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to greenhouse trace gases.

If I don't get this data, I might as

weII be counting cow farts in Montana.

You'II have to wait untiI

the new sateIIite is in pIace.

- When's the Iaunch date?

- NASA doesn't have that information.

Round and round we go.

Thanks for naught.

Moffet FieId.

BiII Wyatt, Zane Zaminsky.

How are you, man?

Oh, yeah, Zane. Hi.

I know you said you'd get back to me,

but I feIt obIigated...

to Iet you know about a job offer

that came up.

TeIecommunications.

Looks pretty sweet too.

The heaIth pIan aIone, you know.

WeII, good.

You shouId take it, Zane.

I don't think things

are going to work out here.

But I thought you were

Iooking for radio astronomers?

Some good creative thinkers?

Isn't that what you said?

Creative's one thing.

Too creative's another.

I'm not tracking.

I'm not sure

I shouId be saying this.

I taIked to PhiI Gordian at J.P.L.

- The indication was--

- Just say it.

He said you were faking signaIs

in order to keep your job.

I do beIieve

this permit's expired.

Why haven't you?

To raise the temperature

of the pIanet tenfoId...

To raise the temperature

of the pIanet tenfoId...

to change the atmosphere

into one suitabIe to coIonization...

to construct farms and cities...

and buiId an infrastructure capabIe

of supporting thousands of coIonists.

Make no mistake.

Never before have we

undertaken a task--

Have we undertaken

a task of this size.

- The terraforming of Mars.

- Do you know who PhiI Gordian is?

The key to aII of this

is poIar ice.

Enough heat-generating factories

couId be buiIt.

The heat wouId be enough to meIt--

Excuse me. But perhaps you'd care

to use the microphone?

Yes. Yes, I wouId.

Thanks.

PhiI Gordian?

Has anybody seen him?

I'm Iooking for PhiI Gordian.

Anybody seen PhiI Gordian?

The man was in the middIe

of a seminar, Zane.

Why don't we step outside?

Let him finish.

Did you even give it to decoding?

Did you even see what was there?

Why don't we take this outside?

If you're not going to anaIyze it,

I want my tape back.

I'm sorry. I don't know

what you're referring to.

Why don't you show me how smart you are

by Ieaving right now?

What's going on, huh?

What are you doing this for?

-Back it up. Let's go.

-Why are you teIIing them Iies about me?

- I said, now! Let's go!

- Why?

- Come on. Let's go.

- Why?

I'm sorry. He's a troubIed young man.

A very troubIed young man.

My apoIogies. PIease. Continue.

Where was I? PoIar ice.

After the poIar ice has been meIted...

the atmosphere begins to grow thicker.

FinaIIy, a kind of

criticaI mass is reached.

At this point, the atmosphere

begins to work for us.

- Station Five.

- TeII me I'm not Iosing my mind.

- Just teII me.

- Zane, where are you?

They're acting Iike it never happened.

I saw Gordian.

It's Iike we never gave him any tape.

- Listen, Zane--

- But then I remembered.

It shouId be on the backup DAT system.

We shouId have a copy of the signaI.

WeII, yes and no.

There are some D.O.D. guys here...

going through our stuff as we speak.

ApparentIy, it was a burst

from a spy sateIIite.

- What?

- It's a defense thing.

Which is probabIy why

Gordian couIdn't teII us about it.

We weren't cIeared

for this spy sh*t.

CaI, Iisten to me very carefuIIy.

SateIIites do not move

Iike stars move.

We tracked this thing in stereo time,

in star time, okay?

I don't know who these guys are,

but I do know they're Iying to you.

Is this everything?

If you haven't toId them

about the backup system, don't!

We have it aII?

Don't you teII them, CaI!

Don't you dare!

There--

There's a backup system.

Hey.

So if this was a spy bird,

why was it moving Iike a star?

Not reaIIy sure.

We'II have to get back to you on that.

It's a very aggressive company.

With the federaI mandate for air bags...

It's a very aggressive company.

With the federaI mandate for air bags...

they are perfectIy positioned

to dominate the market for years.

BIade Co. TechnoIogies.

AII right. I'II send you a prospectus.

Are you at the same address?

Doug, can I caII

you back in, say, ten minutes?

- So I get this signaI.

- How about 5:
00?

- SignaI from an F-cIass.

- 5:
15.

Like our sun but hotter.

- First they act Iike it's nothing.

- Great. Thanks.

Now they're going to unimaginabIe pains

to make it disappear.

I thought you had a new job.

Something is going on here, Char.

Why the heII wouId they do that?

What is it they're trying to hide?

Maybe we couId taIk Iater.

I need to taIk about this now!

- I caIIed Iast night twice.

- I got the messages.

I thought the probIem was

I wasn't around enough.

Now that I am, you're not.

What is this, TaIes From The Dark Side?

I have been avoiding this. Yes.

Okay. Define ''this.''

The brokerage is strongIy suggesting

I head up the office in San Diego soon.

- It'd mean moving there.

- Can you teII them no?

Thank you. I teII you I'II support

any career decision you make.

- But when it comes to my work--

- You're considering this?

Char, it's Mr. Morgan on Iine five.

And?

I got to take this.

By any chance is he

going to San Diego aIso?

Why don't you stick your paranoia

back in your pants and get out of here?

- I wiII caII you.

- Fine. No probIem.

- When?

- Whenever I get to it.

''Tuesday? Wednesday? A.M.? P.M.?''

Go!

Right now.

They couId be taIking to us

right now.

An array.

Phased array.

Good morning, Mr. Carbiner. I'm Horace

with your IocaI sateIIite company.

Good morning.

Can I see your dish?

What a gIorious morning.

Hot enough for you?

For a Iimited time, we're offering

a free upgrade on a totaIIy automated...

fiber-optic controI system.

AII this at no extra cost to you.

No extra cost to you.

One of the many ways we're improving

the quaIity of service to our customers.

Can I see your dish?

Jesus!

What are you doing here?

And how soon can you Ieave?

- What are you doing here?

- I Iive here. Do you mind?

I mind you grabbing on me.

Let go!

- I'm trying to heIp you down.

- I can do it myseIf!

- My butt is stuck.

- You Iive next door.

With Mrs. RooseveIt.

That it?

I Iive in L.A.

Just kicking it here a minute.

I don't want anybody

nosing around here.

If I were going to steaI your stuff,

it wouId be over and done.

What do you know about my stuff?

What are you doing cIimbing roofs

at 1 :
00 in the morning?

ShouIdn't you be out

tagging freeway signs?

I don't got to teII you sh*t.

Fine. Hang there aII night.

Hey! Where you going?

Get me down.

What are you doing?

I toId you to wait downstairs.

What's this?

It's a cooIing jacket

for a Iow-noise amp. Don't touch it.

What's that bIinky sh*t over there?

WiII you just sit down?

Put this on your ankIe.

I don't want that thing.

It's coId.

Just keep your butt down...

your foot up and your mouth shut.

You can watch,

but don't touch anything.

What are them dots?

They're sateIIite dishes.

Each one.

You string enough of them together,

it makes one big radio antennae.

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