New Eden

All right, folks. Listen up.

The way I learned it, any landing you can walk away from is a good one.

But Sojourner took a beating on the way down.

Houston says the damage to her engines is gonna ground her for good.

Luckily, I have pull with the Helios commander.

They're gonna be our ride home now.

But first things first, we need to get to our hab before sundown.

The modules landed three klicks from here.

Now, I don't need to remind you

that Happy Valley gets down to a balmy minus 100 degrees Celsius at night.

So, yeah, we're gonna have to hoof it.

Grab what you can carry.

We'll come back with the rovers for the rest.

Welcome to the Red Planet, people.

Inerting hydrazine manifold.

Venting…

Home sweet home.

All right, people. Let's get inside and power up the hab.

Will, come on.

Wow.

Almost thirty years after we lost the moon, we have won Mars.

Now, I know people are saying it was a tie,

but an American ship is what took them down to the surface,

so in my book, it's an American win, fair and square.

The race to find water, an essential resource for all three missions,

has only just begun.

The landing sites in Valles Marineris were selected

due to their promising indications of ice deposits under the Martian soil.

The crew of Helios has already located some small deposits,

enough to combine with the Martian atmosphere

to begin making the methane fuel needed for their return trip home.

A particularly vital task,

considering Phoenix is now the only ship able to take all three crews back to Earth

after Sojourner's engines were damaged during its landing.

And that isn't the only setback for NASA and Roscosmos

as their own search for water has apparently come up dry to this point.

Their situation is further exacerbated

by the reality of accommodating eight astronauts and cosmonauts

with provisions meant only for six.

These folks up there are busy, busy, busy.

They've got to find water, create their own oxygen,

set up their nuclear power generator, grow their own food.

I'm exhausted just hearing about it.

But if that doesn't warm your heart, I don't know what will.

Americans and Russians working together as partners after decades of tensions.

And I thought everything was bigger in America.

Well, we could always stay in your hab.

Where is it again?

That's right. It's floating out in space with your ship.

Come on, y'all. We're on Mars!

It's an adventure. Embrace it.

Next thing you know,

he'll be singing "we are the world."

All right, people, listen up.

As you can probably tell,

the thermal control systems are still malfunctioning.

Now, I know it's a pain, but we will continue to ration water.

Finding water ice is taking longer than we thought.

So, until we find it, we got what we brought.

Now, since we lost some of our pre-supply in the damaged module,

Houston's worked out some water usage rations.

Half a gallon per person per day.

Now, that includes everything.

Drinking, food rehydration…

and sanitation.

I know. I know.

Meantime, Will, Rolan,

if you two can continue to repair the thermal controls.

Kelly, keep going with the seedlings.

Dr. Mayakovsky, if you can keep tabs on people's hydration levels, we can--

Again, please do not give orders to my crew, Commander.

Commander, would you please assign your doctor

to keep tabs on people's hydration levels?

If you don't mind.

Thank you so much.

All right, people. Let's get settled in for the night.

I can't believe I gotta share a bunk with you again.

It was bad enough on Jamestown.

Oh, come on, man. We're like The Odd Couple.

Yeah.

I'm the clean one, and you're the annoying slob.

This is true. This is true.

-Have a good night. -Yeah.

We were so close, Karen.

So close.

I mean, the storm was still going, and I--

I knew it was dangerous.

There was caution and terrain alarms going off…

but I was ready to go for it…

until I looked over and saw Danny.

I just…

couldn't bear the thought of something happening to him.

I mean, he-- he's like a son to me, Karen.

And I just--

I don't know. I just couldn't do it.

I couldn't.

So I pulled up.

Goddamn it. Come on.

-I got a hole in my suit. -Mist.

Clamp the other glove down on it.

Try to keep it airtight.

This should help with the pain.

Take one every eight hours.

Thanks.

With an injury to your hand, protocol says

you have to go back up to Phoenix with the next crew changeover

in case you need more advanced medical treatment.

Come on. Look, it's just a cut.

I don't make the rules, man.

You okay, Danny?

Yeah, I'm fine.

-Let me see. -I said I'm fine.

Okay.

So what happened?

Nothing. Drill just went haywire on me.

Okay. Thanks.

Did you remember to disable the motor drive?

Yes, sir, I did.

Believe it or not, I know what the hell I'm doing.

I don't need you to fucking look after me.

Margo, I'm gonna need a little more information than that.

All I can tell you now, Nelson,

is that this person would be a very valuable asset to the United States.

But in order for them to be willing to defect,

we would need to

facilitate their family's removal from the Soviet Union.

We talking black ops?

I suppose. Is that really an option?

It can be, but I gotta run it up the flagpole.

You're on top of the flagpole, Nelson.

You're chairman of the Joint Chiefs.

Only one person without a boss in this town,

and you know who she is.

Yes, I do.

If it helps, I know DOD is looking for additional funds for your F-22 project.

Well, somebody's done her homework.

NASA's got a lot of resources these days, Nelson.

I guess Army-Air Force tickets aren't gonna do the trick this time, huh?

Okay, Margo. I'll see what I can do.

But I'm gonna need at least a week, maybe more.

Thank you. This defector will be a valuable asset to NASA.

I'll speak to you soon.

Think you're the only one who cares?

-I am trying to save this company. -I don't have to listen to this!

They stay there for as long as it takes!

Dev.

Dev.

It's nice to see you.

So, what was that all about?

They think I'm taking my eye off the core business.

Apparently, Mars is costing a lot more than projected.

We failed, Karen.

We landed on Mars, and what's everybody talking about today?

Not us. No, we didn't change anything. We lost.

This isn't over, not by a long shot.

One of my old Polaris contacts from Roscosmos reached out.

Lenara Catiche. She wants a meeting with Helios.

I have a feeling it's something that we're gonna wanna hear.

I'm sorry, did you say "we"?

Does this mean you're coming back?

I have conditions.

Such as?

I wanna be a real partner.

That means real power and a defined role of COO.

Karen, you know we don't do titles.

Yeah, and that's great at keeping everyone else the same, other than you.

Anything else?

Yeah, I want an office.

A real one… with a door.

I think it's a primal urge in all of us,

the need, the drive to explore.

It doesn't matter how old you get.

Human beings are always gonna wanna see what's over that next hill.

Being one of the first people on Mars makes me feel…

proud.

It's the exact opposite of home.

Havana is…

vibrant…

warm…

full of life.

My first step on Mars? How would I describe it?

Commander Poole and I,

we opened the hatch.

And I looked back and saw Commander Kuznetsov a few steps behind me.

Because humanity's future belongs to the stars.

I'm sorry.

Start over. Delete that.

Mars, he's like…

a ghost.

Stop laughing.

I've never done this before.

You know, in Soviet Union, answers are given to you before interview.

What's it like?

Everything's new in a way.

Haunting…

What happens if you go off script?

Boom. There I was on the ground first.

Boom.

I was on the ground. First.

Pure…