01x39 - Not a Sound / Mindy in Space

[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!

[adventurous music]

- Okay, now all you've gotta do

is stand, balance, and hover.

Got it, Jet ?

[crashing]

Uh...

Good job!

Only I think you forgot the balancing part.

Okay, let's try again.

[distant tapping] Huh?

Wonder what that is? I better go check it out.

You stay here and practice.

And remember, every stumble is a step toward success.

Excelsior!

- Yes. Fun.

- "Just when Commander Cressida

"thought things couldn't get any worse,

she heard the loud rattling of a major moonquake."

[distant tapping]

Hmm. Interesting.

- That's one small step for man,

one giant leap for mank--

[distant tapping]

Hold that thought, Commander Armstrong.

I'll be right back.

♪ ♪

- Hmm, nope.

- Uh-uh.

- Not there.

[all groan]

- Jet? Sean? What are you doing?

- I'm following a weird sound.

Kind of like someone hammering-- - So am I!

But I think it sounded more like someone playing a drum.

- I heard it too, and it reminded me

of all the cool sounds I've heard

while traveling in outer space.

Like the raging storm of Jupiter's Red Spot!

[imitating thundering booms]

And the buzzing and swooshing of Saturn's icy rings.

[imitating buzz]

And the pinging that the rocks make

when you toss 'em into a moon crater.

Ping, ping!

- Oh, I love all those space sounds.

And the ones I read about in the Commander Cressida comics.

- Uh, guys?

I'm pretty sure there are no sounds in space.

- [giggles]

What are you talking about, Sean?

Of course there are. - Yeah!

I've heard 'em with my own three ears.

- [giggles] - Three ears?

Do Bortronians really have three ears, Jet?

- No, that's just what you Earthies call a "joke."

Just like you saying there's no sound in space!

- But I'm not joking.

Real space isn't like a comic or a science fiction movie.

It's silent. - [laughs]

Good one, Sean, but how can that be true?

[distant tapping] - [gasps]

It's that sound again.

- And it sounds like it's coming from the tree house.

Come on!

- [chirps]

[jazz piano music]

all: Sunspot?

- What's that funny little dance you're doing?

- [laughs] It's called tap dancing, Jet.

And Sunspot's really good at it.

- You're right. He's awesome!

[rapid tapping]

- Whoo-hoo! Well done, Sunspot!

And now that the big sound mystery's solved,

I'm gonna get back to hover-scootering with Jet .

- And I'm gonna finish reading my Commander Cressida comic.

Bye! - Wait!

We may have solved one sound mystery,

but there's still one more to solve.

both: There is? - Yup.

We need to find out for sure if there are sounds in space.

- Well, how do we do that?

- We get a scientist's input.

Come on, let's go see Dr. Mom!

♪ ♪

- I am so glad you kids came by,

'cause the "are there sounds in space" question

is one of my all-time favorites.

- Mine too. Especially since I already know the answer.

- So do I!

- And before we get to the answer,

let's start with the basics.

Did you know that sounds are a type of wave?

- You mean like an ocean wave?

- They're similar, but sound waves

are waves that we cannot see.

- Well, if we can't see them,

then how do we know they're really there?

- Ah! Because we can hear them.

But in order to hear sound waves,

they need something to travel through,

like air or something solid, or even water.

[dolphins clicking]

Okay, wow.

[chuckles] Thanks for the help, Sunspot.

You sure are well-trained.

- Actually, he's just super smart,

as are all Bortronian pets.

- Bortronian pets?

- Yeah, you know, from Bortron !

- Jet's, um, just pretending, Dr. R.

- Oh. [chuckles] - Yeah, that's right.

There's nothing unusual about him at all.

Sunspot's just a regular Earth...

- [chirping] - Uh...animal!

- Mm-hmm, except that he's unusually talented.

- So! How about a little sound demonstration, Mom?

- [chuckles] Great idea, Sean.

Uh...oh! You can start with this kitchen timer.

[timer ticking]

Can you hear it? - Yes!

Because sound waves are traveling through the air.

- That's right, Sydney!

Now take the timer to the other side of that door.

[timer ticking]

- Oh, I can hear it!

Because the sound waves are traveling

through something solid: the door.

- Correct, Jet! Now let's see

if we can hear the timer ticking

under the water.

[splashes]

[timer ticking] - Yup, loud and clear.

- And I can see it too! The water's moving.

Wow, sounds waves can travel through all sorts of things.

- So that must be true in outer space too!

- Actually, Jet, there is no sound in outer space.

- Yes! - Aww.

- [chuckles] Because it's very, very empty,

so there's nothing for the sound waves

to travel through.

We call this a vacuum.

- Um...you mean like the vacuum my dad uses to clean the rug?

- Or--or the one my mom uses to clean the front lawn?

- [chuckles] No, this kind of vacuum means

a place where there is no air.

- So if you're an astronaut

floating in front of some big expl*si*n

like two asteroids colliding,

you wouldn't hear a thing?

- That's right.

both: No way!

- [chuckles] I know it's hard to believe,

but it's true.

I hope that answers your question.

- It sure does! Thanks, Dr. Mom.

all: Bye!

- [chirping]

[tapping]

- Yeah, that's the weirdest dog I've ever seen.

- Well, there you have it.

There are no sounds in space, like I've been saying.

- I know what Dr. Sean's Mom said was true,

but I still think I heard space sounds.

- And even though Commander Cressida stories

are just pretend, I know she has actual science in them.

- I guess there's only one way to convince you guys:

go to outer space and test our hypothesis.

- Did someone say "go to outer space"?

- That's right! I did.

[both gasp] - Wait a sec.

You actually want to go to space, Sean?

- Going to space is the only way to prove

that there's no sound there.

- Ooh! Well, then, hop in, everybody!

- So let's keep this simple, okay?

We're in, we're out.

Find out if there's any sound in--

- ♪ Five, four, three, two, one ♪

♪ Doors are shut, engines on ♪

♪ Everybody in their place? ♪

♪ Let's go into outer space ♪

all: Ready, jet, go!

[exciting music]

♪ ♪

- So, explorers, where's the first stop

on our sound journey?

- Oh, oh! How about Jupiter and its Great Red Spot?

It's a huge storm that's been raging for hundreds of years.

How could it not make a lot of noise?

- Good choice, Jet. Let's do it!

- Prepare for disappointment.

[jet engines whooshing]

- All right, everyone.

Get those ears ready, 'cause it's time

for some seriously stormy sounds!

[clears throat] Yup.

Any second now.

[chuckles]

Sounds galore...

coming right up.

- Hmm, I don't get it.

Commander Cressida clearly describes the sound

of the Great Red Spot in her "What A Great Spot!"

Mystery Adventure Comic Number .

- And I distinctly remember hearing the storm

when Dad was writing a travel report

called "Multiple Moons of Jupiter."

- I told you,

no sounds in space. - [chirping]

- Well, there have to be sounds on Saturn

'cause, as everyone knows,

those spinning rings are loud.

- Saturn it is! Whoo-hoo-hoo!

Hold on, everybody! Whoo!

[jet engines whirring]

- [stammers] But those huge rings.

I just know I've heard them buzzing and swooshing.

- And I'm sure Commander Cressida mentioned

their crackling and popping in "Saturn, Crackle, Pop!"

- Maybe we can't hear them because we're inside the saucer.

- Uh...not likely,

but why don't we go outside and listen more closely?

- Wow, Sean.

You? Want to go outside?

- [chuckles] Well, you know me, Mr. Adventure.

[heroic music]

♪ ♪

[no audible dialogue]

- Ooh! Whoopsie! Forgot to turn the microphones

in their helmets on.

[helmet beeps] - I said, wow!

I can't believe it! Saturn is completely quiet.

- Hmm, you're right. It's not making a peep.

- I'm not surprised at all 'cause, like I said--

both: We know! There's no sound in space.

- Hang on, how come we can hear each other through our helmets?

- Good question, Sydney. And the answer is:

because there's air inside your helmets.

- And like my mom told us, sound can travel through air.

- That makes total sense.

Only I still need more proof

that there are no sounds in space.

- So do I. - I know!

How about we try to make our own sounds in space,

even though we won't hear them.

- Ooh! Wonderful idea, Sean.

And I think the surface of the moon

is the perfect spot to try it.

[jazz piano music]

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- [sighs] Looks like it's true.

There are no sounds in space.

I must have imagined hearing sounds

all those other space trips.

- Well, we Propulsions do have huge imaginations.

When I was your age, I also thought I heard space sounds

as I flew around with my family. - You did?

- Yup! Here's to imagination, Jet!

- Hmm, I guess Commander Cressida

includes space sounds in her comics

to make them more exciting,

but now I know they aren't real.

- I'm glad you guys finally get it,

but I gotta admit, after this trip around space,

even I'm amazed by how quiet it.

[gentle music]

♪ ♪

[exhales]

It sure is great to be back on Earth,

where thanks to air,

we can actually hear different sounds.

- Yeah! Like the approaching sound

of a runaway hover-scooter!

- Hello. Yes. Fun.

[engine rattling]

[crashing]

[brakes screech]

[all gasping]

♪ ♪

[bell dings]

all: Whoo-hoo!

[laughing]

Donuts! Whoo-hoo!

- 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.

♪ ♪

Different notes are gonna make the tubes 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.

[playing musical scale]

♪ ♪

Wow! It looks like it really likes D.

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

it really makes the tube shake extra hard.

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

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

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

You wanna play a song with me

and see if we can make the salt dance?

- Let's do it.

A-five, four, three, two, one!

[both strumming theme song]

♪ ♪

both: ♪ Jet Propulsion ♪

♪ That's his name ♪ Yeah!

- So the next time somebody tells you you can't see sound,

tell them they heard that all wrong.

- Whoa! - Wow!

- Whoa, that's super cool. - Yeah. [laughs]

- What a great picture of Saturn and its moons.

- And there's broiling hot Venus.

Wow, looking at these pictures is almost as good as

being in space and seeing the actual planets.

- Oh, yeah. - [chirps]

- Yeah. Yeah, it really is.

- [sighs] Well, I wouldn't know,

'cause I still can't go into space with you,

because I'm still only four

and still have to stay here on Earth.

- Aw, sorry, Mindy, but don't worry.

You'll be older really soon, I promise.

- Yeah, and then you can come to space with us.

It'll be cool and awesome!

Which is..."cool-some"!

- [sighs] But I want to go

on a "cool-some" trip now.

I wish I wasn't always saying good-bye to you

when you zoom off into space.

[static crackles] Bye!

Bye! Bye! Bye! Bye!

[overlapping "Byes"]

See you later. [static crackles]

- Wow, that is a lot of times.

- Over and over, almost every day.

When can I get my day in space?

- [whines]

- Oh! I have an idea.

A good one. - I'm all eyes!

- [chuckles] You mean "ears."

Mindy, we can take you to space right here in our neighborhood.

- Is this one of those "use your imagination" thingies?

- [chuckles] Well, yes, it is.

- Fantastic! - [excited chirping]

- So when do I get to go into imaginary outer space?

- Today! - Two weeks from Thursday!

- This time tomorrow!

- I heard this time tomorrow.

Great! Can I do the countdown before we take off?

And wear a helmet? And see the planets?

- Yes, yes, and yes!

So it's decided-- this time tomorrow

is Mindy's space day. - Oh! Ooh!

And we'll end your special day with a super big

exciting grand finale.

In space!

- We will? - Really, really, really?

What is it? - Oh, uh, I can't tell you.

It's that thing that I know and you find out later.

- Ooh, a surprise! - [chirps]

- I love surprises!

My day in space will be so amazing.

Thanks, you guys. Bye!

- So what's the grand finale?

- Sunspot says he's got it.

Don't worry, it'll be really grand!

- Okay.

Meanwhile, how do we give Mindy her day in space?

- Simple. We turn Jet's backyard

into the solar system and take her on a tour.

Ready? Let's start planning-- - Eating!

Uh, that's what I meant. Planning!

- [munching]

[gulps]

[playful music]

♪ ♪

- Yes!

Tomorrow, everything will be ready

for Mindy's day in space!

- Ooh!

[grunting]

- Bold.

- We're not really ready

for Mindy's day in space.

- But we're almost ready,

and at least we have lots of time

before Mindy shows up.

[alarm ringing] - It's this time tomorrow!

I'm ready!

- Uh... [chuckles]

Great! And we have no time before Mindy shows up.

- We're almost ready, Mindy!

Wait there and close your eyes.

Okay, it's go time!

all: Excelsior!

- Can't go to outer space

without your official space helmet.

- Ooh! I love it!

So is this when Mrs. Celery pulls up in the wagon,

and we all hop in, and--

- Zoom out to outer space?

Yes! Hop in, kids!

♪ ♪

all: Come on, Mindy!

- Wow.

Sunspot! Car trip!

- [excited chirping]

- Okay, Mindy.

Lead us in the countdown.

- ♪ Five, four, three, two, one ♪

♪ Doors are shut, engines on ♪

[together] ♪ Everybody in their place? ♪

♪ Let's go into outer space ♪

[engine roars]

- [screaming]

[brakes screech]

♪ ♪

- Here's your saucer, Mindy.

Ready to fly you around the solar system.

- Whoa!

- And Carrot and I are your pilots.

- All right, I'm ready, Mr. and Mrs. Carrot and Celery.

- And here's a chart of all

the solar system's planets for you to follow.

You can check each one off as you fly by it.

Have fun in outer space!

- Ooh, thanks, Sydney!

Here we go!

[playful music]

♪ ♪

- [giggles] Since we're heading

all the way out to Neptune,

you're gonna need to put it into interstellar overdrive, Mindy!

♪ ♪

- [chuckles] Zoom! Zoom! Zoom-zoom!

Interstellar overdrive! Whoo-hoo-hoo!

- [gasps]

Wow.

♪ ♪

[jets whooshing]

- [squeals] Whee!

Look at all the stars fly by!

Interstellar overdrive is so cool-some!

- [sighs] Isn't it, though?

- We're almost to the outermost planet in the solar system.

- [gasps] Really? Neptune already?

- Yup, here it is!

♪ ♪

Number eight, the giant gas planet.

both: Hi! We're Neptune!

- Neptune is blue and freezing.

- And windy!

both: Whoa! - Too windy, Jet!

[crashes]

- Windy, blue Neptune.

Check!

- All right, let's continue our solar system tour.

- Right! Heading inward, toward the Sun!

both: Excelsior!

♪ ♪

- Whoops. Low bridge.

♪ ♪

- [whispers] Sean, you're way early with Earth.

Uranus is next, and you're holding its ring.

- Whoops! I gotta change!

♪ ♪

- Ooh! Here's Uranus!

- Right. The seventh planet.

Notice anything unusual about the way it's rotating, Mindy?

- It's tipped over on its side.

The rings rotate kind of up and down.

all: Right! - I love it!

This outer space has everything!

Uranus--check!

What's up next?

Ah, Saturn!

both: Here we go!

♪ ♪

- Perfect, Sunspot.

Ready? - [chirps]

[inhales]

♪ ♪

- Oh, here it is.

Planet number six.

The lovely and mysterious Saturn with its beautiful rings.

- Whoo-hoo! Go, Sunspot-Saturn!

- h*-h*, would you look at those amazing rings?

They're made of ice, and the planet's made of gas.

♪ ♪

- Saturn-- gassy, icy rings.

Check!

[engine whooshes]

- [exhaling loudly]

- [clears throat]

It's me, Earth!

The one and only remarkable planet

where so many different species live.

- [whispers] Sean, it's still not Earth's turn.

- [laughs]

- Who knew planets talked about themselves in outer space?

I'm learning so much today.

- [chuckling nervously] Yes.

Uh, here's planet five!

- Jupiter! The largest of them all!

Jupiter's so big. And look at all those moons!

- of them!

- [whispers] ...

- [groans] I mean, !

- Where's your Great Red Spot, Jupiter?

- Aww!

I knew I forgot something...else.

♪ ♪

[laughs] Here it is!

My Great Red Spot!

- Giant Jupiter with moons and Great Red Spot.

Check.

- And now, we pass through...

both: The asteroid belt!

♪ ♪

- [whispers] Stretch!

- Zoom! Zoom! Zoom! - Zoom-zoom! More zooming!

- Why are we going around in circles?

- Oh, um... [chuckles]

Because outer space is still getting ready.

♪ ♪

both: We're asteroids! Look out!

[engines whooshing] - [giggling]

- Asteroids!

♪ ♪

- [giggling]

What planet comes after the asteroid belt?

Ooh! Mars is next.

- Wait, are you Mars, or am I?

- Uh... both: You're Mars?

- Um, let's both be Mars together.

[engine whooshes] - Hi, Mars!

Ooh, you're so red.

- And then me!

Planet Earth comes after Mars.

Finally. - Red planet Mars--check.

Beautiful blue Earth--check.

Two planets left. The next one is...

- Venus! The brightest and the hottest planet

in the solar system!

And second closest to the Sun.

- But first closest to me right now.

So that just leaves Mercury.

- Oh! Uh, did someone say Mercury?

[bellowing]

♪ ♪

[crashing]

[groaning]

Hello! Whew!

It's me, the teeniest, fastest orbiting planet!

And closest to...

all: The Sun!

- Venus, Mercury, the Sun.

Check, check, check.

There! - Ta-da!

And that is your solar system, Mindy.

[fanfare trumpets]

- Thanks, you guys! That was so super-cool-some!

- And we saved the best for last.

Come on!

- [exhausted exhale] - Zoom!

- Faster, faster! both: Zoom, zoom.

- Oh! - Zoom!

- Yoo-hoo-hoo.

[brakes screech]

- [gasps] Is it...the Moon?

- Yeah, the Moon!

♪ ♪

- As Neil Armstrong, first human on the Moon,

I'd like to welcome you!

- Wow. Hi, Neil!

I love your Moon. - Thanks.

Join us, we're having a picnic...

of moon pies!

- Wow. Moon pies.

On the Moon!

This is so cool-some!

Wait, Jet...

what about ending our day in space

with a super big,

exciting grand finale?

- Uh, well, according to Sunspot,

our super big, exciting grand finale

is about to happen in the night sky!

In three, two, one!

[gasps] There it is!

[all gasping]

Whoa!

- [bleats]

- Surprise!

Sunspot says this is

the Leonid meteor shower.

It happens once a year when tiny bits of space rock

pass through the atmosphere.

- And become meteors!

- [gasps] all: Whoa!

- I love outer space!

Best day in space ever!

[all cheering]

- Whoo-hoo! - Yeah, space is awesome!

- So when can we do it again?

♪ ♪

- Hey, Kim! Do you think you could tell me

how to get to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory?

- Yeah, I probably need help from my phone, though.

- Okay. - Just look on the map.

Ah! 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 Laboratory's

high performance computing lab.

I know we scientists and engineers

use computers like these all the time to get places,

but--but what about the Apollo astronauts?

They must've 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 "supercomputers."

Well, I don't see any capes.

Why do they call them supercomputers?

- Well, they kind of do have super powers.

So they're called supercomputers

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--

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.

- ♪ Jet Propulsion ♪

[together] Ready! Jet! Go!

- Jet propulsion!

- Jet propulsion!

- Jet propulsion!

[together] Ready! Jet! Go!