Space Camp Page #3

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a werewolf or something like that?

No, but I know this great place

where we could

check the shuttle out.

Right. I'll get caught

breaking curfew. No way.

Well...

If I can handle that,

will you go?

All right.

All right.

Say, Max, you got a minute?

You've been coming here

for a couple of years.

What's the best way

to get to the beach?

You're gonna ask him?

Distract and destroy

the Imperial Guard.

You've got ten seconds.

What would Luke Skywalker do?

How would he get

to the launch pad'?

Kid's gonna go for the droid.

Jinx, what's the best way

to the launch pad?

Go out to main gate,

go to highway, turn left--

That takes me

right by Zach Bergstrom's office.

Is there another way

to the launch pad, Jinx?

A secret way?

Secret!

Turn left before Zach's office,

turn right at Rocket Park,

avoid maintenance building,

go east.

Depending on ground speed,

beach can be reached...

No one talks!

Look at that shuttle!

Can you believe that it can go

from the earth up into the stars?

Look, there's the Seven Sisters.

Oh, yeah?

It's so beautiful up there.

I wish it was like that down here.

So, you're really

into this space stuff, huh?

Yeah.

Ever since

I was a little girl.

My dad used to

take me up in his plane

and hold me on his lap.

Sometimes at night

I used to reach out

and try to touch the stars.

I couldn't wait to grow up.

What's so special

about going up?

In space, anything is possible.

Maybe we could even

do things right up there

instead of screwing them up

like we have down here.

Yeah, but what's the point?

We're all gonna get nuked anyway.

Kevin, that's just an excuse

for people who are

afraid to try.

Hold it.

Hold it one second here.

It's not that I'm afraid to try.

It's just that...

I don't know.

I just don't care, I guess.

- Yes, you do.

- I do?

It's just that it's easier

to say you don't care...

...than it is to try...

...and then fail.

I know.

I'll never tell.

Torture me, kill me--

I'll still never tell.

Fess up. Where's Kevin?

Max is gonna get it.

Kathryn is gone, too.

All right.

Where are Kevin and Kathryn?

Kevin and Kathryn

are at launch pad.

It is a secret.

Let's go.

I thought you said

you cleared it.

Yeah, well, I kind of cleared it.

Yeah, kind of.

Sh*t.

I'll just be a minute.

We were just talking.

That's not the point,

and you know it.

Nobody cares about Space Camp

more than I do,

and you've been on my case

since day one.

Why?

The first time I met you,

I saw it in your eyes.

It's like looking in a mirror.

You're special, Kathryn.

Why are you so hard on me?

Because someday

you're going up.

But the only way you will

is if you have every drill down

better than everyone else.

There's no room for mistakes--

every "I" dotted,

every "T" crossed.

That's the way I learned it.

That's the way you'll learn it.

You COPY?

I COPY-

What's going on?

What, is it morning already?

Who talked?

It wasn't me, Han Solo.

The Emperor got

information out of Jinx.

I'm not Han Solo, okay?

And you're not Luke Skywalker.

There's no Empire,

and there's no Force,

and there's no Dark Side, okay?

You're just an ordinary kid,

and so am I,

and maybe nobody ever

lives happily ever after, all right?

So just...

Just stay away from me.

Far away.

I wish I were far away.

I wish I were

anywhere except here!

I wish...

I wish I was in space.

I wish I was in space.

Hello, Jinx.

How can NASA help you?

Put Max in space.

There is no Max listed

in Astronaut Program.

There is now.

How come I have to do

all the dangerous stuff?

Joe Allen and Dale Gardner

did this on Discovery 51 -A.

It's okay.

Somehow I don't think that's

gonna make him feel any better.

Range scale at orbit on primary.

Roger. Primary and secondary.

Okay'

Enter OMS 1 burn program, Pilot.

Roger, OMS 1, Commander.

Stand by, Pilot.

Atlantis, this is control.

We have orbit confirmed.

125 nautical miles.

Inclination of 35 degrees.

You are in position

for satellite recovery.

Rudy, man, you're on.

Rudy's the best on the RMS.

Don't worry, Max.

Rudy knows this arm

like the back of his hand.

Sorry, Rudy, I didn't know

you were there.

I almost dropped Max!

Instigate emergency

power-loss scenario.

Killing power, sir.

What's going on?

Somebody get me down from here

or I'm gonna be sick!

Help!

Rudy, relax, man.

You're freaking out.

Get me down from here!

Control, this is Atlantis.

We're experiencing electrical failure.

- Switching to auxiliary cells.

- That's my decision, not yours.

Wait, it's that one.

I know, it's the green one

right next to the red.

- Rudy, what are you doing?

- That was the wrong one.

I got it now.

Here you go.

Help!

Rudy, just cross-wire it.

Sit down.

Sit down!

That's an ord--

Forget it.

I can handle it.

What is going on in there?

We're showing another OMS burn.

The pilot must have hit

the switch when she got up.

Why isn't she at her post?

She's just too busy

doing everybody else's job.

Orbit's decaying, Shuttle.

Okay, take over, Commander.

Hey, it's not my job, man.

You ask the pilot

to do that question.

I'm sick and tired.

I'm doing no more windows.

You're falling out of orbit, Atlantis.

You're coming up

on atmospheric interface.

You're gonna be toast.

MY God!

Careful. There's a lot of live stuff.

Pilot, do you copy? Pilot.

I'm sorry,

Kathryn's not in right now,

but if you'd like to leave

your name and number at the tone,

she'd be glad to get back to you.

You're coming up

on interface, Atlantis.

Roger that, Atlantis.

Ladies and gentlemen, please

return your seats and tray tables

to their full upright positions

and extinguish all smoking material,

as we are about to land

in the red zone.

No survivors!

Rudy, we're gonna flunk.

We're not gonna flunk

if you just listen to me.

All of you, stop it!

I'm sorry, but Rudy was--

Quiet!

I don't wanna hear about it.

I can't hear it.

You know why?

'Cause you're all dead.

You just disintegrated

during re-entry.

Don't you understand

what that means?

You're all dead because you

didn't work together as a team.

And you're responsible.

- Me?

- That's right, you.

You're Shuttle Commander.

You are responsible for everything

that happens on this ship.

I didn't ask to be responsible,

remember?

That's a pitiful excuse

for killing four people.

Oh, God.

I don't believe this.

Look, nobody got killed, okay?

I mean, it's just Space Camp.

Launch possibilities.

What are possibilities

of launching Max into space?

There is no possibility

at this time.

This is not going to be easy.

- Hello, Commander Bergstrom.

- Hi, you two.

How are you doing?

What's a "firf"?

That's FRF--

flight readiness firing.

That's how NASA tests

the main engines of the shuttle.

This is the first year

we got permission

for you guys to experience it,

and some of you...

...are even gonna be able

to sit in this.

You'll get an astronaut's

point of view. See ya.

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