Mission To Mars Page #4

then something else caused it...

or planned it.

You're thinkin'

the same thing.

It's never been

out of my mind.

I think she

knew something, Woody.

She was the only one of us

who ever really believed...

there might be

something down there.

Yeah, well, we're not leaving

till we find out.

Deal?

Deal.

Range:
6,783 and closing.

Sixty-five minutes

until Mars Orbital Capture.

Okay, people, let's look sharp. We're

gonna run this simulation one more time.

Remember, if we overshoot,

there's no coming back.

Yeah, and drifting through

eternity will ruin your whole day.

Okay, Delta-V systems initialized.

Charge primary A.P.U.

Engaged and charged.

Select H.P.U. fuel cells for run.

- Engaged.

- Tie main bus to systems.

- Power ready.

- Select H202 H.P.U.

and fuel cells for open.

H202 fuel valves open.

Charge flow.

Charged and on-line.

- Reset P. W.

- Set.

Transfer protocol

data from E.V.A. station.

Transferred.

Awaiting track confirmation.

- Ah!

- Jesus. Oh!

Micrometeoroids.

Kill those alarms!

Critical systems alert.

- Critical systems alert.

- Breach hit's in the hull.

- We're outgassing, losing pressure.

- Woody, seal the breach.

It looks like

it's behind Jims helmet.

Ninety percent atmosphere.

Critical systems alert.

Critical systems alert.

We're losing pressure fast.

We're gonna decompress.

Computer, how long

till zero atmosphere?

Four minutes, nine seconds.

We're still outgassing

in the lower hab.

There must be another hole down there.

It's gotta be a big one.

Everybody switch to

suit oxygen. Jim, you've got the ship.

- I'm going E.V.A.

- Copy.

Come on, people.

Let's work the problem.

Eighty percent atmosphere.

Jim, you've got to go get

your spare helmet.

Copy that, Jim?

There's no time.

All the systems have crashed.

I gotta shut down the hab

from below.

We're losing pressure, Jim.

You could embolize.

Seventy percent atmosphere.

Phil, you've got to get

the nav computers back on-line.

Uh, Jim,

I've got an idea.

If you guys can save

enough atmosphere,

I'll disconnect the power in the main

computer bay and jump-start the systems.

- I'd basically be doing a hard boot.

- Has that been tested?

Are you kidding?

These machines

are way too expensive.

- Do it.

- Okay.

I think this'll work.

Sixty percent atmosphere.

Jim, how we doing

on the A.G?

Just... hang on one second, Woody.

Fifty percent atmosphere.

- Come on!

- Jim, I've got oxygen.

- Come on.

- Voice print identification.

- Mc... McCon...

- Not accepted.

Voice print identification.

- McConnell!

- Accepted.

Shut down... gravitational rotation.

Shutting down

artificial gravitational rotation.

Jim, I've got the oxygen

for you.

- Hang on!

- Forty percent atmosphere.

- Are you okay?

- Yeah, yeah, I'm fine.

I'm topside, Jim.

Do you know which sector?

I'm working on it.

- You'd better get some oxygen, Jim.

- Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine.

Come on.

Jesus.

It's like looking

for a needle in a haystack.

Okay, come on.

Come on. Where are you,

you little bastard?

Give me some light on the hull

so I can locate it.

I got a better idea.

Gotcha!

Terri.

Squeeze out the liquid!

S- S-Stay there!

- Squeeze it out!

- Jim.

Okay. Okay.

Please work.

Thirty percent atmosphere.

Woody, the breach is between

sectors five and six.

Five and six.

- Do you copy?

- Copy. I'm heading there now.

Son of a b*tch.

We never did that

in the simulator.

Twenty percent atmosphere.

Jim?

Ten percent atmosphere.

Jim!

Jim, talk to me. It's Terri.

- Jim.

- Come back.

- Breathe!

- Come back!

Gotcha.

Pressure stabilizing.

Pressure stabilizing.

Jim?

Twenty percent atmosphere.

Hi.

Welcome back.

Thirty percent atmosphere.

It worked! Yes! It worked!

Way to go, everybody!

All right!

Yeah!

There's a lot of scarring out here.

I'm gonna check for other punctures.

Orbital insertion

proximity alert.

Orbital insertion

proximity alert.

Negative, Woody. That is a negative.

You have to get back inside.

We have to do our checklist

for orbital insertion.

Copy. I'm on my way.

Hello, beautiful.

Prepare to initiate burn.

Prepare to initiate burn.

Okay, we're ready

to light this candle.

Go/no go for braking burn

and M.O.I. Engines.

- On-line.

- Go.

- Systems.

- On-line.

- Go.

- Nav.

- On-line.

- We are go for the burn.

I am fueling engines.

Flow charge on-line.

Flow charger activated.

Optimum angle of entry

in minus seven degrees.

Countdown to initiate

burn for orbital insertion.

Six.

Five.

Orbital insertion proximity alert.

- Four.

- Optimum insertion angle approaching.

Jim?

Three.

Optimum insertion angle imminent.

Two.

- One.

- Let's go to Mars.

Jesus!

Attitude incorrect.

Shut down the engines.

Engines negative. No response.

I have got no attitude control.

- Manual separation.

- Negative. The control module...

doesn't have enough thrust

to correct this rotation.

We're too steep.

We're falling into the atmosphere.

Christ, at this angle

we're gonna burn up.

- How much time we got, Phil?

- I don't know. Three minutes?

I don't know.

- Where's the REMO?

- The resupply module? Why?

There's no way to link up.

Where is it?

Resupply module located.

Resupply module located.

- It's close.

- How close?

- I don't know.

- Figure it out.

- We don't have time, Phil.

Figure it out now.

- Jim, we're dead stick.

There's no way to maneuver

this ship into linkup.

Not the ship.

Just us. We go E.V.A.

- You want us to transfer in suits?

- If we don't make it...

- If we miss the REMO...

- There's no other choice.

Phil, how close?

Intersection orbit with REMO.

Course intersection plotted.

One kilometer.

That's the best I can do.

Prepare to abandon ship.

Let's go!

- What are you looking for?

- Earth.

Hey.

When we get back home, we really

will have to try this out in the sim.

How are we doing

on the fuel, Woody?

I'm at 50 percent.

I don't see the REMO.

There it is.

Forty-five left, forty-five down.

Oh, Jesus.

She's not where I thought she'd be.

- We're gonna miss her.

- What do you think?

You can't catch it.

Not like this.

Use the tether. You'll have one, maybe

two shots before she's out of reach.

Negative. It's too risky.

If we miss it, we got nothin'.

I'll leave you the gun.

Run a line out to the REMO.

I got enough fuel

left for that.

- You'll be goin' too fast.

- I'll aim to overshoot.

I'll brake like hell and arc it in.

Piece of cake.

I'll see you

in a flash.

Unhook me.

Good to go.

Okay, I'm on a path to overshoot.

I'm going to take the edge off.

I'm out of fuel.

Coming in hot. Still long.

Abandoning the unit.

I'll brake with suit jets.

Jesus. Jesus.

Suit jets gone.

I'm gonna make contact.

- What velocity?

- Impact's gonna be a little rough.

- At what velocity?

- Thirty-two.

I'm gonna use the gun

to slow you.

- If you slow me, I'll fall short.

- It's too fast, Woody.

No choice! I'll be okay.

Here we go!

Gotcha.

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