02x17 - Moon Face/Lone Star 2 - Rocket Kids!

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[together] Ready! Jet! Go!

- ♪ Jet Propulsion ♪

♪ That's his name ♪

♪ Jet Propulsion He'll rocket to fame ♪

♪ When he arrived, he created a buzz ♪

♪ 'Cause there was no house ♪

♪ And then there was, he said ♪

- ♪ People of Earth! You ain't seen nothing yet! ♪

♪ I'm from Bortron , and my name is Jet! ♪

- ♪ Jet Propulsion That's his name ♪

♪ He looks like us ♪

♪ But he isn't the same ♪

- ♪ I'm a space tripper and a galaxy crosser ♪

♪ My parents brought me here in a flying saucer ♪

- ♪ And just to prove it was a fact ♪

♪ He flew them out to space and back ♪

♪ Jet Propulsion ♪

[spaceship whirring]

- ♪ Jet Propulsion ♪

[together] Ready! Jet! Go!

- ♪ He showed up, and now it's a blast ♪

♪ Looks like the future really got here fast ♪

- ♪ Nice to meet you, human race ♪

♪ Tell me all about the place ♪

- ♪ Jet Propulsion! ♪

- ♪ Jet Propulsion! ♪

- ♪ Jet Propulsion! ♪

all: Ready! Jet! Go!

[light music]

♪ ♪

- Hi, Man in the Moon.

How do you like living on the Moon?

It looks like fun.

- It is fun, Mindy. I love living here.

- You can see all of outer space from up there, right?

- I sure can. Come visit up here sometime

and see for yourself. - I will!

Thanks, Man in the Moon.

[record scratches] - Uh, you know,

there isn't really a Man in the Moon.

Right? - But look, Sean.

There's the Man in the Moon. Right there!

- Hey.

I kinda, sorta do see a man's face on the Moon.

Or is it a woman's face?

- Looks like a man to me.

- I wonder if you're the first kid who ever noticed it.

Good eye, Mindy. - Thanks!

- But wait.

So all of this time when we've been on the Moon,

we've walked around on his face?

- Well, not exactly. It's not a real face.

It just kinda looks like a face is there.

- Um, I'm pretty sure it's a face.

- Well, I think it must be piles of moon rocks

we're seeing. - Yeah, or maybe

old astronaut footprints.

- Exactly! It's a face.

Look, it has eyes and a mouth.

- Ooh.

♪ ♪

- Hmm, a face on the Moon.

Case number G.

Some people say there's a face on the Moon.

I don't know. I don't even really see it.

Where are the eyes or the mouth?

Take a look, Cody.

[dog grumbles, sighs]

- You're right, Cody. I don't think anybody

has actually ever seen a face on the Moon.

- You know what's cool?

Lots of people have seen a face on the Moon.

- Really? - Really.

- [chirps] - People from long ago

thought they saw all kinds of different things on the Moon.

An old Chinese legend says it's a Moon rabbit.

- Moon rabbit? Yeah!

I can see it. - And some people

saw a Moon raven.

- Moon rabbit, Moon bird, Moon face.

What's next? A Moon sunspot?

- [chirping] [laughter]

- It's you. - It's great that people

see all those things, but still,

it just looks like a face, you guys.

- Well, it looks like the Moon face looks happy tonight.

Look at all of these pictures I drew

of the Man in the Moon. - [laughs]

I love these! - Thank.

See? The Moon looked happy to me this night.

Then he seemed sad.

This night, he looked excited.

And last night he looked surprised.

- [laughs] You have a great imagination, Mindy.

- Yeah, that's good research,

but we still don't know what makes those dark shapes.

- Exactly, Sean-zo!

What does make those facey shapes?

- [shrieking] [beeping]

- Sunspot says it's shadows that are making the face.

- I don't think it's shadows, Jet.

- But something's making the face.

What is it? - Time to do more research.

Booyah!

[upbeat music]

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- [groans]

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- [laughs]

♪ ♪

- [squeaks] - Yo!

[laughter]

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- [struggling efforts]

- [groans]

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- [clears throat] We have found no evidence

that shadows make a Moon face. - [both sigh]

- Then what does make the face?

- Maybe we should talk to an expert.

Like my mom--a scientist!

- Great idea! While you do that,

we'll check the fridge for sandwiches.

- Oh, yeah! both: Let's go!

♪ ♪

- If I can get up to the tree house

without being seen, I can get a look

through that telescope and then I'll solve

the Moon face case.

♪ ♪

[grunts] [dog whines]

Ready, Cody? [barking]

[camera shutter clicking] [gasps]

- [chirping]

- Huh? - [chirps, groans]

[bleating]

- [gasps]

So many mysteries.

What makes the face on the Moon?

Will I ever get a look through that telescope?

And how did Jet teach his pet to use a camera?

- Mitchell? - Uh--

- What are you doing?

- Uh--ah!

[barking]

- So Mom, is it shadows that make

the face on the Moon? - Well, here's what we know.

A long, long, long time ago,

the moon had volcanoes that erupted,

just like the ones on Earth sometimes do today.

When the Moon's volcanoes stopped erupting,

the lava dried up and left dark splotches

all over the Moon.

They're next to lighter-colored Moon mountains.

This makes patterns of light and dark rock

that from far away kinda look like a face.

[together] Moon volcanoes?

- So cool! - I agree, Syd.

And here's the thing about faces:

we often imagine we see a face

in everyday things here on Earth.

Look, a face. Right?

- Oh, right. Like that radio, there.

[whirring]

- [laughs] Mm-hmm.

- Whoa, thanks, Dr. Skelley.

Now we just have to tell Jet and Mindy what we found.

♪ ♪

So that's what makes the face.

- Wait. Dried up lava left over from when

a big moon volcano went off a long time ago?

[together] Exactly!

- But... both: It looks like a face!

- Right, we see things that look like faces all around us,

but they actually aren't. - Like what?

- Like those buttons. - Huh.

It does look like a face!

- Yeah, and so does this.

[honks]

- Okay. But can I still imagine

there's a Man in the Moon up there?

- [gasps] - Sure you can, Mindy.

- Okay, as long as I can take you up to the Moon

and show you that the face is really made of lava.

- [gasps] Really, Sean?

You actually wanna fly me up to the Moon?

- Yeah. All this talk about lava and Moon volcanoes

has actually got me interested in seeing it for myself.

- Whoa, Sean wants to go to the Moon.

- Then what are we waiting for? Come on!

all: We're going to the Moon! We're going to the Moon!

We're going to the Moon!

- The tree house is empty.

Sunspot--if that's his real name--

is finally through taking pictures.

Now I can get up there and wrap up

this Moon face investigation. - How's the secret detective

stuff going, Mitchell? - Ah!

Uh, fine. Just doing research.

- Uh, were you researching the tree house?

- Actually, I was trying to study the moon.

I was wondering why some people seem to think it has a face.

Uh! - [gasps] That's amazing!

- Whoa! - Because we're about to go

find out about the face right now.

We'll let you know.

Or hey, wait, why don't you just come with us to the Moon?

- Thanks. But I solve my own cases on my own.

Good day. [dog barks]

- Good day to you, even though it's nighttime!

[vehicle approaching]

[honks] - Did Sean say he wants

to go to the Moon to see what makes the face?

- Yes, yes I did. - Well, if you did,

then get in the wagon pronto, kids,

before he changes his mind. all: Yeah!

- Well, you know, at this point,

I've been to the Moon so many times that--

- ♪ Five, four, three-two-one! ♪

♪ Doors are shut, engines on ♪

♪ Everybody in their place? ♪

♪ Let's go into outer space! ♪

all: Ready, jet, go!

- [screams]

[whirring, whooshing]

[dramatic music]

- Finally alone.

Now I can get a better view and solve this Moon face case.

[dog barks] Quiet, Cody,

I'm trying to concentrate.

- Whoo-hoo! Next stop, the Moon!

- Look: definitely no shadows making a face.

- Yeah, but there's the face.

- Right, but it's not shadows,

just like I've been saying all along.

Oh, wait. No, I haven't.

- Anyway, let's go down and jump around on that old lava.

all: Yeah! - Sydney?

Care to take her down.? - Yes.

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- Whoo! - Yeah! [laughs]

[all clamoring excitedly]

- Yay!

- The Moon's face really is this dried up old Moon lava.

Who knew? - I did, actually.

- [laughs] Eventually.

- Just another amazing mystery that is the Moon.

- Wait, you guys, let's make our own face on the Moon.

I'll be the nose with Sunspot.

- I'll be an eye! - I'll be the other eye.

- Ooh, ooh, I'll be the mouth!

- I'll be the other end of the mouth.

Meet you in the middle, Jet. - Yes!

[straining efforts] - Reach out. Ooh, ooh--

- We're a mouth. - Yes!

- I wish we could get a picture of this.

[whirring] all: Hi, Face!

- Hello! Love the face!

And as your computer, let's face it,

I know a lot about faces. [laughs]

Hmm, your face makes it look like there's a man in the Moon.

- That was the idea. - But did you know

what the Moon's face is actually made of?

- Yes, I downloaded stories

from my Great Granny, Face .

She told me about the lava from ancient volcanoes

that formed what looks like a face.

- Heh, all right!

The Moon face mystery is solved.!

The face is made of lava.

- So Face, will you take a picture

of our brand-new friend, Face?

- [gasps] New...friend?

Well, fine. I see how it is.

- Don't worry, you'll always be

our number one favorite face, Face.

- Aww, thank you, Sydney.

Smile, everyone!

[shutter clicks] all: Whoo-hoo!

[laughter, hooting]

- Case G--mystery solved.

You know, Cody... [dog whines]

If you use your imagination, you can see a face.

Huh. I guess I have an imagination after all.

- And now, here's my friend, astronomer Amy Mainzer.

- Thanks, Jet. One of the things

you often notice about the night sky when it's clear

is our amazing, beautiful Moon.

You can see the Moon in the night time

and sometimes even during the day.

Sometimes the Moon is hard to spot during the daytime.

But at night, it can be very bright and easy to see.

Earth's Moon can look so bright

because we're seeing light from the Sun

bounce off its surface.

When we look at it close up,

we can see that it's actually made of grey rocks.

We know this because we've been to the Moon.

Astronauts have walked on it

and even driven on it.

And we've sent dozens of robots to explore.

The astronauts look like they're bouncing on the Moon

because the pull of the Moon's gravity

is much weaker than the Earth's.

And notice, the astronauts are wearing

big, bulky spacesuits.

That's because the Moon doesn't have

an atmosphere like the Earth's.

There's no breathable air.

So astronauts have to bring their own.

Space suits also keep astronauts

at a comfortable temperature.

That's because the Moon can be

either really hot or really cold.

On Earth, the air acts like a blanket,

keeping the temperature just right.

But the Moon doesn't have that thick blanket of air,

so there's really nothing to regulate the temperature.

So the next time you're thinking about

visiting the Moon, just remember...

Bring a space suit.

[struggling efforts]

[metal clangs] - Hey!

You guys, I think I found something!

[metal scraping]

[struggling efforts]

[crashing]

- What is it?

- It looks like the top of an old-fashioned rocket.

- You mean those things you Earthlings

blast off from the ground into space?

- Yeah, like one of these. [rocket booming]

- [chirps] - What a rocket!

So huge! And loud!

Earthling rockets are amazing.

I wish we could make one right now.

- We've built homemade rockets before, Jet.

Remember that time we made a foot rocket together?

- Oh, yeah!

We launched it by stomping on something

that shot it into the air.

But how did this piece of a big rocket

get way out here? - You know what?

Some of the earliest rockets ever were built on

the hill right over there.

- You mean at the DSA?

- Before there even was a DSA!

There was only the Observatory,

run by pioneer astronomer Lone Star.

all: Lone Star!

- Wow, then maybe this is a piece

of one of Lone Star's early rocket designs.

- Oh, boy. Is this another Lone Star story?

Tell it to me. Tell it! - Oh, oh, oh!

- [clears throat] The story of Lone Star,

the Rocket Guy.

Back when Boxwood Terrace was just called Boxwood Territory--

just a little, old one horse town.

- [neighs] - Whoo-hoo!

Oh, can I play Lone Star?

- Sure, you can! - [laughs]

And the rest of us can be the townspeople.

- Goodie! Can I be Cowgirl Mindy again?

- Sure! - Sunspot says he'll be

the one horse in this one horse town.

- [neighs]

- And I'll be the crabby old Shopkeeper

who doesn't believe Lone Star,

and always says, "Poppycock!"

Poppycock!

- Our story begins after Lone Star

built the town's first observatory.

One day, he came riding back into the town square.

[neighing]

Well, bless me.

If it isn't Lone Star.

- Yep. Howdy, Science Teacher.

Howdy, townspeople!

both: Howdy! - What you doing

back in town, Lone Star?

I thought you were busy looking at the stars.

- Well, I reckon I was,

but now I thought up a new idea.

- What? I wanna do more than just look at the stars.

I wanna build a rocket that'll travel to the stars.

Yep. You can now call me Lone Star the Rocket Guy.

- Oh, oh, oh. - 'Cause I intend

to build me a rocket.

And I intend to go into space with it.

- Now, why should folks go into space?

- It's simple, Shopkeeper.

'Cause we should always keep asking questions

and trying to find out more than we know.

- What's that have to do with space?

- Because exploring other planets in our solar system...

- Whee! - And beyond is just

the natural direction for our curiosity to take us.

Also, by getting way up high above the Earth,

we can look back down and see it better

and learn more about it, too.

But one thing's for sure.

We'll need rockets to get us there.

Zoom! - Uh--

Poppycock!

Well, next thing you know,

Lone Star'll be designing

some kind of rocket thingie

to launch all of us into space.

- [gasps] Great idea, Shopkeeper Sean!

- No, wait! I didn't mean--

- But first...

I need to test my rocket.

I have to try and launch a regular payload into space

before I try launching all of us.

all: What's a payload?

- It's all the cool stuff we wanna bring into space.

I was thinking I'd build my rocket

right here in this square.

It's a nice, flat spot.

- Poppycock!

- Wow, so then Lone Star built the first rocket?

- Yep. - That makes me wanna

build our own rocket!

- We could. We could design a new foot rocket.

- Yeah! Out of the junk in my garage.

[laughs] We can be the Rocket Kids!

all: Whoo-hoo!

[chatter, laughter]

- Okay, if we're gonna be Rocket Kids,

let's be scientific about this.

We need to design a foot rocket

that will carry a payload up into the air.

- So how do we do that? - Why,

I'm gonna use engineering, Cowgirl Mindy.

- Engineering? What's that?

- Well, I'll show you.

Engineering is designing solutions to a problem.

You identify a problem you want to solve,

like getting a payload into space.

My cowboy hat will be the payload.

And I'm gonna design a solution

and then test my design

until I find one that works.

You know what? I even got an engineering song.

You wanna hear it? - An engineering song?

[giggles] My stars. Yes.

- ♪ So you're trying to solve a problem ♪

♪ Well, problems have solutions ♪

♪ Try some engineering and you'll find a resolution ♪

all: One! - ♪ Define the problem ♪

♪ What do you wanna solve? ♪

all: Two! - ♪ Imagine a solution ♪

♪ And what would that involve? ♪

all: Three! - ♪ Create ♪

♪ Design things, see what you can make ♪

♪ Get busy and get messy ♪

♪ Don't be scared to make mistakes ♪

all: Four! - ♪ Test your idea ♪

♪ Experiment and test ♪

♪ And see if you can find a way ♪

♪ That's better than the rest ♪

all: Five! ♪ So, you like it? ♪

♪ Well, maybe you can improve it ♪

♪ See if you can raise the bar ♪

♪ Or maybe you'll just move it ♪

both: Communicate! ♪ And try collaboration ♪

- ♪ Well, hey, that's what we're doing now ♪

♪ Just for your information ♪

♪ You see, we solved our problem ♪

♪ 'Cause problems have solutions ♪

♪ When you keep on persevering ♪

♪ And apply some engineering to the job ♪

Yeah!

- Okay, we need air pressure to push the paper rocket up.

- So I stomp it with my foot,

which pushes the air through the hose

which creates the force that pushes the rocket up.

And the direction of the force is determined by the direction

of the hose-- - That's attached

to the plastic bottle. - So by aiming the hose up,

this makes the rocket go up.

[whistles]

Huh. Well, One Horse,

I think I got it figured out.

We just need a bigger boot to stomp this thing.

- Well, on the one hand, I'm annoyed at all of

Lone Star's rocket design failures landing

all over the town square.

I should be saying poppycock!

But on the other hand, I'm kinda glad

for all this hat business that Lone Star's been bringing me.

[dragging sound]

You're never going to launch a payload into space.

It's just too dag-blamed impossible

- Impossible? Ha! [chuckles]

I love trying to do the impossible.

In fact, I just got me a brand new idea, Shopkeeper.

- Oh, no. A brand new idea?

- Yep. And I'm gonna need the biggest cowboy boot you got.

all: Wow!

- Now all we need is a payload.

- Um, you guys?

Why don't we send Neil Armstrong?

[all gasping]

- Really, Sean? Neil?

- I reckon if anyone's brave enough to do it,

Commander Armstrong is.

Don't worry, Commander. You've got the right stuff.

Okay, Sydney, stomp it!

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

- Eh!

- Whoo-hoo! [cheering]

- Where's Neil? - Is he okay?

- Standby. Attempting a visual.

[gasps] There he is!

[cheering]

- [struggling efforts]

Hmm. - Thought I'd never

sell that boot. - Excelsior!

[straining] Yah!

- [squeals]

♪ ♪

- [laughs] My payload!

I consider that problem solved.

I got my payload way up in the air.

Oh, yeah! Engineering!

all: Whoo-hoo! Lone Star! The Rocket Guy!

- I never thought he could do it.

- Hm, me neither. But he sure did!

- I have to grudgingly admit,

I admire this kooky feller

who makes loopy ideas happen

with his newfangled engineering.

- [laughs] Why thank you, Shopkeeper.

Just for that, here's a prediction of the future.

Someday, when I'm older,

I'll invent a rocket fuel that'll lift a rocket

all the way up out of the Earth's atmosphere.

Boom! Zoom! Shoo!

- Really? What for?

- 'Cause that's the future--

to carry a payload, and even us--to the stars!

To infinity, Cowgirl Mindy!

And elsewhere!

♪ Lone Star ♪

♪ I love starin' at infinity ♪

♪ The farthest of the dimmest stars ♪

♪ Still ain't far enough for me ♪

♪ Lone Star ♪

♪ I love the music of the midnight sky ♪

♪ In the quiet I hear the stars ♪

♪ Callin' to me from on high ♪

♪ Sayin', Lone Star ♪

♪ Lone Star ♪

♪ Well, I'm gonna design a rocket ship ♪

♪ That'll sh**t me into space ♪

♪ Tour the stars of the Milky Way ♪

♪ I'll take that rocket every place ♪

♪ Oh, Lone Star ♪

♪ I love starin' at infinity ♪

♪ The teeniest, tiniest dimmest star ♪

♪ Well it still ain't far enough for me ♪

all: ♪ Lone Star ♪

♪ I love the music of the midnight sky ♪

♪ ' Cause in the quiet I hear the stars ♪

♪ Callin' to me from on high ♪

♪ Sayin' Lone Star ♪

♪ Lone Star ♪

- Whoa!

Why did it take so much effort for me to stop?

Well, that's because I was moving pretty fast.

And that means I had a lot of momentum.

When it comes to running races,

sometimes stopping is actually harder that starting.

Why is that? That's because

when you're running really fast,

you have a lot of what's called momentum.

Hi, I'm astronomer Amy Mainzer.

Well, what is momentum, anyway?

Momentum is how much stuff you have

combined with how fast you're going.

Now just imagine if you're

the space shuttle orbiter.

The space shuttle weighs as much as elephants,

and it's traveling about , miles an hour

while it's orbiting the Earth.

But still, even when it comes down for a landing,

and even after it slows down through the atmosphere,

it's moving at an incredible speed--

about to miles an hour.

That means it's got a huge amount of momentum.

And because of this, it needs

a really long landing strip to be able to come

to a complete stop safely.

Well, that's exactly what happened here

at this space shuttle landing strip

at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

So the next time you try to come

to a safe and complete stop,

just be glad you don't weigh as much as elephants

running at to miles an hour.

Here's my elephant imitation.

[trumpeting]

No, that sounded like a cat. [laughter]

- ♪ Jet propulsion ♪

[together] Ready! Jet! Go!

[upbeat music]

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- ♪ Jet propulsion! ♪

- ♪ Jet propulsion! ♪

- ♪ Jet propulsion! ♪

[together] Ready! Jet! Go!