The Beyond Page #9

SUSTAIN LIFE HERE.

SO WHEN A MISSION

LIKE THIS COMES ALONG,

LEADERS OF THE WORLD'S NATIONS

WILL PAY ANY COS TO BE PART OF THIS.

[REPORTER] THE ARRIVAL

OF EARTH TWO HAS SET OFF

WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED

AS A 21ST CENTURY GOLD RUSH.

CORPORATIONS:

AND GOVERNMENTS ALIKE

ARE QUICKLY:

POSITIONING THEMSELVES,

AND THEIR COUNTRY'S INTERESTS,

FOR OUR NEW NEIGHBORING PLANET.

THE U.N. HAS CALLED UPON

ALL LEADERS FROM KEY NATIONS

TO COME TOGETHER TO DISCUSS

INTERPLANETARY STRATEGIES,

WHICH INCLUDE THE USE

OF NUCLEAR POWER

TO ASSIST IN COLONIZATION.

MEANWHILE,

PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD

ARE TAKING TO SOCIAL MEDIA

TO EXPRESS THEIR HOPES,

THOUGHTS AND CONCERNS.

[WOMAN 1] EARTH TWO IS A

CHANCE TO BUILD A NEW LIFE.

[MAN 1] WHAT I'D LIKE TO KNOW IS

WHO IS MAKING THOSE DECISIONS?

[WOMAN 2] RICH AND POLITICIANS,

THEY CAN'T BE THE ONE

TO MAKE THIS DECISION ABOU OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE HOPE.

[WOMAN 3] I MEAN, WHAT IF THERE

IS LIFE ON THE NEW EARTH?

[MAN 2]

I MEAN, WHAT ARE WE GONNA SEE?

WHAT ARE WE GONNA FIND

WHEN WE GET UP THERE?

[MAN 3] WE'RE GONNA ABSOLUTELY

DESTROY THAT PLANET.

[WOMAN 4] BECAUSE THE

GOVERNMENTS ARE CORRUPT.

WE SHOULD GO TO EARTH TWO

BECAUSE THAT WAY

THEY CAN STAY HERE

AND THEY CAN CONTINUE TO FIGHT.

[MAN 4]

I DON'T BUY IT.

I THINK THIS IS:

A MINING OPERATION

FOR MINERALS AND RESOURCES.

[MAN 5]

THIS DISCOVERY CHANGED

EVERYTHING WE KNOW

ABOUT THE UNIVERSE

AND ABOUT OURSELVES.

[MAN 6] NOT LIKE DEMOCRACY

EXISTS ANYWAY, RIGHT?

BUT WE SHOULD VOTE ON THE KIND OF

PEOPLE THAT WE WANT TO SEND THERE.

THE VERY BEST SCIENTISTS,

THE VERY BEST ARTISTS,

THE VERY BEST PHILOSOPHERS,

AND PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY

THINK AND CARE ABOUT HUMANITY.

[GILLIAN] WELL, THIS OCCURRENCE

HAS OPENED UP THE PANDORA'S BOX

OF WHYS.

THERE'S ALSO A WHOLE HOS OF-OF...

OTHER COMPLICATED QUESTIONS.

SPECIFICALLY, HOW DO WE PROCEED?

[CHUCKLES]

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IT'S BEEN 12 MONTHS

SINCE WE LAST SAW THE VOID.

YET I HAVE THIS SURE FEELING,

THEY HAVEN'T REALLY LEFT US.

AND, IF ANYTHING,

THEY'RE STILL OBSERVING US.

[RUMBLING]

TODAY, WE ARE SENDING

THE FIRST MANNED SPACECRAFTS

TO EARTH TWO.

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THE SPACE AGENCY DECIDED THA WE SEND ONLY HUMAN 2.0S FIRS WITH THE INTENTION OF

RUNNING TESTS ON EARTH TWO

IN ORDER TO LAY DOWN

THE FOUNDATIONS:

FOR WHEN THE TIME IS RIGH TO COMMENCE SENDING HUMANS

TO SETTLE DOWN:

AND COLONIZE FOR

FUTURE GENERATIONS.

[ROCKET BLAST]

BUT ONE DOES WONDER WHETHER

WE WILL MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES

WE'VE BEEN MAKING FOR CENTURIES.

[DIGITAL TRILLING]

HOW CAN WE ENSURE THIS NEW HOME

BRINGS OUT THE BEST IN US?

OR HOW WE, AND OUR

FUTURE GENERATIONS,

DON'T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES

WE DID IN OUR PAST,

AND PROVE THAT OUR EXISTENCE

WAS WORTH SAVING.

WE WERE SO OBSESSED

WITH DISCOVERING NEW LIFE

WHEN, ON REFLECTION,

WE HAVE STILL YE TO DISCOVER OURSELVES.

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WE NOW HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE

TO DO JUST THAT.

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