The Sounds of Stories presents Mars the mission to acquire residents inside this Solar System,
Episode two, Remember why You're here? To Colonel Thompson yester Don.
During a repair, Private McCann's helmet mask was pierced through by a tripod leg
command, Are you busy? What is it? Private losson? Hey?
I just wanted to know, man, is is there a chance we might
die on this planet? What kind of question is that? Well? I've
been thinking about that list you gave me yesterday. I'm not understanding which list
are you referring to? Private Well? I said that the windstorms could be
an issue on this planet, and you responded to that with the list of
potential threats like cold temperatures, low pressure. You know we have poisonous gas
and everything. Oh yeah, that list. You're the smartest man up here.
You didn't know about these threats. I mean I kind of did.
I just didn know the list was gonna be so long. I wasn't even
scratching the surface. Do you want me to add to it? Not necessarily,
but I guess you wanted to know if we were gonna die from anything
on the list. Huh. I guess eventually we will right. I mean,
but why do you ask? It's just kind of been on my mind
since this morning, and I mean, if we're gonna pass on, you
know, I was just hoping that at least we'd get the chance to go
golfing. Commander, I got the corse all set up. Let's get going.
Oh, you scallywag. You I thought you were getting soft on me.
Not a chance. What's gonna scare me? Cold? No, we
take cold baths all the time. Poisonous gas. Once off of Double Dare
as a teenager, he sucked in air from a tractor exhaust pipe until it
passed out. That's got to be the most peaceful way to go. Low
pressure. Yeah, I guess exploding might scare me a little bit now,
and I think of it. Well, let's go get some golfing in.
But uh, real quick, private, speaking of poison, how's our private
David McCann doing. I'm not one hundred percent sure, Commander, but I
do know that Major Howard has him in an induced coma. He says that
David's vitals are perfect for the state he's in. However, he says he
needs to keep David all combed up until his lungs and brain return to normal.
Thanks for the update. Private, I'm sure he'll be in full recovery
soon. Well, I'm sure he will, too, Commander. I'm gonna
go get everything set up for us our tea times in thirty minutes, Sergeant
Miller will be waiting for us. Alrighty, Private, Hey, Pete,
before you go real quick, keep away from the spaceship's exhaust pipe. You
might not be so lucky after inhaling from that thing. Well, Commander,
don't double dare me. Then her nice shot, Sergeant Miller, Thanks,
Pete. It's nice to finally hit a dry, five hundred yards match.
Now far the ball would go if we could actually wear our Sunday finery here.
Goodness feels like I'm stay puffed the marshmallow man trying to hit a golf
ball. Yeah, the suit is a little in the wait now, a
little. I can't ban my elbows. When I give a fist pumping celebration
after hitting a good shot, it looks more like a salute. Well my
turn, gentlemen. Let me get over here real quick, all right,
put this ball on the grind here, all right, folks, Pete,
be the ball, be the ball, and there she goes, Gentlemen,
she may circle the globe before she lands. No one locks a show off,
Pete. You've got to be getting me, Sarge. Everyone loves this
show off. They build entire sports around the ability to show off. Isn't
that the truth? You know? It's like they made football all right?
There she goes, looks like lunches on you, Commander Phillips, Wait,
how does that work? Private, losson? You said if I came out
to play, you'd repair the communication relay when we finished the whole got league?
Commander, you sure do know how to kill the mood of winning.
I'm sorry, Private, good game though, you gentlemen, ever think there's
gonna be a PGA over here on Mars, I guess I do, Private.
It'll take about one hundred years, though, but eventually it'll be here.
I I was hoping for kind of like fifty years. That way i'd
have a chance to see it. Well, who knows, with the way
technology rapidly accelerates, you might just get your wish. What do you think,
Sarge, fifty years or one hundred? Well, first we got to
get NASCAR and bass fish and over here. Then it'll help you get some
golf stars don't bring Nascar to Mars. This evening with you, we'll race
around in the two buggies. If you drive a car anywhere near the way
you drive a golf ball, Well, I like my chances. Oh ever,
five words private your own, All right, gentlemen, let's put those
egos toward who can fix the communications relay first, Major Howard, Yes,
Commander, Sergeant Miller in private losson. They could use a more advanced brain
than mine to help with the communications relay. Outside, I'll watch Private McCann
for a while if you want to go out there, of course. Commander,
how is the golf outing with the guys earlier today? I'll tell you
the ball goes farther. But the toughest part of the game is still present
even here on Mars. What's the toughest part of the game, playing bad
and enough to allow other people to think they're better? I see, Commander,
Well, all right, Commander, I'll be back in a bit.
Godspeed, Major you too, Commander, Well, nice nice chinner. Major
must have brought this from home. Maybe it wouldn't be such a bad idea
to catch up on a quick nap. Private McCann Commander, Private McCann,
you're okay, I'm here. Just breathe. I'm your relax. I need
help. You're gonna be fine, a Commander, David, listen to me.
You're gonna be fine. Commander David. Are you okay? Hey?
You were just breathing a little air on Mars, but it was only for
a quick second. Commander, what's going on? Commander? Commander? Commander
are you okay? Yeah? Yeah? Sorry, Major, just a bad
dream, I guess, well, Commander, sorry to have woken you.
However, it looks like you needed to be woken up. I suppose I
did. Did Did you guys repair the communication setup? Yes, sir,
However it was more Peter that fixed everything than the sergeant or myself. Have
you sent a message yet, No, Commander, I haven't yet. I
figured you would like to take the lead on that one. Y. I
guess that that bout whoopings coming sooner or later. Well, I better get
on it, hey, Commander, can I bother you? Yeah, come
on in. I'm just writing a letter to Mars Corp. I'm letting them
know that I failed with Private McCann's safety. I'm not sure it was anyone's
fault, But far be it from me to discourage your statement. But anyways,
Commander, not to make you feel any worse, but I got some
bad news, sir. What is it? Private? Losson? Is it?
Is it about McCann? No, sir, But well, when we
got our communications relay up and running, I saw a picture that all the
top brass at Mars Corp had been studying. Commander, there's a wait,
hold on, private. I just received a classify warning, a letter from
Earth stating that, oh no, I'm guessing they're saying an asteroid is going
to impact our area. Wait, how did you know that? That's what
I was trying to tell you, sir, Well, let me read you
what I got here. It states that the asteroid will impact Mars within thirty
six hours, and it's going to make an impact within one hundred miles of
us, well seventy three miles east of us by my calculations, the Commander,
that ain't even the bad news. What's the bad news? Private?
So as soon as I saw that letter that they were looking at the asteroid,
I went and got the telescope to go take a look at it.
And well, the rock that's gonna smack US is only the first one in
a long line of debris, the main rock and i'll call it Rocky here
for a moment. It's hiding behind Jupiter right now. Earth can't even see
it. But once it clears Jupiter, it'll be heading somewhat our way at
about fifty four thousand miles an hour. Just tell me private loss and how
many days until it hits us? It ain't It ain't hitting us, sir.
Oh no, don't don't see it. Earth has one year before it
hits them. What did you what did you call that asteroid earlier? Well,
I found it, so I get to name it, and I named
it Rocky after the boxer. No, sir, I named it after the
mountains that it dwarfs. You're telling me that that main asteroid is bigger than
the Rocky Mountains, Yes, sir, actually it's about it's about twice as
big, sir. Oh no, God help us all. I want to
thank you men for stopping what you were doing to convene a meeting in such
short notice. So, gentlemen, I'll get right into it. With David
McCann's injury, we're down an astronaut, and with news of this asteroid.
We have half the time to complete our mission of getting all three stations up
in an operable condition. But men, remember why you're here. It's to
give the human race a fighting chance for survival. Commander, how many people
do you think Earth will send? Well, Major Howard, the maximum occupancy
for all three stations can hold roughly ten thousand people. I'm guessing the Mars
Corp Will send an early shuttle with more supplies and more people to help you.
Mind if I give my estimations, Commander, of course, Private Losson,
all right, I thought about this since I learned about Rocky. We've
notified Earth that an asteroid is going to crash into them in three hundred and
seventy two days. Bunkers are most likely immediately to be built, and Earth
will prepare enough spaceships with supplies, equipment, and building plans to eventually house
everyone. They will have time to send here, with the whole world working
on projects to burrow downwards into the Earth or fly upwards here toward Mars.
Imagine fifty million people will be saved. Out of the fifty million people,
I imagine fifty thousand are coming this way now. Each one of those space
jets will hold two hundred and fifty people with crew and passengers. And this
all means that two hundred jets will be landing near us and as soon as
six months and no later than about a year and a half. Does anyone
else here think they knew about this all alone and that's why they sent us
up here? Well, I doubt it. If they did know about it,
I imagine they would have sent a lot more people than just US five.
It's just a lot to take in in just one moment. I mean,
seven billion people and only fifty million will make it. Well, look
at it this way, sergeant, because of our technology, for the first
time within our planet's existence, we get to save the lives of fifty million
people. So without wasting any more time, let's prep to get all the
supplies and equipment down to the level three bunker. We need to first worry
about this small asteroid heading toward us. Yes, Commander, real quick,
though, Commander, who do you think gets to decide on whose lives are
going to be saved? You know, I'm I'm not quite sure, sergeant,
but I give thanks to God that that's a decision I don't have to
make. But let's get back to work. Gentlemen, we got fifty thousand
people to get ready for. You have been listening to the Sounds of Stories
Original Mars, The Mission to Acquire Residents inside this Solar System, Episode two,
Remember Why You're Here. Mars is written, narrated, edited, and
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