01x25 - The Tiny Blue Spaceship/Earth Camping

[bunniefuu]

[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!

[funky electronic music]

♪ ♪

- So, you guys want to do anything

besides kick this Earth ball back and forth?

- We tried bike-riding and tree-climbing,

but it was too hot.

all: [sighing]

- What can you do on a day that's too hot

for kicking the ball or tree-climbing or bike-riding?

A day that's just boring?

- [laughing]

"Boring" is such a funny Earthie expression.

On Bortron , there's no such word.

We don't really "get" being bored.

- You've never, ever been bored?

- Nope! Not us Bortronians.

Even Bortronian pets are never bored.

[vaudeville music]

[Sunspot groans]

- How is that even possible?

- Yeah, I can remember times that all three of us were bored.

- Like now?

- Well, sure, but as soon as any Bortronian starts

to get that feeling that you Earthies call boredom,

we take matters into our own hands

and get un-bored--

by coming up with something fun and crazy to do.

- Like what?

[drum roll]

- Like traveling in space!

And writing stories about it!

And singing songs about it!

- Jet's right.

He's been traveling

around the galaxy with us

since he was a baby.

We've visited hundreds of different stars--

- And toured their planetary systems.

'Cause we're intergalactic travel writers, and we love it.

Oh, shall we make up a song about it?

- Oh, you bet, hon!

[old-timey piano music]

both: ♪ We're intergalactic travel writers ♪

♪ Yep, that's what we are ♪

♪ We make our living ramblin' around ♪

♪ Writing all about the stars ♪

♪ There are a billion stars ♪

♪ Wouldn't want to miss a one ♪

♪ Wouldn't want to miss a planet ♪

♪ Or a moon or a sun ♪

♪ We're intergalactic travel writers ♪

♪ Yep, that's what we are ♪

♪ We've filed a thousand stories ♪

♪ Been at it quite a while ♪

♪ And now that we've got Jet along ♪

♪ We're doin' it family style ♪

♪ Where there's a natural wonder ♪

♪ We stop and take a peek ♪

- ♪ I get to ride along ♪

♪ And play planet hide and seek ♪

both: ♪ We're intergalactic travel writers ♪

♪ Yep, that's what we are ♪

[drum roll]

- ♪ That's so cool ♪

♪ But exactly what do you do? ♪

- ♪ We take you there with words and pictures ♪

♪ And always tell it true ♪

- ♪ We keep our senses open ♪

♪ 'Cause everywhere around ♪

♪ There are asteroids and comets ♪

♪ And wonders to be found ♪

♪ Like your giant outer planets ♪

♪ And those amazing rings ♪

- ♪ Frozen moons and hot volcanoes ♪

♪ And everything between ♪

- ♪ But Goldilocks planets? ♪

♪ There's never enough of those ♪

- ♪ Where you can actually breathe the air ♪

♪ And not burn up or freeze your toes ♪

[toes squeaking]

♪ ♪

both: ♪ We're intergalactic travel writers ♪

♪ Gallivantin' round the stars ♪

♪ And Earth's the nicest planet ♪

♪ We've landed on by far ♪

♪ We love to make discoveries ♪

♪ That's its own reward ♪

♪ But finding a planet as cool as Earth? ♪

♪ How could we ever be bored? ♪

all: ♪ How could we ever be bored? ♪

- All right!

Where are we off to, then?

- Uh, are we going into space?

- You bet, Sean!

We're going to help you get un-bored

by taking you out to show you how special

and unique the Earth is.

- And sing songs about it!

- Yay!

- How did this happen?

I think I was charmed into it by the power of song.

- [giggling] You're right, Sean.

Somehow, this boring day

has turned into a space-travel musical.

- Ready?

- Actually, I'm not that bored anymore.

- ♪ Five! Four! Three, two, one! ♪

♪ Doors are shut! Engines on! ♪

♪ Everybody in their place? ♪

♪ Let's go into outer space! ♪

all: ♪ Ready Jet Go! ♪

Sean: Aah!

[tires screeching]

[spaceship whooshing]

- Okay!

I thought we'd zip out

to the outer parts of your solar system

for a look at how tiny your little planet looks

from the vastness of space.

I find it helps to have a little perspective

when you want to show how special a place is.

- Great idea, hon!

[spaceship whirring]

But first, how 'bout we show the kids

just how rare a Goldilocks planet like Earth really is?

- You mean, not too hot and not too cold?

- Right, Sydney.

For some real perspective,

I think we should take a look at a neighbor planet

that is <span> too hot.

- Weren't we already hot enough just in your backyard?

- Well, sure, but you're not bored anymore, are you, Sean?

- I have to admit, I'm not.

I am nervous, though.

And a little nauseated.

- Oh! Wonderful Earth words!

Now, first stop-- a too-hot planet

that is not a great place to stay: Venus.

[mysterious music]

Since they're more or less the same size,

Venus is like Earth's twin.

- Yeah, it's broiling-hot twin!

- I like the sound of that.

"Venus: Earth's broiling-hot twin."

- Do I feel another song coming on?

- Oh, oh, oh! Yes, Jet, yes!

And we'll help!

- ♪ Venus could be Earth's twin sister ♪

♪ Each the size of the other one ♪

♪ They've got atmospheres ♪

♪ Their gravity's alike ♪

♪ And they're both pretty close to the Sun ♪

- ♪ But that atmosphere's like a greenhouse ♪

♪ Trapping the Sun's heat in ♪

♪ And those clouds of carbon dioxide ♪

all: ♪ Make Venus ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Earth's broiling-hot twin! ♪

- ♪ So Venus is hot? ♪

- ♪ Yes, indeed, broiling hot ♪

- ♪ Is it hot like a desert-y, desolate spot? ♪

- ♪ Hot enough to melt metal, I understand ♪

- ♪ So Venus is, uh, not a great place to land? ♪

- ♪ Don't worry, the weather outside may be rough ♪

♪ But this saucer is made of Bortronian stuff ♪

♪ You'll see for yourself ♪

♪ You can watch it firsthand ♪

- ♪ Wait, metal melts here? ♪

♪ And we're gonna land? ♪

- ♪ It's hot, man, it's toasty ♪

♪ Like inside a roaster ♪

- ♪ Let's see what it does to an Earthie toaster ♪

[metal clanging]

♪ ♪

- ♪ Hot enough to melt metals like lead ♪

- ♪ Good thing you decided on Earth instead ♪

all: ♪ The atmosphere's like a greenhouse ♪

♪ That traps all the Sun's heat in ♪

♪ And those clouds of carbon dioxide ♪

♪ Make Venus ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Earth's broiling-hot twin! ♪

- Boy, now a hot day on Earth sounds pretty nice to me.

I wish I was sitting in Jet's backyard right now

with a glass of lemonade.

[Sunspot beeps]

Thanks, Sunspot! [slurps]

- Coming to Venus gives you a little perspective, eh, Sean?

- [laughs] Yeah.

How's that boredom now?

- Oh, it's gone.

I'm too weirded out by that toaster melting to be bored.

- Yes! So this trip was a great idea.

- I'm a little anxious to get off Venus, though.

- [chuckling] All right, Sean.

So long, broiling-hot Venus.

[spaceship whirring]

- [groaning] Oh...

I think I left my stomach on Venus.

- Oh. Should we go back for it?

- [chuckling] No, no, that was just

an Earth joke.

Breathe, Sean, breathe.

This is all excellent training.

Astronauts have to get used to extremes of temperature,

and someday I hope to be an astronaut.

- [laughing] Oh, Sean.

You're already an astronaut.

You've traveled billions of miles in space with us!

- So what's another billion miles

out to the outer parts of the solar system?

- Wait. billion miles?

Don't tell me we're going past Neptune.

- [laughing] Even past Pluto.

I'll take you kids way out this time,

for some real perspective.

[exciting music]

Sean: [groaning] Oh...

Celery: Ah. There's little Pluto.

Okay, I guess this is far enough out

on the edge of your solar system, kids.

Everyone look. Who can see the Earth?

- Wow. We're so far out,

I can barely see our sun.

Sean: Is that...the Earth?

Sean, Sydney, and Jet: Wow.

- From way out here, the Earth doesn't look like much...

but we know better.

- Yeah. That's our home.

- That's where everyone we know is.

- That's where every Earthie who ever was

lived their whole lives.

both: ♪ Tiny blue dot, so lonely in the dark ♪

♪ From way out here, you'd never know ♪

♪ How beautiful and varied and grand it is ♪

♪ How many creatures call it home ♪

- ♪ Shiny blue dot, lost in the universe ♪

♪ So easy just to pass it by ♪

♪ But oh, you Earthies know how sweet it is ♪

both: ♪ How precious right beneath your feet it is ♪

♪ There's nowhere else you all could live but this ♪

♪ The only home you've known ♪

Jet: ♪ When you're floating over Earth ♪

♪ And you see it from above ♪

all: ♪ It takes your breath away ♪

♪ This planet that we love ♪

♪ Only looking down like this ♪

♪ Can we see our task so clear ♪

♪ That we should be the guardians ♪

♪ Of all that we hold dear ♪

both: ♪ Sweet blue spaceship, gleaming in the Sun ♪

♪ The only home you've ever known ♪

all: ♪ Tiny blue dot ♪

♪ What a gorgeous little spot ♪

♪ Our planet, our spaceship, our home ♪

♪ ♪

Sydney: [giggling]

both: Mwah! Earth, sweet Earth!

- [spitting]

[both laughing] Tastes like grass.

- And dirt.

- So how are you doing now, Sean?

Are you still bored?

- [laughs] Bored?

I don't even know the Earth word for bored.

- Wait, I'm confused.

Isn't "bored" the Earth word for bored?

- Sure is, Dad. Hey, heads-up!

[all laughing and cheering]

- Go, Sydney!

♪ ♪

- Sound is waves traveling through the air,

so it's invisible to our eyes.

Unless we can find a way to make the sound waves

move something that we can see.

Hi, I'm astronomer Amy Mainzer.

All we need to visualize sound is a couple of tubes,

a balloon, and some salt,

and finally, something to make some noise.

First, I'm gonna put some salt on top of the tube here.

[upbeat music]

Different notes are gonna make

the tube shake in different ways,

and some notes are gonna make it shake more than others.

So let's try playing a simple scale

and see if we can figure out

which note really makes the salt jump,

using just the power of sound alone.

♪ ♪

Wow, it looks like it really likes D.

That's because when I hit this one particular note,

it really makes the tubes shake extra hard.

That's because of the particular size and shape of the tubes.

Hey, look who's here! It's Craig Bartlett.

Craig's the creator of "Ready Jet Go!"

You want to play a song with me

and see if we can make the salt dance?

- Let's do it.

Five, four, three-two-one.

♪ ♪

♪ Jet Propulsion ♪

both: ♪ That's his name, yeah! ♪

- [laughs] So the next time

somebody tells you you can't see sound,

tell them they heard that all wrong.

[funky rock music]

[squirrel chirping]

- Okay, son, let's go through our packing list.

Canteen? - Canteen.

- Flashlight? - Flashlight.

- Plenty of snacks? - Plenty of--

Uh-oh.

[Cody chomping]

[Cody burps] - I'll get more from the house.

- Okay, son, let's go through our packing list.

Pickle juice?

- Yep. - Ping-pong paddle?

- Got it. - Pocket protector?

[items rattling]

- Uh, Dad, I'm just wondering,

why do we need all these things again?

- Well, because, um...

wah, uh, hold on a second.

Let me see something.

[laughing] Yeah, this is the "P" section

of the dictionary.

I guess I must have put

the packing list somewhere else.

- But where?

- Oh, that's right.

I packed it, in case we need it later.

Get it? Packed the packing list!

- But how will we know what we need to pack now?

There's a lot to organize.

[Sunspot beeping]

Wow, thanks, Sunspot!

You packed everything perfectly.

- Well, that's nice, but check out

my perfectly packed backpack.

[metal clanging]

Eh? Oop.

[Sunspot beeps]

On second thought, I'll take that one.

Thanks, Sunspot. [Sunspot beeps]

- Greetings, Propulsion.

Ready for our wilderness camping experience?

- I should say so.

[Cody barking] Sleeping outside in a tent

all night, in the cold, dark...

Remind me again why we're doing this.

- It's just like when we were kids.

It's an entirely technology-free weekend.

- Hmm, it is?

I mean, it is!

- Yes, sir, nothing like surviving

on just our good, old-fashioned wits.

No phones, no tablets, no problem.

- Right! Excuse me a minute.

[clears throat]

[playful music]

- I got a song I like to sing

whenever we're hiking to a new campsite.

Help me with it, son?

- Sure, Dad.

- ♪ I don't know but I've been told ♪

- ♪ I don't know but I've been told ♪

- ♪ Camping songs will never get old ♪

all: ♪ Camping songs will never get old ♪

- Ew, a mosquito!

- Ew, a mosquito!

Ha, I love this song.

- [chuckles] - Ah, it's good.

♪ ♪

[squirrel chirping]

- So, Jet, you've never been camping before?

- Well, let's just say not around this area.

- Okay, we're going to a campsite next to a lake.

My dad gave me a map of the area

in case we need one later.

- Oh, great, we can use it right now.

[frantic music]

[whooshing]

I just made a hat!

- Ugh, Jet, that's not what I meant.

- No? What else is it good for?

- You know, a map shows you where things are

and helps you find your way around.

- I don't really use maps. You can keep it.

- But Jet, if you don't use maps,

how do you figure out where you're going?

- Uh...somehow it always just works out.

I just have a sense of where I am.

Aah!

- Well, I have the sense to bring a map.

- [laughing]

♪ ♪

- This is it. Our perfect camping spot.

What do you think?

Isn't it pretty?

[Cody barking]

- Wow! So this is camping.

It's kind of like a hotel, but outdoors.

- Uh, yes, kind of.

Uh, you might call it "Nature's Hotel."

- Mm, so where do we sleep? And when's dinner?

- Fetch!

- We have to set up our own beds and food.

- What? What kind of hotel is Nature running?

- Uh, let's just set up the tents and then cook the food.

- All right, just point me toward

Nature's Hotel bathrooms first.

- Oh, boy.

♪ ♪

- Mr. Petersen, you've been so helpful

with all of this camping set-up,

I wanted to do something for you.

I'll lead a hike for all of us! [Cody barking]

I hear there's an amazing rock formation nearby.

- Fantastic idea, Propulsion!

The kids'll love it.

I've got a map right here,

which I'm sure will be useful.

[whooshing]

- Thanks, it's already useful.

- I was thinking of using this map to help us navigate.

- Not to worry.

I've got an excellent sense of direction.

I'll go get the kids.

Oh, Mitchell!

Jet!

We're going on a hike!

♪ ♪

Oh, ha! I was about to go that way.

♪ ♪

Ah, those rocks were amazing, weren't they?

- Yeah! I can't believe we saw a rock shaped

exactly like an elephant.

- Yeah! And maybe next hike we'll see an elephant

shaped exactly like a rock!

- Well, it'll be getting dark soon,

and before we go back, I'd just like to point out

that we've all gone...

seven hours and minutes without technology.

[all cheering]

- Good job.

- Say, all this connecting with nature is making me hungry.

- Mm, anyone want to head back to camp for a marshmallow roast?

both: I do!

- Okay, I'll lead the way.

Just let me think for a second.

Uh...let's see. [Cody barking]

We came from over here...

no, no, no.

- Why are we stopping? Are we lost?

- No, not at all.

The campsite might be lost, but we aren't.

- [chuckles] Well, that's easy.

A campsite just can't get up and walk away.

We'll find it, right, Mitchell?

- Uh, yeah, sure.

Dad? I'm worried we're lost.

- This is why I tried to bring a map.

- Oh, yeah, I did bring a map.

I've got it somewhere.

- No one needs to worry,

because I've been marking our trail all along.

- That's great, Dad!

- With what?

- With these little, multicolored,

uniformly-shaped tasty rocks I found at the campsite.

- You mean my jelly beans?

- Mm, mm. Sure.

Tasty, these beans of jelly.

[squirrel chirping]

[boing]

[squirrel chirping]

[boing]

- Hey, that squirrel took all my jelly beans.

[Cody barking] - This is bad.

He's eating our trail markers back to camp.

- Plus, his teeth are gonna be just awful if he doesn't brush.

- Don't worry, kids, I'm fully prepared for any situation.

That's why I brought a compass,

which always points north.

- Where is it?

- Oh, that's funny.

I must have left it back at camp.

- So all we have to do is find our way back to camp,

and then we can get the compass to tell us where we are!

- Uh, well, then we'd be back at camp already.

- Which is why it's a perfect plan.

Let's go!

- Uh, just guessing, but I think we're this way.

- Or that way?

- Which way is it?

- Not to worry, son.

There's lots of ways to navigate back to camp.

- That's right, Jet.

You can use landmarks, like a big rock or a tree.

- Uh...but what if we're looking at the wrong rock or tree?

- Good news!

I found my map.

[Cody barking]

And it's marked with an arrow point up for "North."

So we just have to find North,

and then the map will tell us which way camp is.

- Eh, just one problem, son.

Which way is North?

- It's, uh... it's the top of the map.

- But how do we know which way is the top?

- Hmm.

- Here's a hint, son. Use the Sun.

- But the Sun's way up in the sky.

Is North straight up?

- I see what Mr. Petersen is saying.

The Sun is a clue.

Think about what you know about the Sun, Jet.

- Well, it's million miles from Earth.

And it's very, very hot.

- That's true, but there's something else about the Sun

that can help us find North.

- I know!

The Sun rises in the morning in the East

and sets in the evening in the West.

- Very good, Petersen.

- So if you know where East and West are,

you can find North. And South.

- Hey, that's great!

The Sun is starting to set now, so that must be West.

- And that must be East.

So North would be...

both: That way!

Let's go!

- I'll lead us with a hiking song.

Repeat after me.

♪ I don't know but it's been said ♪

all: ♪ I don't know but it's been said ♪

- ♪ Bananas are yellow, apples are red ♪

- Uh, but Dad, some apples are green.

- Eh, everyone's a critic.

♪ ♪

[Cody barking]

- Uh... I don't see the Sun anymore.

How do we know which way is North now?

- I'm just seeing marshmallows.

- Wait, I have an idea. Remember the North Star?

It can help us when it gets dark outside!

- Yeah! All we have to do is follow that star,

and we'll find North, which is the way back to camp.

- Ha! Great, Mitchell!

And there's one more sign that we're on the right track.

Cody and Sunspot are sniffing their way back to camp.

[Sunspot beeping]

- I guess they can smell the marshmallows from here.

[Cody barking] Good boy, Cody!

- Dad! Mr. Petersen!

I think we're this way!

- Yeah, we're following the North Star.

- Well, I guess we could try going that way.

What do you think, Propulsion?

- Yeah, I'm not sure, either,

but it seems we came from that direction.

Did we pass that tree?

Or that rock?

Ah, hey! I recognize that tree!

- Oh, boy.

♪ ♪

[Cody barking]

[Sunspot beeping]

[Cody barking]

- Wow! Here we are.

Good job, Mitchell!

[sighs] Home, sweet home.

Now, let's navigate to those marshmallows.

[chuckles]

- Well, I'll be.

You kids did know how to find camp after all.

Was it the Sun, the North Star,

or landmarks that helped you navigate?

- It was kind of all of those things.

- Or it might have been the smell of marshmallows.

[boing]

[squirrel chirps]

[Sunspot beeps]

♪ ♪

- Boys, I got to hand it to you,

you made it back to camp without using technology.

- Yep, you found your way

with good old-fashioned navigation know-how

and common sense.

- Ah, nothing like common sense, huh?

Lucky we both have plenty of that, right, Propulsion?

- [laughing] You said it, Petersen.

- D'oh! What are you doing to that poor marshmallow?

You're over-spinning it!

- Well, how do you do it?

- [sighs] There they go again.

- Well, you've got to keep it facing one side the whole time,

and then you turn it when you see the golden brown...

- Hey, hey--I've roasted a lot of marshmallows

in my day, and you've got to keep turning it the whole--

- You're almost burning it!

Oh, you know, just give me that thing--ah.

- [chuckling] Looks like you're both right.

[laughter] - Good job.

[squirrel chirping]

♪ ♪

- Hi, I'm astronomer Amy Mainzer,

and I'm here at the gigantic Hale Telescope

at Palomar Observatory.

Astronomers like me use telescopes

to peer deep into the universe

so we can see things that are really far away.

You might have your own telescope at home

and you probably don't even know it.

It's called a pair of binoculars.

A pair of binoculars is like two little mini-telescopes,

one for each eye.

You, too, can see a lot of things

that you wouldn't be able to see with just your eyes alone.

One of my favorite things to do is just go look at moon.

The moon looks beautiful with a pair of binoculars.

You can see all kinds of detail.

You can see craters, mountains, and shadows

that you just couldn't see with your eyes alone.

Other fun things to look at with binoculars

are the moons of Jupiter.

Jupiter is a planet that's far away from us

in the outer parts of the solar system.

but it's got four very large moons that orbit it,

and you can see those with a pair of binoculars.

Another classic target for a pair of binoculars

is the Orion Nebula.

This is a giant cloud of gas and dust that you can find

in the constellation Orion.

If you look just down from the stars in the belt,

you'll see a little fuzzy blob with your eyes.

If you look at this blob with a pair of binoculars,

you can start to see it resolve into a giant gas cloud.

It's a place where huge amounts of new stars

are being formed right now.

There are a lot of wonderful things you can look at

with a pair of binoculars,

so the next time you find a pair of binoculars

in a drawer or in a closet,

grab 'em and get 'em ready to go look at the night sky.

- ♪ Jet Propulsion ♪

[together] Ready! Jet! Go!

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

- Jet Propulsion! - Jet Propulsion!

- Jet Propulsion!

[together] Ready! Jet! Go!