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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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Kowalski: Houston, in the blind, to confirm: Mission Specialist Dr. Stone and Mission Commander Matthew Kowalski, are the sole survivors of STS-157. Ryan: I apologize for not complying. I should've stopped working as soon as you instructed me to. Kowalski: We were going to get hit no matter what. There was nothing you could do to change that. Hey. Ryan: Yes? Kowalski: All right. We need to make our way to the Space Station. Over there. [Kowalski points to a bright dot in the distance] It's a bit of a hike, but we need to use their escape pod, the Soyuz, to get back to Earth. Agreed? Dr. Stone, agreed? Ryan: Agreed. Kowalski: All right. After you. [Kowalski ignites his thrusters and he and Ryan push forward, leaving behind the remains of Explorer] Houston in the blind, this is Kowalski. Dr. Stone and I have determined to proceed to ISS and use one of their Soyuz for re-entry. ISS, if you hear us, we could sure use a rescue mission.

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Kowalski: Beautiful, don't you think? Ryan: What? Kowalski: The sunrise. That's what I'm gonna miss most. So, where's home, Dr. Stone? Ryan, where's home? Ryan: Home? Kowalski: Mm-hm. Down there. Mother Earth. Where do you pitch your tent? Ryan: Lake Zurich. Kowalski: Where the hell is that? Ryan: Illinois. Kowalski: Illinois. Central Time Zone. That would make it roughly... 8PM. What are the good people of Lake Zurich doing at 8:00? Ryan: I don't know. I'm not going to make it, I'm slowing you down. Kowalski: What would you be doing? Come on, Ryan. It's 8:00. You've just left the hospital after a 18-hour shift. Ryan: The radio. I listen to the radio. Kowalski: There we go. Let me guess. NPR? Classical? Top forty? Ryan: Anything. I don't care, as long as they don't talk, I just drive. Kowalski: And where are you driving to? Ryan: I just drive. Kowalski: What do you miss down there? Is there a Mr. Stone? Ryan: No. Kowalski: Nobody special? Somebody down there looking up? Thinking about

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Kowalski: Ryan, do you hear me? Do you copy? Ryan: My CO2 alarm went off. My CO2 alarm went off. Kowalski: Look, you need to board the station. Do you see the airlock? Hey, Ryan. You copy? Look for the airlock. It's above you, next to the Zvezda module. You see it? Ryan: Yes, I see it. I see it. Kowalski: All right, good. That's where you want to go. Now, you're getting lightheaded, right? Ryan: Yeah. Yes. Kowalski: That's because you're breathing CO2. You're losing consciousness. You need to board the station. Ryan: Okay. Kowalski: Now, that second Soyuz is too damaged for re-entry but it's perfectly fine for a little Sunday drive. Look to the West. You see that dot in the distance? That's the Chinese station. You're gonna take the Soyuz and you're gonna cruise over there. The Chinese lifeboat is a Shenzhou. Ryan: I've never flown a Shenzhou. Kowalski: It doesn't matter. It's reentry protocol is identical to the Soyuz. Ryan: Okay. Kowalski: You never flown the Soyuz either? Ryan: Only

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Kowalski: Check your watch - 13 hours and 11 minutes; call Anatoly and tell him he's been bumped. It's a little gloomy in here, isn't it? Ryan: How did you...? Kowalski: Trust me, it's a hell of a story. Ryan: But I... Kowalski: That's better. Found a little extra... little extra battery power; it helps I didn't have you around to distract me. I have to say, I'm glad to see you, I didn't think you were gonna make it. You find the vodka? Ryan: You never told me where it was, so... Kowalski: Well... [Kowalski pulls out a small flask from under his seat] To Anatoly. Na zdorovje. [He takes a sip and offers the flask to Ryan, who shakes her head] No? All right, let's get outta here. The Chinese station's about 100 miles; just a little Sunday drive. Ryan: We can't. Kowalski: Sure we can. Ryan: There's no fuel, I tried everything. Kowalski: Well, there's always something we can do. Ryan: I tried everything. Kowalski: Did you try the soft landing jets? Ryan: They're for landing, so... Kowalski