one thing that almost blew us apart.

- Mike, they're gonna do great, don't worry.

- I'm sorry I woke you.

- I'm glad you did, I love you.

- I love you too, go back to sleep.

- We have to get on the same bus as those guys?

- Well I thought they always ride the short bus.

- I bet they're thinking what we're thinking.

- About the day at the Y?

- Yeah.

- Where are you going, Mike?

- Does that thing work?

- Yes, would you like to use it?

- May I?

- Be my guest.

- What's he doing?

♪ That if you're gonna play the game, boy ♪

♪ You gotta learn to play it right ♪

♪ You gotta know when to hold 'em ♪

♪ Know when to fold 'em

♪ Know when to walk away

♪ And know when to run

♪ You never count your moneys

♪ When you're sitting at the table ♪

♪ There'll be time enough for counting ♪

♪ When the dealing's done

- Go coach!

♪ You got to know when to hold 'em ♪

- You know the words!

♪ Know when to fold 'em

- Come on, everybody!

♪ Know when to walk away and know when to run ♪

♪ You never count your money

♪ When you're sitting at the table ♪

♪ There'll be time enough for counting ♪

♪ When the dealing's done

♪ You got to know when to hold 'em ♪

♪ When to hold 'em

♪ Know when to fold 'em

♪ When to fold 'em

♪ Know when to walk away, know when to run ♪

♪ You never count your money

♪ When you're sitting at the table ♪

♪ There'll be time enough for counting ♪

♪ When the dealing's done

- Tech Court, two minutes, 49 seconds.

Nice work, Tech Court.

Next up, Big Dan's Burger Shed.

- Come on guys, gather around, gather around.

Don't worry about those guys.

- Don't worry coach.

I can hold my breath for a very long time.

- If I never needed your lung power, Ben, it's right now.

Alright, everybody get a hand in here.

What gets it done?

- Team work!

- They're really gonna blow it.

- Come on!

Yeah!

You're doing great!

- Come on, come on.

- Come on.

- Big Dan's Burger Shed, two minutes, 48 seconds.

Best time of the day.

- Way to go!

Come on, let's go.

- Any idiot can swim.

Wait til you have to use some intellect.

- That would require a brain.

- Check the scoreboard, see who's on top.

- While Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked

on the moon, one astronaut had to watch from lunar orbit.

Name this--

- Michael Collins.

- Correct.

Before NASA began launching humans into space,

we launched a few who were not.

Name one of them.

Extra points if you can name more.

- launched four December, 1959.

21 January, 1960.

Ham, chimpanzee, 31 January 1961.

- Well I sure wasn't expecting launch dates.

Well done, Big Dan's Burger Shed.

- What is it supposed to be?

- A space hospital, Lisa's idea.

- My friend Terra had leukemia

and she got radiation sickness from her treatments

and people in space might get radiation sickness too.

- On Skylab, four astronauts received radiation exposure

equivalent to 25 CAT scans

or piloting a commercial airplane for 90 years.

- I thought a space hospital to help these people

might be something we'd see.

- That's very, very nice work, team.

After this we have one more activity to do.

- Wait, wait, can't we do it tomorrow.

- We're on NASA time, honey.

Tomorrow is right now.

Your assignment is to design a shoulder patch

which expresses your team's spirit

and the spirit of NASA.

Oh come on, you can do it.

- Okay.

The sooner we get started, the sooner we can sleep.

- I'm with you, Stephanie.

- Got it, let's go to bed.

- Shut up, sh, sh!

Give me your ideas one at a time and I'll draw 'em.

- Draw a rocket with us riding on it.

- I already did that.

- He means draw it right, stupid.

- Who you calling stupid, Jamal.

You're stupid.

- Steve, don't be a jerk.

- Well if I'm a jerk then you're Sasquatch.

- Let's just draw stars, we can just draw 14 stars.

- Stars sounds like we're bragging.

- Draw 14 planets.

- There's only nine planets in the solar system.

- But there are billions and billions of stars.

- There's only one star in our solar system.

There are three stars only five light years away.

Alpha Centauri A--

- How about we just draw like five--

- Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, the comet, it's like--

- Looks stupid, draw 'em like this.

- Yeah, but comets aren't star shaped, they're round.

- Shut up, shut up!

- Do you want me to go after him?

- That was quite a display.

Where was the team in that?

- Sorry.

- Sorry, sorry doesn't cut it.

You know what can happen now?

This incident can get back to people

and they'll say see, these kids don't belong here.

They'll send us home and they'll never

let another special ed class ever come here.

Do we want that to be our legacy?

- No.

- Lewis is your friend, he's your teammate.

You guys know you have to be patient with him.

I want you to think about that

while I go try and get him back.

- Hey, no, no, we'll go get him.

- We don't need you anymore.

- They don't need us anymore.

- Isn't that what we've worked for?

- Sorry Lewis.

- Sorry Lewis, it's our fault.

- It's okay just please, guys,

give me your ideas one at a time.

- Wouldn't it be funny if there was a burger shed in space?

- Burger shed in space.

- Alright Adam, lead the way.

And that's yours, Stephanie, we've got yours.

Jamal.

- Robynn and I stayed up late to sign these positions

for the shuttle mission.

- Super bowl of space camp.

- Scott, flight director.

- Flight director.

No, no, no, not me coach.

- I thought you would have liked that.

You get to run the show.

- I don't want to run anybody's show.

- Scott, I need a leader in that position.

- I'm not a leader, okay?

You keep saying I am but I'm not.

- You are a leader.

You've shown glimmers of it here at space camp.

Now it's time to shine.

- Well, this is it.

The highlight of space camp.

Good luck, campers.

I'm gonna be in mission control watching.

Hey coach, you wanna say something to your team?

- I do.

Come on, everybody, huddle up, huddle up.

Let's get in here.

I want you to look at each other.

Look into the eyes of the person next to you.

Remember how you felt about that person eight months ago.

Measure that to how you feel right now.

That's what teamwork can do for you

'cause you guys are a team now and nobody

can ever take that away from you

and not just any team.

You're the first team of special education students

to ever step foot inside that space shuttle.

First team from Michigan, first team in the entire world.

- The universe!

- Exactly and what happens in there

is gonna have a ripple effect.

You guys get the job done, other special ed kids

are gonna be lining up right behind you.

- And if we don't?

- Hey, Adam, I don't care about that

'cause we spent seven months training for this day.

No other team is as prepared or has as much to prove.

Come on, put your hands on mine.

On three, let's show a little husky pride.

- One, two, three, husky pride!

- Now y'all got a lot to do on this mission.

SRB separation, orbit, satellite launch, EVA.

- Why's she going so fast?

- SRB, solid rocket booster, EVA,

extra vehicular activity, OMS, orbital maneuvering system.

- This is your mission commander.

Tighten up your seat belts, guys.

We're gonna fire up the rockets.

- Alright, time to fire it up, flight.

They're gonna be throwing anomalies at you so be ready.

- Anomaly, system failures.

- Okay, okay, just leave me alone.

Begin pre-launch procedures.

- Copy that Mr. Control.

Beginning pre-launch procedures.

- Hey, I'm supposed to say that.

- This is mission commander,

beginning pre-launch procedures.

- Okay, copy that.

Begin countdown for liftoff.

- 10, nine.

- They're so quiet, no drama.

- I can't hear.

- Speak up, Matt, nobody can hear you.

- Three, two, one, liftoff.

- Houston, we have liftoff.

Space, the final frontier.

These are the voyages--

- Cool it, Steve, cool it.

Okay, standby for SRB separation

at T plus two minutes and five seconds.

- Standing by.

- Supposed to be G forces.

- I guess they can't do everything.

- Execute SRB separation in five, four,

three, two, one, execute.

Nice work, mission commander.

Next stop, space.

- You're doing great, Scott.

- We're in outer space now.

- Look at all those stars.

- Space city, dude, keep your eyes out for martians.

- Knock off the chatter.

Stay focused on the task at hand.

Standby to activate OMS at T plus 20 and 30 seconds.

- Roger that, flight control.

- Be advised that we can see everything you do down here.

OMS is orbital maneuvering system

and we need you to activate it in eight seconds.

- Roger that, flight control.

Standby to execute and we have five, four.

- Three, two, one, execute.

OMS.

- So cool, Adam, look.

- Wow.

- It's so pretty.

- This is so amazing.

- Mission control, we have achieved orbit.

- Yeah.

- Okay, mission specialist Stephanie,

standby for satellite launch at T plus one hour,

10 minutes, and 22 seconds.

- Copy that, standing by.

- Stephanie's supposed to say that.

- Okay, Jamal, relax, you're the co-pilot.

- Excuse me, Mr. Pilot.

- Stop the bickering right now.

- Hey, better get in position.

We only get one shot at this.

- I know my job.

Stop trying to boss everybody around.

- What's happening?

- We got a whatchamacallit.

- I know what this is, it's a Christmas tree false alarm.

Just click the switch.

- Okay, no sweat.

- I can fix this.

- What?

- Mission specialist, take your position.

Stephanie, do you read?

- Do something, Steve, we're gonna crash.

- It's nothing.

- You're not going to crash.

- It's nothing, just forget it.

- Shut up, shut up, shut up.

- Knock it off!

I want complete silence in that cockpit.

Pilot, why haven't you fixed that anomaly?

Take your position, mission specialist.

You can do this, Steph.

You've still got time.

Get back to your position.

Yeah, that's it.

Standby to execute.

Ready.

Launch.

- What happened?

- Nothing happened, you missed the window.

- Too slow.

- I'm sorry, I blew it, I blew it!

- No, no, listen to me Stephanie.

All of you listen.

We made a mistake, so what?

I mean this mission is not over.

We still got a lot of tasks to perform

and then we gotta go through reentry and a safe landing.

We have not failed.

We're going to forget this and move on.

You copy, Stephanie?

- Copy, Scott.

- Alright.

Standby for SSD at T plus two hours and 10 minutes.

Come on, come on, come on.

Shuttle crew, welcome back to Huntsville.

Congratulations on a job well done, yes, yes!

- These kids really picked themselves up off the floor.

Well done, Burgers.

- You were right, Mike, congratulations.

- Did it, yes!

- Scott.

You led.

- And finally, in conclusion of our graduation ceremony,

the part you've all been waiting for,

is tonight's presentation of the awards.

- We may win something.

- Not likely.

- Hey, we won just by being here.

- Best space patch, third prize

goes to Big Dan's Burger Shed.

Come up here.

- Thank you, thank you very much.

We'd also like to thank the members--

- I'm sorry, we don't have time for thank you speeches.

For best space station, second place

goes to Big Dan's Burger Shed.

In the category of best mission, third place

goes to Big Dan's Burger Shed.

- Alright.

Yeah!

- Our final award is one you didn't even know

you were competing for.

All week, our judges have been setting you,

maybe you noticed.

They were looking for something not found

in technology or a machine

because that's not really what space camp is about.

They were looking for something

that we call the right stuff.

For the individual who best displays the characteristics

of a true astronaut, who has been invaluable

to the accomplishments of his or her team,

who has never complained, who has always

supported his or her teammates

and who has been respectful of counselors

and fellow competitors.

The right stuff award is presented to

Scott Gowdy of Big Dan's Burger Shed.

- Thank you.

- Congratulations Scott, you wanna say something.

- Thank you.

Thank you.

- What are you doing?

Lewis, come here.

- Whoa.

- What are you doing, man?

- Scott, are you crazy?

- Scott's doing something bad, Mr. Kersjes.

- Scott?

- He's cutting up his award.

- He's lost it sir, he's gone over.

- You've gone crazy, dude.

- Give me those scissors, Scott.

- It's alright, coach.

This is something I gotta do.

Look, we're a team, right?

This award, it belongs to all of us, I mean.

You guys, you guys got the right stuff

same as me.

- You really think I have the right stuff, me?

- Yeah, for a Sasquatch.

This is yours.

Can't have a team without a coach.

- I'm honored, Scott.

♪ Fly me to the moon

♪ Let me play among the stars

♪ Let me see what spring is like ♪

♪ On Jupiter and Mars

♪ In other words, hold my hand

♪ In other words, baby kiss me

♪ Fill my heart with song

♪ And let me sing forever more

♪ You are all I long for, all I worship and adore ♪

♪ In other words, please be true ♪

♪ In other words, I love you

♪ Fill my heart with song

♪ Let me sing forever more

♪ You are all I long for, all I worship and adore ♪

♪ In other words, please be true ♪

♪ In other words

♪ I love you