Mars

Mars team, Mars team, be advised,

stay at your consoles.

T-minus 10 seconds.

Can I ask you a question?

Of course, go ahead.

Do you ever miss home?

Three, two, one.

Hana, come on, let's go.

Come on, Joon.

Thanks.

Almost at the new house, guys.

Home sweet home.

Come on, girls.

Joon, that one goes with me into the kitchen.

Hana, take that upstairs into your room.

Um, what are you doing?

I wanna see what's up there, pass me that box.

No way.

It smells like old people up here.

Carly once said she found a dead body in an attic.

Really?

That's what she told me.

What's that?

So it says here that these are frequencies.

It also says here it's illegal to operate

a ham radio without a license.

This is November, Alpha,

this is November, Alpha, one, Sierra, Sierra.

Do you copy?

I saw that written in here.

Hello?

Mission control.

Hello?

Are you okay?

It'll probably work better outside.

November, Alpha, one, Sierra, Sierra.

November, Alpha, one, Sierra, Sierra.

Hello?

There's a chance it will rain today,

And then on Sunday...

Hana, are you ready to go?

Joon, hurry up, we're gonna be late!

We have to get rid of these lunches,

they smell horrible to other people.

But I'm hungry.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry,

I shouldn't be laughing. I shouldn't be laughing.

It was so funny.

Let's go sit with those girls.

I don't know.

Come on, it's not a big deal.

You go ahead.

Fine, wish me luck.

She'll have friends.

Like, one isn't going to ruin your life.

Hi, I'm Joon, I'm new here.

I'm Christine.

Did you see Mr. K today?

Yeah.

- I - think he has a wig.

Really?

I didn't even notice.

So, that girl Christine invited me over,

do you wanna come?

Maybe next time.

Okay, well, tell mom I'll be home before dinner.

You know how she gets.

And there's a series of high speeds.

Hey, what are you doing with my truck?

Uh, nothing, sorry.

Hey, you all right?

Why are you sitting out here with the trash?

Uh, no reason.

Well, you hungry?

Carl, how many times do I have to tell you?

You can't keep your dentures on the table.

It's only soup.

It's common sense.

Pretty exciting stuff, ain't it?

I still remember when they launched a

monkey into space, 1948.

He was catapulted into that black abyss that

floats over us, and he never came back.

Here, dad, don't forget to take these.

But in that moment, the little chimp became a

space pioneer for future monkeys like us.

Ignore him.

Pancakes are the secret for a long life.

My mom says ginseng is.

Doesn't sound as delicious as pancakes.

She says it cures everything from

colds to heartbreak.

What's that?

Oh, it's just this old radio I found.

I haven't seen this model for ages.

You know about these things?

Know about these things?

I'm old, of course I know about these things.

Oh, and there's this notebook with

all these codes in it.

There's this one I heard on the radio.

November, Alpha, one.

Sierra, Sierra.

Yeah, how did you know?

Well, you were talking to that black abyss

that the monkey had lead us to.

Space?

Space.

I'm not sure if this is working.

The new antenna should be helping, do it again.

November, Alpha, one, Sierra, Sierra,

do you copy?

Daniel looks like Jack.

He's blonde and he has, I think he has blue eyes.

November, Alpha, one, Sierra, Sierra.

But he's cuter and they're brothers.

Maybe we calculate the time of day wrong.

What is she doing now?

Um, I'm not actually sure.

November, Alpha, one, Sierra, Sierra,

do you copy?

I think she made contact.

That picture is awesome.

Send it to me.

November Alpha, one, Sierra, Sierra.

Joon, Joon, where were you?

Out.

What do you mean out, with who?

It's Friday night.

Were you smoking?

No.

You reek of cigarettes.

Mom.

Dinner's ready.

Hello there.

So I have this new antenna design we can try.

That was the Dayton hamvention, 1997.

That was a good year.

Um, I've been thinking, and,

you should have this.

Well, I have one already.

I'll just leave it here then.

I'm becoming the weird kid at school.

You know who was weird?

Einstein was weird, Picasso, Mozart.

A bunch of weirdos!

You know, you remind me a lot of my daughter

when she was your age.

You may not see it now, but one day, when you look back,

you'll be grateful for being weird.

Let's try this new antenna.

So if I go to a more open clearing,

I can get a better connection?

Exactly, the trees and buildings around

here are obstructing the signal

as the international space station passes by.

There's only a short window of time to make the connection.

Pointing upward, following a northeastern path.

There.

Let me try it.

Why are you hitting it like that?

Back in the day,

when our electronics malfunctioned,

we give 'em a good old fashion whack.