The Last Push Page #3

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to go back in the capsule...

and get your hands dirty.

It's gonna take you

a lot of time...

but, just like Christmas,

it'll be worth it in the end.

Bob out.

This is Life One,

received your message.

I understand

what you're saying, Bob...

but I think I can get to

everything I need to get to...

in the main habitation chamber.

If I go into that capsule, I'm

gonna have to get fully suited up.

It's gonna be hard to work.

It may take extra time coming

from this way, but...

hell, I got plenty of time.

Frankly, I don't want to go in

that capsule if I don't have to.

So let's see what we can do

from this side.

This is Life One, out.

Life One,

this is Mission Control.

Um, it's me, Adam.

Um, I know you lost

all your music and...

...entertainment data with

the death of the capsule.

So I put together some music that

I'm going to send up to you now...

and I think you'll enjoy it.

No, no... uh...

No! No!

Surf's up

We're surfing every day now

Surf's up

The summer's here to stay now

Surfing till the sun's gone

away

This is Life One.

Turn it off and keep it off.

Life One out.

Turn it off and keep it off.

Life One out.

Surf's up

We're surfing every day now

Surf's up

The summer's here to stay

We'll be spending all our time

Surfing till the sun's gone away

I started work on

rerouting the control panel today.

And happened to find

two ping pong paddles.

Ping pong ball and a book

of light reading.

Compliments of Nathan Miller.

Life One out.

It's in the toilet.

Astronaut Forrest...

On behalf of my family and with

love from all of our country...

we wish you a safe return and you've been

a really big inspiration for all of us.

Please come back safely, okay?

Thank you,

Kadru. See you guys in six years!

And thanks again

for your great questions.

You did good.

Finished Mary

Shelley's Frankenstein... again.

Don't really care

for her poetry.

I'll move on

to Shakespeare tomorrow.

This is Life One out.

Jackson, Lincoln, Johnson,

Grant, Reagan, Bush...

Clinton, Bush, Obama, Raton.

Okay, first names... George...

Hi, Michael, it might be

time now to start thinking about...

performing some no-fire

engine burn test.

Just to check the connectivity

on the primary generator.

Let me know when you

might be ready to start...

...testing and we'll get

ready on our end down here.

Bob out.

I've rerouted

the circuits from S-23.

I think we're about,

let's say ten days out...

before we'll be able to do some kind of

engine-burn test on the new control panel.

This is Life One out.

This is Life One, daily log.

Did another ten minutes

of exercise.

That seemed to go pretty well.

2,400 calories consumed today.

I guess we'll call it a

late-night snack to finish up.

I've been eating...

candy corn-flavored paste

for the last 14 days.

I think we'll switch

to cheeseburger.

Life One out.

Sleepy, Sneezy, Happy, Grumpy...

Dopey... Doc. No...

Sleepy, Sneezy, Happy, Grumpy...

Dopey, Angry and Doc.

Gray-6, pull wire.

They're all gray, Bob.

Have eaten what

I'm supposed to eat today.

I have exercised as much

as I'm supposed to exercise.

I have been working on rerouting this

damn panel for I don't know how long...

and I would love to have

just a little room to work.

Next time you build

one of these things...

maybe... maybe...

a little elbow room.

Just a thought.

Sleepy, Sneezy, Happy...

Was one drunk?

Daily log 42.

Calisthenics, ten minutes.

Caloric intake, 2,700,

right on the money.

And happy to say that

Panel 17-OHG is finished.

So, put a big check mark

by that one.

We'll get to work

on 18-01HG tomorrow.

But today, I do believe

I am putting my feet up.

Sleepy, Sneezy, Happy, Grumpy.

Sleepy, Sneezy, Happy, Grumpy...

Dopey, Bashful and Doc.

We're about 24 hours from our

first engine-burn test.

I wouldn't get too excited, I

think we have a long way to go.

Fortunately,

we got plenty of time.

Talk to you tomorrow.

This is Life One out.

This is test number one for an

engine burn after reconnection.

We are going in three,

two, one.

It's about what I expected.

This is Life One.

Test number one has failed.

We startin' over.

Hi, Michael, it's...

My name is Eric Hainen,

I'm from Haifa, Israel...

and in behalf of my family,

my town, my country...

I wish you best of luck and a

safe journey back home from space.

Thank you.

Michael, standby.

I have an important message

to you from Mr. Moffitt.

I will be sending it

to you now.

Michael, this is Mr. M.

I got something

that might cheer you up.

We've compiled a short video of

well-wishers from around the world.

I'd like to ask your permission

to transmit this up.

This is Life One

with an answer to your request.

No.

No, no, thank you.

Life One out.

Read a little Hamlet today.

He says there is nothing

either good or bad...

but thinking makes it so.

Question is, do you you change your thinking

or just try to stop thinking all together?

This is Life One out.

Um, I want to know, how do you

go to the bathroom in space?

I don't know why you let something

like that bother you so much.

It was a personal question

about my personal business.

Kid asked the question.

What do you want me

to tell them?

That every time we

defecate, our stool is...

...reconstituted into a

paste that we eat for dinner?

It's flavored paste.

And you get to choose

your own flavor.

This is Life One, Day 182.

Six months.

I don't know, Bob.

Should we be celebrating?

Okay, Michael, everything

appears to be 100 percent on track...

and you're getting

everything done, famously...

except that my data is showing that

there are issues and problems...

that I don't understand...

so, let me do some more work...

and let me get back to you, but stay

the course, things are improving.

Bob out.

Toronto...

Stockholm.

New York City.

Burlington...

Vermont.

Vermont...

Santiago, Chile...

Hollywood.

Hi, Michael, uh,

we've been quiet down here.

Just not wanting to put any

unnecessary pressure on... on you.

We have some people

down here who...

want to know how close you think

you are to a second engine-burn test.

So if you could, please kindly

confirm receipt of this message.

Bob out.

Uh... I'd say we are...

three weeks...

Three weeks out from our next

engine-burn test, so...

nobody get excited.

I'll check in again tomorrow.

That looks like that's

gonna take forever.

Bob, I need to talk

to you about something.

I, uh...

I know there's a vacuum

in that capsule.

I know that there's no sound in that

capsule. I know that Nathan is dead...

but I hear something in there.

I can't figure out what it is.

And I'm starting to think

that it's me.

Life One out.

Astronaut Forrest...

what is it you plan to do

with your free time?

Michael? Bob here.

Listen, buddy, could you do me a

favor and just get a little rest?

I know that you are working

very, very hard on this repatch...

but there's no reason to push yourself

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