Gravity

At 600KM above planet Earth the temperature fluctuates between +258 and -148 degrees Fahrenheit. There is nothing to carry sound. No air pressure. No oxygen. Life in space is impossible.

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Kowalski: Houston, I have a bad feeling about this mission. Mission Control: Please expand. Kowalski: Okay, let me tell you a story. It was '96, I'd been up here 42 days. Every time I passed over Texas, I'd look down, knowing that Mrs. Kowalski, was looking up, thinking of me. Six weeks I'm blowing kisses to that woman. Then we land at Edwards and I find out she's run off with some lawyer, so I packed my car and I headed to... Mission Control: Tijuana. You've told this story, Kowalski. As Houston recalls, she took off in your '74 GTO. Engineering requests a fuel status on the jetpack prototype. Kowalski: Five hours off the reservation, and I show 30% drain. My compliments to Engineering. Except for a slight malfunction in the nulling of the roll axis, this jetpack is one prime piece of thrust. Mission Control: Engineering says thank you. Kowalski: Tell them I still prefer my '67 Corvette, though. Speaking of which, did I ever tell you... Mission Control: We know the Corvette story, Mat

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Mission Control: Shariff, what's your status? Shariff: Nearly there. Replacing battery module A1 and C. Mission Control: Could you be a little more specific? Indeterminate estimates make Houston anxious. Shariff: No, no, no, Houston, don't be anxious. Anxiety's not good for the heart. System is ready to reactivate. Mission Control: Hubble Telescope engaged, upgrade fully functional. That applause you hear is for you, Shariff. Congratulations. Kick back, take the rest of the day off. Mission Control: Matt, do you have visual on just what Mission Specialist Shariff is doing up there? Kowalski: He appears to be doing some form of the Macarena, but that would be just a best guess scenario on my part.

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Kowalski: So, doc, now that you work for NASA, how do like us? Shariff: Kind of like winning the lottery, isn't it? Ryan: I was just happy that they didn't cut the funding to my research. Kowalski: How long was your training? Ryan: Six months. Shariff: Including holidays? Ryan: Mm-hm. Kowalski: So, what is this scanning system? Shariff: Oh, nothing, Matt, it's just a new set of eyes to scan the edge of the universe. Ryan: It's designed for hospital use, but this one's a prototype. Kowalski: Listen, they don't bankroll prototypes, even for your pretty blue eyes. Ryan: Well, my eyes are brown. Kowalski: Right now your eyes are bloodshot. Shariff: Kowalski! Is this great or what? Kowalski: And to think he went to Harvard. Gotta admit one thing. Can't beat the view. So, what do you like about being up here? Ryan: The silence. I could get used to it. Kowalski: Terrific.

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Kowalski: Houston, I have a bad feeling about this mission. Mission Control: Please elaborate. Kowalski: It's the same feeling I had about Mardi Gras in 1987. Mission Control: That is affirmative. Surprisingly, Control hasn't heard the Mardi Gras story. Please proceed. Kowalski: Well, it's day one and I'm bumping my way down Bourbon Street looking for a sister of a friend of mine. The streets are full of people, I'm thinking there's no way I'm gonna find this girl... Ryan: Proceeding to override. Kowalski: Then all of a sudden, I look up, and there she is, and I'm about to yell out and I see she's holding hands with a short hairy guy in board shorts and a Margaritaville shirt. And then I realize that this guy is not a guy, that my girl is holding hands with a— Mission Control: ISS, this is Houston. Explorer, this is Houston. Explorer Captain: Go ahead, Houston. Mission Control: Mission abort. Repeat, mission abort. Initiate emergency disconnect from Hubble. Begin re-entry procedure. IS

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Kowalski: Dr. Stone, do you copy? Repeat, do you copy? Ryan: Yes! Yes! I copy, I'm here. Kowalski: Flash your light so I can see you. Ryan: [waving her flashlight] Here. Here. Kowalski: There you are. Hang tight. Report your status. Ryan: I'm fine. Kowalski: Your status. Give me your readings Ryan: 3.5 psi, I think. Kowalski: Give me your O2. Ryan: It's going down fast, 9... no, 8%. Kowalski: All right, you're breathing too fast. You're burning oxygen, and we don't want to do that. We want to relax. Copy? Ryan: Sorry, yes. Copy. Kowalski: I'm nearly there. Ryan: Please hurry. Kowalski: You can holster that torch, Dr. Stone. Ryan: Right, sorry. Kowalski: Gotcha. All right, now I'm going to tether you to me. I know you never realized how devastatingly good looking I am. But I need you to stop staring and help me with the tether. Okay? Ryan: Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay, I got it. Kowalski: [clips his tether to Ryan] All right, here we go. Now to clear you from the jets, I'm gonna give you a li

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