t minus ten, nine, eight, start ignition sequence, five, four, three, two, one, ignition. liftoff! guys, guys, please! this is risky stuff here. and i'm a highly trained professional. okay, okay! uncle phil will launch another booster. just as soon as he completes his fuel intake. woody, it was ray beck. he told me to round up the team. now. how? electromagnetic emission. not uncommon with large-scale geophysical phenomena. what about sima? the saturn imaging probe. it's going to slingshot around mars on its way through the solar system. it could be retasked to take pictures, read radiation levels at mars one base camp. that. is the exact chemical composition of my ideal woman. hey! a frog. stands in the communal bathroom, still in his pajamas, a towel around his shoulders, brushing his teeth. he glances at another digital clock, which reads "0547." shakes his head impatiently. he looks back into the mirror, then is surprised to hear music lilting incongruously over the loudspeakers: elvis presley's "blue moon." what brought this on? it's still standing, though. so is the erv. and look, there's the greenhouse. there. what the hell are those? hold on. there's only three. that means -- it means luke must still be -- normal. i don't know. magnetic interference? must be a problem with sima. i don't see how an earthquake, six months ago, could give us this kind of distortion. hey, that's a funny notion. and what if in your meal packs, instead of brown rice, there were spring-loaded spikes that shot into your eyes? when you're schizophrenic, they take the higher score. oh brother! yeah, and drifting through eternity will ruin your whole day. power ready. h2. o2 control valves open. transferred. awaiting track confirmation. uhhh! outgassing! losing pressure! losing pressure fast! we're gonna decompress! if we get below 20% atmosphere, the power will shut down! positive! a vacuum inside the ship would cause a total electrical failure. the nav computers will fry! it's already starting. the primary l- 1 hub has been smashed. the systems are crashing. jesus, it's still bleeding. i can't get this damn machine to re- initialize! and the automated systems just went down. we can't shut down the hab rotation from here. jim, i've got an idea. if you guys can save enough atmosphere, i'll disconnect the power in the main computer bay, then jump start the systems. i'll do a hard boot. are you kidding? these machines are much too valuable. where are you, you little bastard, where are you? gotcha! ok. ok now. come on. come on! yes! awriiiight! had it all the way. yes! shit! get back in here, guys! i don't know what you're getting so cocky about. we scored better times in the sim at least twice. well, at least i'll still be able to drive. go. optimum angle of entry minus seven degrees. six. five. four. three. we're too steep! falling into the atmosphere! christ, at this angle we'll burn up! i don't know! three minutes? i don't know! the resupply module? why? that's not -- uh, it's close. i-i don't know. it'll take time. you want us to transfer in suits? one kilometer, that's the best i can do! earth. we're going to miss her. it has to work! oh jesus, look! the ship! but we need those supplies for -- damn right. i've got erv access. i'm going in. terri, you okay? erv appears structurally intact. computers are fried, just as we thought. what is it? is it just me? or is he about two mealpacks short of a picnic? greatgreatgreat. check it out. new nav boards for the erv. i got four round-trip tickets, baby, right in here. jesus. my god. is that what i think it is? so, okay, so -- somebody left this thing here, somebody -- other than human. but what the hell is it? or jack the ripper. so what happens when it gets the right answer? whoa, whoa, hold on, jim. what if you're wrong? whoever goes out there. i mean, what if you're wrong? three people have already died over that thing. oh my god. i don't know what we did, but guys -- does that look to you like a hostile gesture? maybe forty-five minutes. it'll be tight, but we can make it. go back. alone? jim -- i understand. but -- if you're not back by 1950, i prep and launch. yeah, jim. your signal's breaking up a little in the storm, but i read you. copy that. computers are online! ready to load software. but guys -- we're losing visibility here. guys? jim? luke? terri? is anyone there? don't leave me. in, please. can you. me? thank god! listen, this storm is really -- -- few more minutes, i can't -- you've gotta get back to the ship! is anyone there? can anyone read me? this is erv, do you read? erv to rover, do you read? this is erv, do you read? uh, phil's not here right now. he left for earth five minutes ago. please leave your message at the beep. where's jim? is that him?