Aliens of the Deep
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(woman) At the centre of our existence |
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The sun. |
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It gives us heat and light, |
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It's the food chain, |
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No matter who you are, |
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your dinner started with plants |
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So we are, all of us, |
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solar powered. |
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Maybe the ancient Egyptians |
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For four billion years, |
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on land, and in the sea. |
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Rover One, this is Rover Two, |
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We are at the edge of the wall |
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My name's Dijanna Figueroa, and I'm |
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- This is cool, |
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(Dijanna) I think I have |
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(Dijanna) Check out those |
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I'm a marine biologist. |
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and study the amazing organisms |
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There's nothing I'd rather be doing. |
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(man on radio) Rover One, Rover One, |
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(man) This wall's pretty amazing, |
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We're barely on the edge |
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Ambient light's really going now, |
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(Dijanna) You're totally reliant on |
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to dive to that depth |
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You never know what you're gonna see. |
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- (man) Look at all that krill, |
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(Dijanna) Looks like we're in |
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(man on radio) Yeah, roger that. |
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Not seeing much of anything alive here, |
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(Dijanna) Not much life at all, I think |
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(man on radio) It's like being on the moon, |
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Copy that, |
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(man) Hey, look, |
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(man) Hey, Dijanna, we got a crinoid here. |
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(Dijanna) Copy that, |
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Yeah, it looks like we're getting deeper, |
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look like they're suspension feeders, |
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(Dijanna) With no light from the surface, |
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But there are places in the ocean |
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not since the world began, |
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So when I was invited to join the new |
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I had to say yes. |
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(man on radio) "Keldysh," "Keldysh," |
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(man #2) Yeah, Dave, |
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We got MIR One |
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Like this, so that we've got a central area |
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I'm Jim Cameron, |
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I love this stuff. |
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Exploration. Real honest-to-God |
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This is way more exciting than |
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These deep ocean expeditions |
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So, why not combine |
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Sure, we'll take marine biologists. |
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But why not take astrobiologists |
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So that's how a bunch |
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a thousand miles from the nearest land, |
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where, right under our feet, |
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are the most insane alien life forms |
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Two ships, |
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four manned submersibles, |
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forty dives at ten sites |
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I like big operations, |
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So we'll come down together, like this, and |
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because we don't want to drift off, |
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If the communications are compromised |
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all working on the same frequency, |
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I want to make sure |
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(Jim) The plan was |
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using both ships, so two MIRs and two |
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This would be a world first. |
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- Hi, |
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(Jim) Anatoly Sagalevitch heads |
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for the Russian |
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We've been working together |
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There we are, |
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The adventurers, |
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It's all his fault that we're doing this, |
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in '95 and '01, |
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Sometime around the middle |
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"You know, these wrecks are good, |
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but you have to do something real," |
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"We have to do some science, |
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(Jim) Genya Chernaiev |
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He's been flying submersibles |
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The most important thing about this boat, |
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320 degrees unobstructed, |
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(Jim) This view makes the Rovers unique, |
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but because of the acrylic sphere, |
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So they'd only be joining us |
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We also had Jake, |
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we'd used to explore |
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Jake had been modified |
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My brother Mike is Jake's inventor |
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His challenge was to steer Jake safely |
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and not fry our little 'bot. |
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This would hopefully allow us |
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with the creatures we'd come to see. |
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We've checked the decks twice, |
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My other brother was with us too. |
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JD was the safety and communications |
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Or, as he called it, |
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Our launch procedure is as per the book, |
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She's first, she's second, Recovery |
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Now, recovery can go either way, |
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(Jim) We chose the "Ares" |
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(Jim) Its massive hydraulic cylinders |
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and out over the water with ease. |
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It's one of the safest ways |
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and we constantly tested our procedures |
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for the upcoming four-sub dive. |
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(JD) All right, let's do this, |
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(Jim) I'm gonna need everybody |
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Keep your eyes open |
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And, you know, it's gonna be challenging, |
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All right, here we go, |
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(Jim) Finally, everything was in motion. |
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And in the middle of the North Atlantic, |
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a thousand miles from the nearest land, |
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our little expedition |
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We're in motion, |
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(man speaks Russian) |
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Nice and slow, blue winch, |
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- Now we're gunnin' runnin', huh? |
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(Jim) At least, that was the plan. |
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(JD) All stop, all stop, All stop, |
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(man on radio) I copy you, Lima Charlie. |
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is the A-frame. Over. |
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I'll let you know |
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(JD) About an hour and 15 minutes |
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Uh, what we know |
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It's a complete breakdown of the cylinder, |
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These bolts all shot, |
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And all this paint that's been here forever |
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And it happened on that one as well, |
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(Jim) Yeah, right, I mean, we're in the |
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That's what it sounds like to me, |
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How you gonna get that fixed up? |
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Call A-frames"R"Us? You know, |
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Thousand miles from shore? |
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We don't have to move on it immediately, |
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but it's at least something |
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Well, I mean, |
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and we don't have an alternate way |
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the expedition's over, |
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(Jim) If you are going to explore, |
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that on the one hand there's risk. |
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thinking about every single factor |
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and making sure that |
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'Cause if you can eliminate |
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you've eliminated nine-tenths |
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That way, when that last one-tenth |
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you don't have to worry about all the |
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Look, to be completely serious, your idea |
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is the best idea I've heard |
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Just cut the side right out of the ship, |
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I say we go clear that |
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OK, Well, plan B, |
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All right, |
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but I don't think |
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I mean, people have been up |
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(JD) It became apparent that |
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was to use the main crane and by sliding |
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With a crane that is 30, 40, 50 feet above |
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once an object starts to swing, |
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It's called the wrecking-ball effect. |
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Once it gets away from you, |
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I'm guessing we've got six to eight feet of |
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(JD) It ultimately resulted |
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on what he thought the best way |
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This eye feeds into that,,, |
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(man) So we spent a long time |
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as well as eight different points |
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to stop it from swaying. |
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We would practice all night long. |
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At dawn the following day, we were ready |
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We spent the past 24 hours rebuilding |
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which required us to cut this wall out, rerig |
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We've got about |
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Every single point |
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Any single point fails, anything, |
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from the blue winch |
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not only do we lose the sub, but we risk the |
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I'm looking at every pulley |
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Keldysh, be advised, |
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Deck crew, be advised we have 15 |
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- Paul? |
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MIR One's going into |
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Let's see the crane, guys, |
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- Oh, yes, |
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Bye-bye, |
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Tim, Straps off, |
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(man) Keep going, keep going, keep |
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(man on radio) DP control to "Keldysh." |
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(Jim) Say goodbye to the surface world, |
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I love this part, |
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(Jim) Everything is a go, |
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SO, SO, Rover One, |
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(man) Go ahead, Rover One. |
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(Jim) We are about to start |
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(diver Camera looks clear, |
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OK, here we go, |
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- (Jim on radio) Venting. Go, go, go. |
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Venting now, |
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(Jim) All right, |
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(woman) The descent to Lost City |
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which is plenty of time |
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My name is Loretta Hidalgo, |
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Copy that, Rover One, This is Rover Two, |
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(Loretta) My goal is to one day |
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- (Loretta) That is the bomb, Yeah! |
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Surface, this is Rover Two, We are |
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God, these structures are gorgeous, |
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OK, there's the rendezvous point, |
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(Loretta on radio) MIR Two, MIR Two, |
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MIR Two, MIR Two, |
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(Mike) That's affirmative, Rover Two. |
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(Loretta) We were doing something |
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This was the first time that four deep |
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The water pressure that you get |
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If you've ever carried a bucket of water, |
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Now imagine being under |
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And all that weight |
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are all pressing down on you |
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Definitely not something |
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OK, Loretta, can you relay to Mike |
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Copy, |
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MIR Two, MIR Two, |
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Uh, roger that, |
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- OK, There it is, |
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There's Jake, |
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Can you see his tether spinning out? |
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It's like a spider spinning its web, |
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I'm just gonna pull a little tether |
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and then I'll yaw back to the right, |
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(Loretta) We were really |
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of being out in |
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I had this incredible experience of feeling |
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Hi, 'bot! |
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That I was on a space mission, and |
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coming up to work with us. |
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Hi, Mike, |
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- Affirmative, |
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Push in a tiny bit in here, |
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(Dijanna) Oh, wow, |
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(Mike) Yeah, Beautiful, |
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OK, Mike, If you come right |
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you'll come to a big fan right on |
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(Loretta) Copy that. |
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(Dijanna) Oh, this is gorgeous, |
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- (Mike) Are you liking this? |
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OK, I'm gonna have to come up a little bit, |
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I've encountered a little |
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(Dijanna) Oh, my gosh! |
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(Mike) Hello, Mr, Big, |
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(Dijanna) He's like, |
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Oh! Oh, my God, |
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Wow, |
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Wow, |
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(Dijanna) Kevin Hand |
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And he's a brilliant guy. |
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Really. |
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That's one of the interesting things |
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is that you can ask |
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Could life have originated on Europa? |
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(Dijanna) Astrobiology is |
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But since Kevin doesn't have any real |
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he's out here doing |
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Looking at life in the extreme conditions |
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He's a theory guy |
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let alone inside a submersible |
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Here we go, |
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(man) Rover Two, MIR Two copies you |
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(radio chatter |
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(Kevin) Yeah, it looks like |
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MIR Two is right above us, |
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Very few people get to see |
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That is fantastic, |
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The scale of these things |
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It's just amazing, |
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We've got this huge, |
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Unbelievable, |
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(Jim on radio) Copy that. |
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It's just the hot water just flowing up |
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Upside-down stalactites are slowly |
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(Kevin) So what's interesting |
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is that you don't necessarily |
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You need some means for the water |
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And then you get |
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which produces the heat that drives |
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It's absolutely phenomenal, |
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(Jim on radio) Do you want to go ahead |
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(Kevin) Roger that, |
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- (Mike) There's warm water up here, |
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The vent fluid is just |
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Wow, This is just amazing, |
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Our technology is just |
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where we can safely explore |
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- (Mike) Kinda friable, |
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OK, |
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Yeah! Look at that, |
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- We got a rock, |
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(Mike) Rover One, Rover One, |
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- Oh, my goodness, look at that! |
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Holy cow, |
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- (Mike) OK, stop it, stop it, stop it, |
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(Kevin) Look at that thing, |
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(Jim) See if you can |
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(Mike) Roger that, |
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(Kevin) Oh, my goodness, |
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Oh, man, look at this thing, |
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Look at this thing, |
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(Kevin) How can something |
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How does a creature like this work? |
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Beautiful, |
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Absolutely beautiful, |
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See the reticulation inside this thing? |
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That is amazing, |
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(Jim) I have no idea what that is, |
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- No, |
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Every single dive, you're gonna see |
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And you might even see something |
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(Jim) Are you seeing this thing? |
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This is, like, |
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Oh, he's got feet! Look, he's got feet, |
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(Jim) The thing about deep diving is you |
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(Kevin) Oh, my God, |
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Oh, it's massive, |
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Look, look, look, |
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See it? |
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Absolutely fantastic, |
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Look at that fish, |
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All right, we got us a Dumbo, |
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What a beautiful animal, |
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Like a dancer, |
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What an amazing creature, |
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God, you could watch this guy all day, |
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Almost looks like |
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(Jim) MIR One, MIR One, |
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(distorted MIR One, MIR One, |
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MIR One, MIR One, |
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(Mike) It's intermittent, Jim, |
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(Jim) Uh, roger, Mike, |
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We're seriously low on power |
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I cannot get ahold of Vince, |
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We must go up, |
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Genya, We must go up, |
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Oh, he's trying to say something, |
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He's trying to say,,, |
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I can't see him, |
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Can you call surface? |
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He's saying, "Up and over"? |
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We need you to contact the surface |
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(Mike) Can't read it, Zoom in, |
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(Mike) "Contact surface, must surface," |
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(Mike) Ares surface comm, |
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at X minus 244, Y minus 25, |
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depth 741 meters, |
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- (man) So, how was it, Jim? |
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Ah, that thing is phenomenal, |
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- What did you see down there? |
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There was a huge, um,,, |
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Some type of gelatinous,,, |
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Massive, Like, a meter, |
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We think that it was feeding |
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off the amphipods and the plankton |
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- Hanging out at the lights? |
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- How's it work? |
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- But it's there, So it's working somehow, |
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- Life's pretty cool, |
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- Welcome back, Kevin, |
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- Team Rover, |
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(cheering) |
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My name is Maya Tolstoy, |
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at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. |
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I study underwater volcanoes, |
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and particularly I study the earthquakes |
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And I'm trying to understand |
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how the surface of |
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I'm going to be deploying |
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Those are instruments |
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and other noises on the ocean floor. |
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In the ocean, |
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And so sound allows you |
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and to see into the ocean crust, the way |
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We put the instruments over the side of |
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Normally, I don't have to dive |
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So it was very exciting |
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that I've been working on |
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(Maya) MIR two, copy, |
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(man on radio) We have a visual on you. |
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Roger that, |
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- (Kevin) Can you see them? |
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It looks like a spaceship, |
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Wow, |
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That's incredible, |
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(Maya) It's such |
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and it's so important |
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It's where two thirds |
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and we still know so little about it. |
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Do you see how |
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- (Kevin) Oh, yeah, Look at that, |
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That's just, like, it really turns |
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(Kevin) Look at that, |
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(Maya) And you see how there's |
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That's when it's really fresh, |
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(Kevin) Wow, |
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Now, can you just imagine |
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Molten rock oozing out |
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I just can't imagine it, |
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(Kevin) Must look pretty cool, |
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For the few seconds before you die, |
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(Maya) I miss my son. |
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He's five months old. |
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It was such a hard decision |
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But I think it's important to study |
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we've ever discovered |
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MIR Two, just keep going |
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The chimneys should be |
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Roger that, |
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(Maya) Wow, |
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There it is, |
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(Maya) All around our world, |
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running down the middle of the oceans |
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are these cracks, |
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where the crust of the planet |
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Up above, |
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But two miles down, |
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where fresh lava flows |
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When the sea water seeps down to the |
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it gets superheated, |
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But it can't boil, because of the intense |
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So it comes roaring up |
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When the superheated water hits the |
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forming the chimneys, |
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When you see black smoke, |
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is a blowtorch of |
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Uh, we're getting in position |
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from the top |
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(Jim on radio) Yeah, roger that. |
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OK, let's get in as close as we can |
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(Maya) These chimneys |
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and that's hot enough to melt |
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That's a bad thing. |
00:38:59 |
Mental note: Don't melt |
00:39:06 |
(Maya) Guys, we're getting really close |
00:39:08 |
- Close enough? |
00:39:12 |
Uh, well, we're starting |
00:39:17 |
(Maya) Right underneath the sub, |
00:39:18 |
(Jim) Genya, move back. |
00:39:20 |
(Genya) OK, I start to move back, |
00:39:30 |
(Mike on radio) That's normal. |
00:39:34 |
We were right on top of it, |
00:39:48 |
That's pretty cool, Kevin, |
00:39:50 |
(Dijanna) The geology's fascinating. |
00:39:57 |
(Dijanna) Keldysh, Keldysh, MIR Two, |
00:40:00 |
Depth 3526 meters, |
00:40:04 |
And we are at the top |
00:40:11 |
(Dijanna) These sites were |
00:40:15 |
And they weren't looking for life. |
00:40:19 |
But it wasn't until |
00:40:22 |
and went down to the bottom |
00:40:27 |
It was like, "Oh, my God. |
00:40:33 |
It's an entire ecosystem. |
00:40:38 |
Wow, That's awesome, |
00:40:44 |
(Dijanna on radio) Copy that. That's what |
00:40:48 |
- (Dijanna) Look at all that hot water, |
00:40:58 |
Oh, man, Check this out, |
00:41:01 |
It's like liquid fire, |
00:41:07 |
They are really tickling |
00:41:12 |
(Dijanna) The science community |
00:41:16 |
How could these animals |
00:41:19 |
at these pressures, |
00:41:23 |
from freezing to beyond boiling |
00:41:30 |
How could there be a whole ecosystem |
00:41:37 |
And not just living, |
00:41:44 |
(Jim) Unbelievable, |
00:41:46 |
This is the most insane |
00:41:51 |
(Dijanna) Wow, |
00:41:53 |
- Holy pancakes, Batman, |
00:42:03 |
And they're right there in the flow, |
00:42:09 |
(Jim) Oh, look at 'em swarming, |
00:42:12 |
(Dijanna) Oh, yeah, |
00:42:15 |
(Dijanna) The vents |
00:42:19 |
It was coming from chemicals |
00:42:22 |
coming from inside the Earth itself. |
00:42:25 |
Not photosynthesis, |
00:42:32 |
It was a whole new basis for life, |
00:42:37 |
only water and heat. |
00:42:41 |
(Jim) That party's been going on down |
00:42:45 |
and it's gonna be going on |
00:42:47 |
They're just doing their thing, |
00:42:50 |
the sun could go out tomorrow and they |
00:42:57 |
(Kevin) Exploring and discovering |
00:43:01 |
which may not depend |
00:43:06 |
opens up all sorts |
00:43:09 |
when we think about |
00:43:15 |
Wherever we've found liquid water |
00:43:20 |
That's pretty profound. |
00:43:24 |
If we find liquid water elsewhere in |
00:43:30 |
We won't know |
00:43:42 |
In fact, NASA is planning a mission |
00:43:47 |
AKA JIMO. |
00:43:49 |
At 120 feet long |
00:43:51 |
than any planetary probe |
00:43:53 |
and its nuclear reactor will power |
00:44:07 |
The main goal of JIMO |
00:44:09 |
to look down through the ice |
00:44:13 |
First, it will study Callisto, |
00:44:17 |
And these are bizarre moons, |
00:44:22 |
Callisto and Ganymede |
00:44:26 |
that may hide oceans |
00:44:32 |
Further in is Io, |
00:44:40 |
Io's eccentric orbit causes it |
00:44:45 |
This intense tidal pumping |
00:44:48 |
generating friction at the core |
00:44:52 |
and this heat drives the solar system's |
00:45:00 |
There are constant eruptions, |
00:45:02 |
and volcanic plumes shooting |
00:45:19 |
But the gem of the Jovian system, at least |
00:45:24 |
is Europa. |
00:45:26 |
It's here where fire and ice |
00:45:32 |
The scientific community |
00:45:35 |
that beneath the icy, chaotic shell of |
00:45:41 |
with twice the volume |
00:45:46 |
So tidal heating is working here too, |
00:45:51 |
And possibly providing |
00:45:55 |
The same kind of life that we're finding |
00:46:09 |
(Jim) You see all that out there, |
00:46:13 |
That's just a huge |
00:46:18 |
This is just acres and acres |
00:46:23 |
Look at that, This could be like |
00:46:27 |
(Jim) Yeah, couple of billion years ago, |
00:46:30 |
(Kevin) Hydrothermal vents |
00:46:33 |
since the oceans were formed. |
00:46:36 |
It may have been sites like these |
00:46:43 |
(Kevin) If we can just sort of |
00:46:46 |
maybe a little bit of |
00:46:49 |
Excellent, |
00:46:50 |
Nice sample, |
00:46:53 |
You can see all the stringy |
00:46:59 |
(Kevin) Extremophiles are simply |
00:47:03 |
of temperature and pressure |
00:47:07 |
environments that to us are deadly. |
00:47:12 |
These microbes go far beyond anything |
00:47:18 |
back when we first started studying |
00:47:23 |
Now, if we find anything on Europa, |
00:00:08 |
So I think if we're gonna try to get |
00:00:11 |
we've certainly gotta look |
00:00:14 |
It's the only sample |
00:00:16 |
(Jim) Pan Conrad. She was |
00:00:20 |
She comes from |
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and she's one of those valuable people |
00:00:29 |
So you know when you were little, and you |
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That was this, |
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How cool is this? |
00:00:54 |
(Jim) Tolya, just see |
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(Tolya) Absolutely, |
00:01:00 |
It's just like the Mushroom Planet, |
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(Jim) Ah, that's gorgeous, |
00:01:21 |
That's the hot water |
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(Pam) That is very cool, |
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See the bacteria growing right along |
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(Pam) I see it, |
00:01:34 |
(Jim) It's all bacterial mats on top, |
00:01:39 |
(Pam) Certain molecules |
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will glow when they're hit |
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(Jim) Is that a good place |
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(Pam) I think this is a great place |
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(Pam) We designed |
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that we could point it |
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"Aha! There's evidence |
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Lights out, |
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OK, I'm going to start |
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Go, |
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OK, Lasers firing, |
00:02:14 |
We got a lot of signal here, |
00:02:16 |
Whoo, this is good, We've got, |
00:02:20 |
(in German accent |
00:02:23 |
There's definitely organic stuff there, |
00:02:28 |
(Pam) It's so important |
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about extreme environments |
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before you go out |
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(man speaks Russian on radio) |
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(woman) MIR Two, do you copy? |
00:02:48 |
Go for it, Ares. |
00:02:49 |
My name is Kelly Snook. |
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Copy that, |
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I study the process of exploration. |
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Rover Two and MIR Two,,, |
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What I do in my day-to-day work |
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is learn how to use the Earth as a training |
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So here |
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(Jim) Baboom! You did it, |
00:03:18 |
- It's in the basket, |
00:03:21 |
Slam dunk from the center line, |
00:03:26 |
These, I thought these were bacterial, |
00:03:30 |
(Kelly) Most people were on a ship, |
00:03:33 |
studying the hydrothermal vents |
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I was on Mars. |
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And the people that were |
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they were out on |
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Everything that we do in the ocean is ten |
00:03:53 |
and you go in thinking |
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- So I don't see Mars surface ops,,, |
00:03:59 |
,,,being any different, |
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Yeah, hopefully we'll have time in that day |
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and the way we're interacting,,, |
00:04:06 |
(Kelly) My team included |
00:04:09 |
from NASA Johnson Space Center, |
00:04:11 |
and astrobiologist Tori Hoehler |
00:04:18 |
We worked together to explore ways |
00:04:23 |
can improve the science and discoveries |
00:04:30 |
This combination |
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especially in an environment |
00:04:37 |
it's very similar to space exploration. |
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The submersible is like |
00:04:44 |
and so we were using this as an |
00:04:50 |
Go ahead, Roberto, |
00:04:52 |
(man on radio) If you can find any |
00:04:57 |
Uh, I guess that depends on how we're |
00:05:02 |
(Kelly) I would talk to |
00:05:05 |
and I would get their requests |
00:05:09 |
and I would process the rocks |
00:05:13 |
I think it's probably |
00:05:15 |
I think the white stuff is most likely, |
00:05:21 |
(Kelly) Analogs like this |
00:05:23 |
how we'll do scientific exploration |
00:05:31 |
Will we need manipulators, |
00:05:36 |
And how will we handle |
00:05:39 |
that no doubt we will have |
00:05:43 |
Whatever you just switched off |
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Right, |
00:05:47 |
Rover One and MIR One, |
00:05:49 |
be advised we have lost |
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Uh, we've lost AC |
00:05:59 |
so we're probably |
00:06:03 |
(Kelly) Every event here, |
00:06:05 |
generates data |
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Much of what I study is |
00:06:15 |
that allows them |
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Some of the technology |
00:06:20 |
but in space and at the bottom |
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Yes! |
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Oh,,, |
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Is it gonna go? No! |
00:06:32 |
Ay,,, |
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- (Jim) You can't rotate the scoop more? |
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(Jim) You can put it in, |
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- Can you rotate the scoop? |
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- It's in? |
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Yeah? OK, good, All right, you got it, |
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(Kelly) The better we can integrate |
00:06:54 |
into our human exploration systems, |
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the more effectively we'll be able |
00:07:01 |
- I feel like I'm in a spacecraft, |
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- I said, I feel like I'm in a spacecraft, |
00:07:06 |
- That's right, |
00:07:07 |
- Inner space, |
00:07:12 |
to explore this planet, |
00:07:16 |
(Kelly) The experience of human beings |
00:07:21 |
is what we're most interested in. |
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It's Marge, |
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(Kelly) It's not only |
00:07:34 |
but the communications |
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because the scientist is |
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and what we're trying to study. |
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(Jim on radio) OK, guys, what I'd like you |
00:07:47 |
when you've had a look at that, 'cause |
00:07:50 |
(Mike) And the current |
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That's OK, |
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- (Loretta) What's that fish? |
00:08:06 |
(Jim) If you want to take a sample |
00:08:09 |
down here at the bottom, |
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(Kelly) It's a very |
00:08:14 |
to pick up a rock |
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and put it into |
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That's really at the core |
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How are humans going to do these small, |
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Whoa, we got currents, |
00:08:29 |
(Jim on radio) It's got it. |
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Oh! Hang onto it, baby, |
00:08:37 |
All right, you got it, |
00:08:40 |
OK, try to get it over to the carousel, |
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(Kelly) Well, a task |
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a couple of minutes on Earth |
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Every step is a new challenge. |
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(Jim) Now translate right just a little bit. |
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(Kelly) We can't send 150 people to Mars |
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These few people will be responsible |
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for all the science |
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Kind of like proxies for |
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interested in the mission. |
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Mars is the obvious first place |
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because there's evidence |
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share a similar history |
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And one of the most important key |
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Now, the Mars you see today |
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But if you set the way-back machine, |
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If you could imagine |
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and there was an impact great enough... |
00:10:08 |
based on what we know now |
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we think that life could survive |
00:10:17 |
It's possible that life |
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We might all be Martians. We might all |
00:10:34 |
All right, Put up your hand if you would |
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- (Pam) I'm going, |
00:10:42 |
How would you talk your husband |
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Say, "All right, honey, Now, |
00:10:50 |
"And I'm gonna write every day, |
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Whoa, |
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It's funny, 'cause when you asked me |
00:11:00 |
I raised my hand without even thinking |
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My husband, my cat, |
00:11:10 |
My cat, |
00:11:14 |
That'd be hard, |
00:11:17 |
'Cause I think all of us, we're all human |
00:11:21 |
and if somebody that we love |
00:11:24 |
and represent humanity and explore, |
00:11:33 |
(Loretta) When you've been |
00:11:36 |
it's very easy to pretend |
00:11:42 |
You're far away |
00:11:45 |
in a small environment |
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who are there for the same |
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They're there to explore, |
00:12:00 |
The Russians are very resourceful. |
00:12:02 |
They were showing us |
00:12:04 |
and they have a tool that can sample |
00:12:08 |
Some of the things are really clever. |
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Or as simple as the Nikolai pot, |
00:12:13 |
which is basically a pot |
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It's something that |
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You know, we get to be in their culture, |
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and how they do operations. |
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It's an incredible environment |
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I love it because of |
00:12:37 |
Victor, |
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Obed? |
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Your,,, Your lunch? |
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- Yeah, |
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Yeah? Yay! |
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(Loretta) This expedition |
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OK, all right, |
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The idea of doing something |
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and how people can come together |
00:13:00 |
Poyehaly. |
00:13:02 |
The way they communicate |
00:13:05 |
No, forward, |
00:13:06 |
(speaks Russian) |
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(Victor Hasta la vista, baby, |
00:13:16 |
Victor's been practicing, |
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Vitka, khorosho, khorosho. |
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(laughter |
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(Loretta) One of the things |
00:13:26 |
is the way that |
00:13:29 |
Vosem-pyaty. |
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I mean, |
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because I always wanted to work |
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And the "Keldysh" is a great analog for, |
00:13:42 |
And I understood what |
00:13:46 |
when they say that the technicians |
00:13:49 |
are the real heroes, |
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This expedition |
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(man) Engines start. |
00:14:04 |
(Dijanna) While we were out at sea, |
00:14:06 |
were already on their way to Mars. |
00:14:10 |
"Spirit" got there first, blazing into the thin |
00:14:21 |
"Opportunity" arrived |
00:14:25 |
Landing for both |
00:14:30 |
(man on radio) Current altitude |
00:14:33 |
Awaiting confirmation. |
00:14:35 |
We're moving at a speed of 173 miles per |
00:14:40 |
Cleaner separation of end |
00:14:57 |
No signal at the moment. |
00:14:58 |
Deep-space network tracking stations at |
00:15:06 |
(man on PA) We're on Mars, everybody. |
00:15:09 |
(cheering) |
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(Dijanna) Equipped with |
00:15:20 |
and a Swiss army knife's |
00:15:22 |
and chemical science instruments, |
00:15:24 |
the mission of |
00:15:27 |
Find evidence of water in Mars' past, |
00:15:30 |
when conditions |
00:15:40 |
You can learn a lot from a rock, |
00:15:45 |
And you know where to look. |
00:15:50 |
Of the two rovers, |
00:15:55 |
The ancient bedrock |
00:15:58 |
an iron-bearing mineral that usually |
00:16:03 |
Then scientists detected jarosite, |
00:16:05 |
a mineral that suggests the rocks may |
00:16:09 |
or in a hot springs environment, |
00:16:18 |
Other clues included |
00:16:21 |
where salt crystals |
00:16:24 |
and rippled sediment patterns, |
00:16:26 |
hinting at the presence of free-flowing |
00:16:33 |
And then there were the "blueberries." |
00:16:37 |
eroded out of the rocks |
00:16:40 |
On Earth, spheres like this form |
00:16:46 |
Both "Spirit" and "Opportunity" helped |
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but they were not equipped |
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That job fell to |
00:16:58 |
which detected what is believed |
00:17:02 |
just a few feet below the surface, with |
00:17:10 |
In 2008, "Phoenix" will rise |
00:17:15 |
and, using many of that |
00:17:18 |
will land near the Martian north pole. |
00:17:23 |
And, for the first time ever, |
00:17:26 |
a Martian probe will do more |
00:17:32 |
"Phoenix" will dig deep |
00:17:35 |
and sample Martian water |
00:17:41 |
Everything we learn about Mars |
00:17:45 |
There's evidence of past water, |
00:17:48 |
the chemistry checks out. |
00:17:50 |
All the ingredients for life are there. |
00:17:56 |
Of course, that's not the only way |
00:18:00 |
- Look at this, he's computer coordinated, |
00:18:02 |
It says, "SETI Institute" |
00:18:07 |
- It's a little over the top, |
00:18:09 |
- You're putting the message out there, |
00:18:13 |
(Kevin) One of the groups |
00:18:15 |
is the Search for Extraterrestrial |
00:18:19 |
And what the SETI Institute does |
00:18:24 |
from distant civilizations |
00:18:28 |
To do this, Frank Drake, |
00:18:33 |
wrote down just a set of factors |
00:18:36 |
And it includes factors such as the fraction |
00:18:42 |
the fraction of habitable planets |
00:18:48 |
and the fraction of life |
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and eventually to becoming |
00:18:59 |
that can communicate with |
00:19:03 |
(alien "speaks" |
00:19:09 |
The last factor is the lifetime of the |
00:19:15 |
At the same time |
00:19:19 |
to communicate |
00:19:22 |
we also develop the technology |
00:19:26 |
And if that's standard |
00:19:32 |
we're not going to have much luck |
00:19:36 |
(alien "speaks" |
00:19:37 |
(Jim) Let's say that my |
00:19:41 |
says that life was possible on any planet, |
00:19:44 |
or not even anywhere near a sun, |
00:19:48 |
like a moon of Jupiter or whatever, |
00:19:52 |
And had some kind of tidal pumping |
00:19:56 |
so that it had a liquid core |
00:19:59 |
and it was making heat like these |
00:20:03 |
If we said there were maybe ten or twenty |
00:20:08 |
isn't it logical to assume that when we get |
00:20:13 |
when SETI Institute |
00:20:16 |
it's gonna be coming from somebody |
00:20:20 |
and set their transmitter |
00:20:22 |
Statistically, isn't that indicated |
00:20:26 |
There's a flaw in that statement, |
00:20:30 |
We have no idea |
00:20:33 |
We got one liquid water planet |
00:20:36 |
and we've already identified |
00:20:40 |
- that are ice-covered and far from the sun, |
00:20:44 |
Based on our own immediate experience, |
00:20:47 |
Sure, sure, |
00:20:50 |
- We don't, but we gotta go look, |
00:20:56 |
(Kevin) We may find that |
00:20:59 |
are where the bulk |
00:21:04 |
And, in fact, |
00:21:08 |
Who knows? |
00:21:10 |
But it is really interesting |
00:21:15 |
in an icy world system. |
00:21:18 |
Would you evolve to intelligence? |
00:21:20 |
Would you wonder about |
00:21:29 |
Our primary focus at this site |
00:21:32 |
OK, And you need mussels and crabs, and |
00:21:35 |
We're gonna do crab traps, |
00:21:37 |
So we're hoping that whatever we fix |
00:21:41 |
Now, do you care |
00:21:43 |
Preferably where there's crabs, |
00:21:48 |
(Dijanna on radio) Yes, we're currently at |
00:21:53 |
Y coordinates minus 76. Over. |
00:21:58 |
(Dijanna) The story of the vents |
00:22:02 |
This is it, right here, |
00:22:04 |
Bottom of the food chain, |
00:22:13 |
(Dijanna) The vent fluid |
00:22:15 |
powering the whole |
00:22:20 |
Some of the animals |
00:22:23 |
some of them are preying |
00:22:30 |
(Jim) It's kind of ethereal, huh? |
00:22:34 |
Who would have thought |
00:22:46 |
(Dijanna) The animals |
00:22:48 |
but there's something else |
00:22:51 |
It's symbiosis, a dance of life |
00:22:57 |
Vent animals, |
00:23:00 |
have formed |
00:23:03 |
that can live off of |
00:23:05 |
(Dijanna) Oh, we're near |
00:23:07 |
Large mussel beds, |
00:23:14 |
(Dijanna) I study the metabolic |
00:23:17 |
of mussels and crabs |
00:23:21 |
I'm focusing on their ability |
00:23:25 |
large variations, in temperature. |
00:23:32 |
The genus Bathymodiolus |
00:23:34 |
is the scientific name |
00:23:38 |
(Dijanna) We've got a mussel mound |
00:23:41 |
I think this will be a perfect spot |
00:23:44 |
- Yes, |
00:23:47 |
I think these are mixed sizes, |
00:23:50 |
- (Genya) We will take small and big also, |
00:23:55 |
- Only small? |
00:23:56 |
- OK, |
00:24:00 |
- Yes, |
00:24:01 |
All right, |
00:24:07 |
(Dijanna) Keldysh, Keldysh, MIR One, |
00:24:09 |
We have collected a full batch |
00:24:14 |
X minus 487, Y minus 64, |
00:24:22 |
Oh, yeah! Bingo, baby, |
00:24:33 |
Looks like you got your crabs, |
00:24:37 |
(Dijanna on radio) Yes. We got crabs. |
00:24:44 |
You did it, you did it! |
00:24:54 |
Bio box is closed, |
00:24:58 |
(Dijanna on radio) We have crabbage. |
00:25:23 |
- Wanna open that? |
00:25:26 |
(Dijanna) My PhD advisor |
00:25:29 |
He's been studying |
00:25:31 |
since their discovery |
00:25:35 |
And he has years of experience |
00:25:38 |
in these extreme environments. |
00:25:43 |
So the Childress lab |
00:25:45 |
that's able to keep |
00:25:48 |
in an environment similar |
00:25:56 |
As fast as we can, |
00:25:59 |
and bring them into our lab, |
00:26:00 |
where we place them |
00:26:06 |
We call this thing "the condo." |
00:26:10 |
We put the animals in |
00:26:13 |
we repressurize them up to |
00:26:17 |
and we make sure that |
00:26:21 |
that is optimal for their survival. |
00:26:24 |
Then we pick some of the animals |
00:26:28 |
and we transfer them |
00:26:30 |
that's called |
00:26:33 |
Now, this system |
00:26:37 |
because here we can manipulate |
00:26:40 |
and we look at |
00:26:45 |
as we vary their environmental condition, |
00:26:51 |
By looking at mussels, |
00:26:54 |
about temperature adaptation, |
00:26:58 |
when it comes to |
00:27:02 |
Global warming is real. |
00:27:04 |
It's putting our planet at risk, |
00:27:09 |
I mean the whole food chain, |
00:27:13 |
And at some point |
00:27:19 |
(Dijanna) I think I got into the ocean |
00:27:24 |
it's unknown. |
00:27:26 |
It's not explored, |
00:27:31 |
and I appreciate it, |
00:27:35 |
(Kelly) Did you ever think |
00:27:36 |
(Dijanna) Oh, God, no. |
00:27:39 |
But I guess this is the path |
00:27:43 |
which has led me on a path |
00:27:47 |
And so now the question |
00:27:49 |
has me taking submarines |
00:28:19 |
(Jim) OK, let's, uh,,, |
00:28:23 |
The dive will be Snake Pit, |
00:28:25 |
The pilots will be Dr, Anatoly Sagalevitch, |
00:28:33 |
We find a structure |
00:28:35 |
So we'll land at the base and we'll just |
00:28:42 |
ideally up all the way to a chimney, |
00:28:45 |
There is not supposed to be |
00:28:49 |
some shimmering water, |
00:28:50 |
but I don't think the hot vents happen |
00:28:54 |
The best way to visualize this stuff |
00:28:57 |
that's like a blowtorch, |
00:28:59 |
That's, you know, |
00:29:11 |
OK, there's MIR One, |
00:29:15 |
(Dijanna) They're coming up |
00:29:17 |
(Jim on radio) You're about halfway |
00:29:20 |
so if you just work your way |
00:29:24 |
(Dijanna) Copy that. |
00:29:34 |
(Jim) There's an antler-shaped stone |
00:29:40 |
Roger that, |
00:29:42 |
All right, This is, I think, |
00:29:44 |
and I think I can get in |
00:29:48 |
That's it, |
00:29:50 |
- (Mike) Got it, |
00:29:53 |
Copy that, We see it, |
00:29:57 |
(Mike) These little shrimp are different, |
00:30:00 |
(Dijanna) Yes, Juvenile and adults, |
00:30:04 |
(Dijanna) The vent shrimp, |
00:30:07 |
are grazing on the bacteria |
00:30:11 |
- Are you seeing this crab? |
00:30:15 |
Look at 'em, They're eating the bacteria |
00:30:23 |
(Jim) Oh, he almost got that guy, |
00:30:24 |
He's all covered with this bacteria, |
00:30:27 |
He doesn't know it, he just thinks |
00:30:32 |
It's like crab-fu here |
00:30:36 |
- (MIke) The shrimp colony, There you go, |
00:30:38 |
- Let's check that guy out, |
00:30:44 |
- This is black smoke, |
00:30:47 |
(Dijanna) I can't believe |
00:30:50 |
Oops, Aah! It's hot, |
00:30:53 |
OK, if it's not cooking them, |
00:30:55 |
So I'm gonna move in a little closer, |
00:30:58 |
Being bold, |
00:31:06 |
- Now let's get out, Back out, |
00:31:10 |
- What the heck? |
00:31:12 |
- (Mike) They're attached to us, |
00:31:14 |
- (Mike) They're on us, |
00:31:16 |
(Jim) Lookit, the shrimp love him, |
00:31:20 |
The shrimp are loving Jake, |
00:31:22 |
Look at that, (laughs) |
00:31:26 |
(Mike) Oh, wow, Oh, my goodness, |
00:31:30 |
I just see shrimp, |
00:31:35 |
(Dijanna) Yeah, looks like |
00:31:37 |
some shrimp that are |
00:31:41 |
Wow, That's amazing, |
00:31:45 |
(Mike) I can get shrimp at Sizzler, This,,, |
00:31:47 |
You can't get this shrimp at Sizzler, |
00:32:02 |
(Dijanna) "Riftia," the giant tubeworms, |
00:32:04 |
are hands down |
00:32:08 |
and also the best example |
00:32:14 |
I've got a little bit of |
00:32:17 |
We should be OK, |
00:32:23 |
(Dijanna) These animals |
00:32:25 |
They literally can't eat. |
00:32:30 |
They depend completely on |
00:32:34 |
which produces their food. |
00:32:38 |
(Mike) When you get in really close, |
00:32:43 |
(Dijanna) Oh, wow, |
00:32:54 |
You see that guy? |
00:32:57 |
If you want to, |
00:33:02 |
(Dijanna) On your mark,,, |
00:33:07 |
- Oh, he might come to us, |
00:33:11 |
- Oh! |
00:33:15 |
(Jim) Crab got away, |
00:33:18 |
Nice try, nice try, |
00:33:23 |
(Dijanna) They're gorgeous underwater, |
00:33:26 |
The long red plume is like a gill. |
00:33:30 |
It takes in oxygen, |
00:33:34 |
The worm's job |
00:33:37 |
sucking in nutrients |
00:33:42 |
And it's the bacteria's job to convert the |
00:33:50 |
So the question is, |
00:33:54 |
or does the worm |
00:34:00 |
If these animals didn't exist, |
00:34:06 |
It makes me wonder what else |
00:34:13 |
You've got a cool job, Genya, |
00:34:15 |
Thank you, |
00:34:21 |
So the real question is, could you |
00:34:27 |
Where would the oxygen |
00:34:29 |
If the whole idea is they don't |
00:34:33 |
it's just chemosynthesis, |
00:34:36 |
- The oxygen in the water came from,,, |
00:34:39 |
(Jim) Photosynthesis |
00:34:41 |
It doesn't matter, however long |
00:34:44 |
(Kevin) So the question becomes, |
00:34:48 |
- (Jim) Ah, yeah, Yeah, |
00:34:49 |
It may be for large animals, OK? |
00:34:54 |
- But we want to see large animals, |
00:34:56 |
We want to see large animals, |
00:35:00 |
to go out into space and find a microbe, |
00:35:02 |
Oh, come on, microbes are great, |
00:35:05 |
But they're not good conversationalists, |
00:35:09 |
Here, look, let me just go forward |
00:35:13 |
What do you think |
00:35:15 |
These guys have this |
00:35:18 |
Yeah, they're living on the bacteria, |
00:35:20 |
But I'm not gonna give |
00:35:23 |
but I would give her |
00:35:25 |
Look at these things, |
00:35:27 |
(Kevin) So what Jim says is right. |
00:35:29 |
O xygen is the afterburner that fuelled the |
00:35:35 |
And even though chemosynthesis |
00:35:39 |
many of the biological processes |
00:35:43 |
and this oxygen is typically supplied from |
00:35:50 |
So where might oxygen |
00:35:54 |
Europa's orbit sits within Jupiter's |
00:35:58 |
The intense radiation |
00:36:02 |
into the Europan surface, |
00:36:03 |
and has the potential |
00:36:07 |
into things like hydrogen peroxide |
00:36:11 |
Assuming those oxidants make their way |
00:36:16 |
through cracks |
00:36:19 |
they would represent an energy jackpot |
00:36:25 |
And so this is where |
00:36:28 |
come into play again. |
00:36:30 |
We're trying to replicate the Europan |
00:36:37 |
(Kevin) Now, these, |
00:36:42 |
So let's prep this for the chamber, |
00:36:45 |
- Maybe take a little piece off of here, |
00:36:49 |
So this is Europa in a can, |
00:36:53 |
This part down here |
00:36:56 |
We've got liquid nitrogen coming in, |
00:36:59 |
and basically replicate |
00:37:03 |
Then, up here, |
00:37:06 |
and what this does is replicate the radiation |
00:37:12 |
this tremendously large |
00:37:17 |
What would happen to life |
00:37:24 |
We're taking microbes that we found |
00:37:29 |
putting them into this environment, |
00:37:31 |
and bombarding them, blasting them, |
00:37:34 |
making sort of a chemical junkyard, |
00:37:41 |
And this is sort of comparable to, |
00:37:46 |
and you wander around the junkyard |
00:37:50 |
and you know that at one point |
00:37:54 |
When we send a spacecraft to Europa, |
00:37:58 |
what are the chemical and molecular |
00:38:02 |
Are we seeing that same |
00:38:06 |
If we do, what does that imply |
00:38:22 |
(Dijanna) Menez Gwen's |
00:38:28 |
It's this really unique place because |
00:38:34 |
and shimmering water everywhere. |
00:38:42 |
- (Jim) Are we digging this place? |
00:38:45 |
Big time, |
00:38:54 |
(Jim) Really see the clear fluids, |
00:38:57 |
So these are a little bit cooler, 'cause |
00:39:04 |
(Jim) This site has |
00:39:16 |
The cooler, clear vent fluid |
00:39:21 |
So you wind up |
00:39:25 |
Including some opportunistic predators. |
00:39:35 |
(man speaks Russian on radio) |
00:39:42 |
Oh, look at all that shimmering water |
00:39:47 |
If we can collect a sample down there, |
00:39:51 |
(Mike) MIR One, MIR One, MIR Two, |
00:39:54 |
(Jim on radio) This is MIR One. |
00:39:56 |
OK, Jim, we're ready now to launch Jake, |
00:40:03 |
Here we go, |
00:40:06 |
- Everything working OK? |
00:40:11 |
(Kevin) So getting to work with Mike |
00:40:15 |
because you can think about this thing |
00:40:20 |
that may someday |
00:40:23 |
OK, Mike, looking good, You should |
00:40:26 |
right at the base of |
00:40:32 |
- (Mike) Looks pretty hot though, Kevin, |
00:40:35 |
That is just incredible, |
00:40:38 |
OK, it looks like most of the fluid |
00:40:41 |
Can we go in right there? |
00:40:42 |
I will do the best I can, |
00:40:45 |
We're in some kind of |
00:40:55 |
We're in there now, |
00:40:58 |
Be careful, |
00:41:00 |
(Jim) Looks like |
00:41:03 |
Think he's getting hit, |
00:41:06 |
Mike, back up, back up, You got the top of |
00:41:10 |
(Mike) Can you see if I'm in the hot water? |
00:41:14 |
You really want to know? |
00:41:16 |
Nice, Mike, |
00:41:20 |
Stay calm, you got it, |
00:41:23 |
(Mike) Yeah, I'm gonna |
00:41:29 |
- (Kevin) Oh, yes! |
00:41:33 |
Hey, we gotta just go cap this sample, |
00:41:38 |
(Jim) Yeah, copy that, Congratulations, |
00:41:41 |
(Kevin) Roger that, |
00:41:45 |
Coming home, |
00:41:47 |
- (Mike) Yeah, |
00:41:48 |
(Mike) Jake took some hits, |
00:41:51 |
(Kevin) Other than the damage here |
00:41:55 |
Yeah, that was pretty fun, |
00:41:59 |
(Loretta) Diving with Mike was great fun. |
00:42:05 |
I didn't realize how much |
00:42:08 |
All right, it needs to come up, |
00:42:11 |
(Mike) The 'bot had to be small |
00:42:15 |
It had to have |
00:42:18 |
,,,back to neutral and we're ready to go, |
00:42:21 |
Inside the sub, |
00:42:25 |
and that's all I have inside the sub. |
00:42:32 |
The fiber is unique. |
00:42:34 |
It allows us to send |
00:42:38 |
That's how we talk to the vehicle. |
00:42:44 |
And we can control |
00:42:50 |
The 'bot creates |
00:42:53 |
It actually allows us to feel |
00:42:58 |
- All right, I'm gonna get a little bit closer, |
00:43:02 |
(Mike) I never saw anything |
00:43:04 |
Uh-oh, he sees us now, |
00:43:07 |
(Loretta) He's going after you! |
00:43:09 |
(Mike) Look, look, look, |
00:43:11 |
He's putting his tentacles on the gripper, |
00:43:14 |
Who's grabbing who? |
00:43:19 |
It deliberately reached straight out |
00:43:23 |
I've never had |
00:43:25 |
with an animal that came right up |
00:43:29 |
(Mike) It was an extraordinary encounter. |
00:43:32 |
It was as though |
00:43:35 |
As an underwater explorer, |
00:43:37 |
that was probably one of the highlights |
00:43:43 |
It's not hard to imagine |
00:43:47 |
to explore oceans on another world. |
00:43:49 |
So getting an idea |
00:43:52 |
these extreme environments |
00:43:55 |
could very well |
00:44:06 |
A mission to explore |
00:44:09 |
would be the ultimate |
00:44:23 |
During the landing, |
00:44:26 |
would pretty much |
00:44:37 |
Europa is so far away, |
00:44:40 |
it would take more than an hour |
00:44:45 |
It's really on its own. |
00:44:48 |
It has to be smart enough |
00:44:51 |
and to find |
00:45:14 |
Now we have to get through the ice. |
00:45:17 |
You need a melt probe. |
00:45:35 |
The ice could be anywhere |
00:45:40 |
Week after week, the melt probe will sink |
00:45:47 |
Until finally... |
00:46:03 |
Now, what are you gonna do when |
00:46:14 |
You need an AUV, |
00:46:19 |
It needs to be one smart puppy, |
00:46:21 |
able to navigate and make decisions |
00:46:48 |
Europa has internal heat. |
00:46:54 |
If it does, |
00:47:13 |
(Jim) It will have |
00:47:15 |
if we find life |
00:47:23 |
But in order to find it, |
00:47:30 |
And to go there, |
00:47:35 |
Exploration is like a muscle. You have |
00:47:41 |
And if water is |
00:47:44 |
we need to take what we know |
00:47:47 |
and apply it to space, giving scientists |
00:47:52 |
to follow the water, |
00:47:57 |
(Dijanna) Discovering life at the vents |
00:48:01 |
than we can possibly imagine. |
00:48:05 |
But I wonder, |
00:48:07 |
if we were exploring |
00:48:15 |
- All stop, |
00:48:18 |
Hold it steady here, |
00:48:20 |
(Dijanna) It might completely |
00:48:25 |
Let's see what they do, |
00:48:48 |
Right on, |
00:48:52 |
Houston, "Endurance." We have arrived |
00:48:57 |
and we have some new friends. |
00:49:21 |
(Dijanna) Who knows what's out there? |
00:49:24 |
So we have to go. |