01x28 - Beep and Boop’s Game/Constellation Prize

[bunniefuu]

Ready Jet Go!

(SINGING) Jet Propulsion, that's his name.

Jet Propulsion, you're rockin' 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.

(SINGING) 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.

(SINGING) And just to prove it was a fact,

he flew them up to space and back.

Jet Propulsion!

Jet Propulsion!

Ready Jet Go!

(SINGING) 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!

Ready Jet go!

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Hop scotch, huh?

This is kinda like a game we play on Bortron

called Planet to planet.

Planet to planet?

Sunspot was the Bortron system planet to planet champ.

[SUNSPOT SQUEAKS] [MUSIC PLAYING]

Oop!

Sorry, Sunspot.

Hey guys, my mom just called from the DSA.

She said there's a problem on Mars.

What's the problem?

Something to do with the Rovers, Boop and Beep.

And we get to help them solve it.

Really, they need our help?

I love solving problems.

Let's go!

Guys?

Hello?

Major Mars problem to solve at the DSA.

Time's a-wasting.

Hi, Beep.

Hi, Dr. Rafferty.

Hi, Mom!

Hi, kids.

Welcome to the Mars Yard.

So here's today's mission.

We think we may have found a mountain on Mars

that's actually a volcano.

[ALL KIDS] Wow!

I know, it's exciting, right?

So in order to see if it's a volcano,

we're sending Boop to explore.

You remember Boop?

She's Beep's twin sister on Mars.

Right. Beep is an exact copy of Boop.

We keep beep here in the yard to help

us try things out before we have Boop try them on Mars.

OK, but why can't Boop just go see if that Mars

mountain is a volcano?

Mm, good question, Jet.

There is a deep ravine between Boop ad the mountain,

and she has to get across it.

It's a difficult job and could be dangerous.

Wow.

That's a pretty deep ravine.

So before we tell Boop how to go,

we have to find a good way for Beep to get across the ravine?

Exactly.

We're here to help.

We're on it.

(SUNSPOT SQUEAKING)

Sunspot's right.

That's our Mars Yard copy of the ravine.

He's a very smart pet.

Yeah.

So first Beep will go across this ravine

to test it before Boop does it in the real ravine on Mars.

Exactly, Jet.

First we have to get Beep to move to the edge of the ravine

so she'll be in the exact position

that Boop is in on Mars.

All Rovers have to be programmed or told

what to do like a computer.

Beep is ready to roll.

There she goes.

Perfecto!

Now it's time for us scientists to brainstorm.

(LAUGHING) Brainstorm!

Wow, what a hilarious Earth word.

Thunder and lightning in your brain!

Cool!

Actually, brainstorm means to come

up with new creative ideas.

So do you have any ideas of how to get Beep on her own

to the other side of the Mars Yard ravine?

Hi, kids!

We brainstorming?

KIDS: Yes.

Hi, Bergs!

We're brainstorming.

[LAUGH]

So let's think.

Beep needs to get to the other side of the ravine.

Right.

And the real challenge is to get across that deep crack

at the bottom.

Hmm, we could have Beep push rocks and make

a bridge across the crack.

Or we could put a jet engine on Beep.

She could fly to the other side.

Unfortunately, these Rovers can't fly.

Yet!

Maybe Beep could roll down, pick up speed, and rev up

and hop over the crack to the other side.

(SUNSPOT BARKS)

Hey, Sunspot has an idea.

(SUNSPOT MAKES SQUEAKY SOUNDS)

Yeah, Beep could hop from rock to rock till she

reaches the other side.

It's kind of like hopscotch.

Or planet to planet.

Wow!

I've never seen a pet like Sunspot.

Yeah, that's what I said.

(GIGGLING) Yeah.

(GIGGLING) Yeah.

Yeah, he's quite a gymnast.

He means pet, house pet.

Anyway, so scientists, what's the answer to the Beep

and Boop ravine question?

Well, scientists don't always have the answer.

Let's take a look at the Mars ravine

and with your suggestions in mind,

figure out the best way together.

But maybe Boop can just jump over the crack?

Good idea! Hmm, if she can pick up speed--

--And with all those boulders in the way,

she can only pick up speed if she goes down the ravine

in a zig zag pattern.

I think we could use some of each of your ideas.

Here's what we're thinking.

(ALL KIDS) Three, two, one!

All right.

Beep's going down the ravine in a zig zag pattern.

She's going faster.

And jumping over the crack.

She made it!

(KIDS CHEERING) Go, Beep!

And now she's hopscotching up the far side of the ravine.

KIDS: To the top!

[BEEPING]

KIDS: Woo-hoo!

[BEEPING] Beep!

Beep! Beep!

Beep!

All right!

Now we know that Boop can do the same thing on Mars

to get across the ravine.

Bergs is communicating this to Boop on Mars.

Uh-- can't you just call Boop?

Not exactly.

We use those giant antennas to communicate

the information to a satellite right above Mars.

The satellite beams the information

down to the rover on Mars.

And since Mars is so far away, it

can take anywhere from four to minutes for the information

to get from Earth to Mars.

This depends on where each planet is in its orbit.

Wow!

I thought Earthies--

I mean us Earth people had faster technology.

Maybe one day we'll be able to just zap information

to Mars in two seconds.

Maybe.

OK, now it's time to get Boop over to the other side

of the Mars ravine.

And-- send.

[RHYTHMIC, TECHNO MUSIC PLAYING]

Yes!

Get that rover over the ravine.

Do it like Beep did, Boop.

I know you can.

ALL KIDS: Uh!

Yeah!

Wow!

Whoa!

She's gonna make it!

She made it!

ALL KIDS: Yeah! Yay!

Booyah! Science!

Everything is good, Beep.

Boop's on the other side, safe and sound.

Yes!

Thanks so much, kids.

And now Boop can climb that mountain to see

if it's an actual volcano.

Our mission is on schedule.

Well, now I have to go.

I have a very important program to work on.

Thanks, kids!

My watch-- how did you-- what? (LAUGHING) That's some pet.

(ALL KIDS) Bye, Bergs!

Hey, what's Beep doing?

Looks like Beep's moving that rock to a certain spot.

Uh-huh.

Now she's waiting. For what?

Now she's gone to a different rock

and pushing it to a new spot.

Why is she moving the rocks around?

Maybe she's making a map of space?

We must figure out this mystery right now!

Excelsior!

This is so weird.

Now Beep has cleared all the rocks away.

Hey, she's moving a rock again.

We should keep track of what Beep's doing.

I'll make a chart.

- Good idea. - I'll help.

And Sunspot can take pictures.

[UP TEMPO MUSIC PLAYING]

Looks like some kind of pattern.

Let's go home and see if we can put the pattern together.

Yeah, and try and figure out what Beep is up to.

ALL KIDS: Bye, Beep!

Did Boop just move that rock?

Nah, I was probably just imagining it.

[MACHINE WHIRRING]

OK, what is Beep up to?

Hey, look!

If we put Jet's pictures in the right order,

we can get a view looking down on that whole part

of the Mars Yard. - Great idea.

It's like a puzzle.

I think this one goes here.

ALL KIDS: Beep and Boop are playing a game!

We figured it out. Ha!

Ha!

Wait, what game?

Tic-tac-toe.

We're pretty sure Beep and Boop are

playing the game tic-tac-toe.

We looked at our chart and the video,

and we put the pictures we took in the right order.

The nine pictures made an overhead map

of where Beep left the rocks.

And that's how we figured out that Beep and Boop are.

Playing a game.

You kids are truly awesome!

You figured it out exactly.

Beep and Boop are playing a game.

Huh?

Really?

We've been testing out some new software on Beep and Boop.

We're teaching them to solve problems

by playing tic-tac-toe.

And hopefully, this will help the rovers

to think more on their own.

Just like you kids did.

And Sunspot, who somehow has my watch again.

(CHUCKLING) The DSA scientists taught Mars

Rovers how to play tic-tac-toe.

You guys have the best job.

Maybe someday we can play other games with rovers.

On Mars!

Hey, that's my coffee.

Three in a row.

Tac-toe-tic.

Right, except it's called tic-tac-toe.

Sure, Sunspot.

Let me show you how to--

OK, Sunspot, you seem pretty good at this.

Let's go again.

It's on!

Hey Kim, do you think you could

tell me how to get to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory?

I'd probably need help from my phone, though.

Let's look on the map.

There we go.

Oh, that was easy.

Do you think this Smartphone could say, get us to the moon?

That's an interesting question, actually.

Hi, I'm astronomer Amy Mainzer,

and I'm here with Kim Swennen.

Kim's a software engineer at Google,

and today we're at Jet Propulsion Laboratories

high-performance computing lab.

I know we scientists and engineers

use computers like these all the time to get places.

But what about the Apollo astronauts,

they must have had computers, too, but not

nearly as powerful, right?

No, the computer that was used in the original Apollo landing

actually had less computing power than what's

in your regular phone.

So I've heard people sometimes call computers

like this super-computers.

Well, I don't see any capes, why do

they call them super-computers?

Well, the kind of do have super powers.

So, they're called super-computers

because they're so much more powerful

than a regular computer.

Computers can be used in anything

from surfing the internet, right,

or playing video games, all the way to helping to cure diseases

and predicting the future, even.

Wow.

So do you think computers will ever

be smarter than us someday?

I think a lot of people want to know the answer to that.

Yeah, me too.

So the next time you use your smartphone to figure out

how to get to school or get to the library, just

remember it's got more computing power

than the computers that were used

to send astronauts to the moon.

I think I see something.

Let's see.

What is it?

Is it a new star?

I'm not sure.

Take a look.

Oh, I hope it's a new start, I hope it's a new star!

Let me take a look.

So is it a new star?

Is it, Sean?

I don't know.

I can't quite tell yet.

What's taking so long?

Why can't you tell?

Just look for something twinkly.

Me it's actually hard to find a star

that hasn't been found already.

But there are lots and lots of stars up there.

Let me try.

What are you going to do if you find a new star, Mindy?

Well, it was going to be a surprise,

but I wanted to name after someone very special.

Sunspot.

Oh, look, now where's my Sunspot star?

Sunspot star?

OK, I see one.

Done!

You found a new star already?

Yup, it's the Sunspot star.

See for yourself.

I'm not quite sure exactly which one you mean.

It's up there! That one!

You know, in the middle of all those other ones.

You're a star, Sunspot!

[GIGGLING]

I do see a bright star, but are you sure no one

has found that one yet?

Maybe someone else saw it before,

but I'm the one who named it.

Right?

You know, Mindy, most of the stars have names already.

Really?

All those stars up there have names?

That's right.

So what are they?

Lauren, Sofia, Jake?

Not exactly.

Mila?

Alejandro?

Lucia?

Not exactly.

Or maybe it's called [BEEPING] as we say on Bortron ?

Definitely not.

Actually, most of the bright stars

were named by people who lived a long time ago.

So they have ancient names like Aldebaran

which means the follower.

Or Vega, which means swooping eagle.

That's kind of pretty.

So take a look again and see if you can find the one

you called Sunspot star, and then we'll try to figure

out if it already has a name.

I can do that.

Just let me get my Sunspot, please.

Thank you.

Hmm, was it this one or that one?

You guys, all the stars just look like little dots to me.

Are you sure anyone really knows which one is which?

Well, not completely sure.

I have an idea.

Let's go to the DSA tomorrow and see

if my mom and the other scientists

can show us how to tell which star is which.

Good idea, Sean.

Can I come too?

New rule, my mom says I can go to the DSA

if I'm with you guys.

So can I?

You bet, Mindy!

Goody!

See you tomorrow!

Goodnight, Sunspot star, wherever you are.

So you want to know whether the star you found

is a new one? - Right!

Mindy wants to name a star after Sunspot.

Hmm, what can you tell me about the area of the sky

where you saw this star?

Here's a picture of it.

Whoa, that's a very good drawing, Mindy.

Yeah, it's pretty good, right?

And I only had three crayons.

I hope it helps.

Actually it does. You see, Mindy?

When you drew some of the other stars around this one,

I could tell what the constellation was.

- You could? - Ahem.

I mean, of course you could.

One more question.

What's a consternation?

[LAUGHING]

A very funny sounding word.

A constellation is a group of stars

that make a picture in the sky.

Mindy's star looks like it might be in the constellation

Leo, which means lion.

The bright star is called Regulus.

Regulus, what's that mean?

It means, "Little King."

You see, a long time ago when people looked up at the sky,

they tried to imagine what the shapes might look like to them.

Do you see the lion shape?

I think I see a lion shape.

[ROARING]

[LAUGHING]

Oh, oh, I like this.

Are there more constellations than just this lion?

Absolutely.

Astronomers or--

Scientists who study the stars.

Very good, John.

Astronomers have identified constellations.

Who discovered constellations anyway?

Oh, me, me, me.

I know, I know.

Sydney, this one's all yours.

I don't think any one person discovered constellations.

Like Dr. Rafferty said, they're a group of stars

that make pictures in the sky.

People created them.

That's right, Sydney.

Really?

Just earth people?

I mean, people like us that live on Earth?

Yup, constellations are just like a connect the dots game.

I love playing that game.

Does anyone really use constellations for anything?

I mean, they're just pictures, right?

Sure.

Today, astronomers use the constellations to describe

where something is in the sky.

Oh!

I know this from my Commander Cressida Adventures comic book.

Look, it has all kinds of constellation connect the dots.

Thank you, Sydney.

I look forward to reading this.

Come on, guys.

Let's go home and find some constellations.

And then find my Sunspot star.

Thanks Dr. Rafferty!

You're welcome.

Thanks, Dr. Rafferty.

You know it's OK to call me mom, right?

Yeah, I know.

I'm just proud that you're also a scientist.

Maybe I can call you Dr. Mom. - Oh.

Oh, Mindy, here's a little something

to help you connect the dots or stars,

and make your own constellations.

You can lay these out in any patterns you'd like.

Wow! Glow in the dark stars.

Thanks, Dr. Rafferty.

Even with the chart in our imaginations,

it's kind of hard to be sure that we're finding

the one star we're looking for.

What was the name of that star Mindy saw?

Regulus.

Oh, I can sing some of the star names.

SYDNEY: That's OK, I'm pretty sure Sean's right.

It was Regulus.

Is that Regulus?

Or is it that one?

Would it help if I sang the star song now?

Sunspot?

Um, actually I--

Let's sing some of it anyway.

(SINGING) I've been to Venus, to Neptune, and Mars.

But the night sky there can hardly

compare to the fabulous view from this planet of ours.

On this night of a bazillion, way more than a million,

night of a bazillion stars.

There's Algol!

Vega!

Merope!

Leonis!

Regulus!

Sulafat!

Zosma!

Syrma!

Zuben Elgenubi!

- Zubo-- what? - No, really.

It's right over there.

(SINGING) On this night of a bazillion stars.

Thanks, Jet, thanks.

Well done, Jet.

Doesn't any of these air-tight containers

here come with matching lids?

They all do.

And look, a special compartment just for cherry tomatoes.

You don't say, just incredible!

What will they think of next?

Dr. Mom, we have a question.

Sure thing, kids. What is it?

Oh wait, you said, mom.

That's you, Dr. Rafferty.

It's about the stars again, we were looking

at them from the tree house.

Hmm, maybe we better come with you.

And I'll come too.

I guess these storage containers can keep.

Get it?

See what I did there? - Yeah, I saw.

I'm still trying to find a special star for Sunspot.

You know what?

There's a constellation called Canis Major.

It's got a very bright star called the Dog Star in it.

No way!

A Dog Star?

You can't be serious!

Actually, it is Sirius.

I get that it's serious, but I wonder what the star is called.

It's Sirius.

What's serious?

I just want to know what the Dog Star's name is.

It's seriously called Sirius.

Whoa, slow down.

Jet, Commander Cressida's dog is named Sirius, because it's

the name of the Dog Star.

That's right, Sydney.

And the Dog Star is part of the constellation,

Canis Major, or the Big Dog.

Oh, I get it now.

[BARKING]

- Good boy, Sunspot. - You know what?

There's a game we can play with connecting the star dots.

Wow, can you show us?

Sure.

With this app, if you want to see which constellation you're

looking at, you can just hold it up like this

and it will connect the dots for you.

See. - Wow!

SYDNEY: I see Leo!

I see Leo Minor and it looks almost real, rawr!

SEAN: I see something scooping and pouring.

DR. RAFFERTY: That's the Big Dipper.

It's part of the constellation Ursa Major, The Bear.

Wow, I found more than I thought.

This is better than the movies.

Let's find some more constellations.

Where do you wanna look next?

You found a lot of stars tonight, Mindy.

But I didn't find just one I can name for Sunspot.

Sorry Sunspot.

That's OK, Mindy.

You can keep looking and we'll help you.

Yeah, maybe you'll find a whole constellation one day.

Hmm, you just gave me a good idea.

Goodnight, Sunspot Star.

I mean, goodnight Sunspot constellation.

Hi, I'm astronomer, Amy Mainzer,

and this is Dr. Ken Phillips, the curator

of Aerospace Science at the California Science Center.

And this, this is Endeavour.

Endeavour is one of five space shuttles

that were used for almost years

to take astronauts into space.

But how does a thing weighing , pounds

get off the ground?

That's a big problem.

It takes a lot of energy and a lot of force,

it's called thrust.

About seven million pounds of force it's trying to lift.

AMY MAINZER: Seven million pounds?

Wow.

DR. KEN PHILLIPS: And a lot of what you're lifting is fuel.

How much fuel did the space shuttle engines use?

Those three engines on the shuttle

will drain an average sized swimming

pool, like at your house, in about seconds.

How many astronauts could go up on a space shuttle?

Usually they had crews of about seven.

Most of the shuttle is designed for payload, that's

stuff you want to take up.

How long does it take to get the space shuttle into orbit?

From the time the shuttle launches and leaves

the ground, . minutes later it's in orbit.

So it sounds like the space shuttle

is kind of like an airplane that goes into space, except it

takes off like a rocket.

DR. KEN PHILLIPS: That's right.

And it lands like an airplane.

It comes back like a glider, which means it's an airplane

that has no engines.

Wow.

Because once all of the fuel is

used through those main engines, they throw the fuel tank away.

So you're just gliding back to earth.

You glide back and you have one chance

to make an appropriate landing.

AMY MAINZER: So the next time you see a big airplane,

just remember its engines are nowhere near as powerful

as the space shuttle's.

THEME SONG: Jet propulsion.

Ready Jet Go!

Jet propulsion!

Jet propulsion!

Jet propulsion!

Ready Jet Go!