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I have a special treat for y'all today.
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My dear friend and former
college roommate is here
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from the Johnson Space Center
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in Houston to talk to us
about our space program.
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And yeah, I know what you're thinking.
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These guys were roomies.
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How does one go on
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to be a.... a fancy scientist at NASA,
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and the other's
teaching freshman science
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at a public high school?
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Yeah, Sheldon.
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I was thinking that.
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Thank you.
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All right, uh, let's give a warm welcome
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to my good buddy, Dr. Ronald Hodges.
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Hey, kids. Hey.
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Glad to be here. And,
uh, Hubert, the answer
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to your question is, one of
those roomies was busy studying
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while the other was out
chasing high school girls.
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- [FORCED LAUGH]
- [LAUGHS]
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Yeah.
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To be clear, they were all over 18.
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[LAUGHING]: Yeah. Well...
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Now, what I thought would
be fun to talk about today
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is what NASA's planning on
doing beyond the Space Shuttle.
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Things like the first
manned mission to Mars.
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Uh, yeah.
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Did you see the movie Aliens?
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I did.
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Did you think it was cool?
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Uh...
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Sure, I enjoyed it.
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Me, too.
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Football player, right?
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Yes, sir.
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[LAUGHING]: Yeah.
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Now, of course, before
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we can set out to
explore the solar system,
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we've got a few minor
problems to overcome.
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Not the least of which is, every time
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we launch, it costs the U.S. taxpayers
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hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Oh, no, no, no, no.
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- Yes.
- If you want to save money,
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why don't you land the booster rockets
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instead of letting
them drop in the ocean?
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[LAUGHS]
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That's a cute idea, but, uh,
it's not technically possible.
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Why not?
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Well, it's hard to explain.
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The math is pretty complicated.
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Perhaps I could help you with it.
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[LAUGHING]: Well,
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I bet you could.
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[LAUGHS] I'll bet you could.
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I'll tell you what.
Here is a NASA patch.
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Why don't you have your mom
sew that on your book bag? Now,
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who here wants to know how
astronauts go to the bathroom?
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- BOY: Me. I do.
- Oh, right. See,
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now, during liftoff, all the astronauts
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wear diapers.
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ADULT SHELDON: People
often wonder why I chose
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to pursue a career in
theoretical physics.
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I usually respond by saying
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I wanted to unravel the inner
workings of the universe.
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Yeah, perhaps when
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Captain Kirk said, "To boldly go,"
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he meant in one of those, huh?
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ADULT SHELDON: But the real answer was
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I wanted to prove this nincompoop wrong.
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Yeah, that's right. Beam me up, Potty!
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[CACKLING]
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♪ Nobody else is stronger than I am ♪
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♪ Yesterday I moved a mountain ♪
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♪ I bet I could be your hero ♪
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♪ I am a mighty little man ♪
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MEEMAW: So I saw a lawyer today.
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Why?
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I'm putting together my
last will and testament.
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We're gonna miss ya.
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George.
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Don't worry. I ain't leaving him squat.
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Are you dyin'?
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We're all dyin', honey.
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From the second we're born,
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it's just a slip and
slide into the darkness.
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Unless you get bit by a vampire.
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Well, now that goes without saying.
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I don't want to die. I've only kissed
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one boy so far.
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What?
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Relax. It was a long time ago.
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Are you relaxed?
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Shelly, you haven't
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touched your dinner.
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You feel okay?
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Oh, yes. I was just thinking.
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About what, baby?
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The optimal height-to-width
ratio for a reusable rocket.
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MEEMAW: I was just
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thinking the exact same thing.
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Really?
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Oh, Moonpie, I love you so much.
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[LAUGHS]
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[SIGHS]
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[SUCKS AIR IN THROUGH TEETH]
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It's late. What are you doing up?
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I'm working on the
hyperbolic calculations
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for a rocket return.
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Need any help?
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What?
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I'm kiddin'. Now, turn out
the light and go to bed.
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- But...
- Now.
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[SIGHS]
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Dad, can we afford a computer?
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You do my taxes. What do you think?
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Never mind.
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Good night.
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Meemaw?
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Mr. Moonpie, how might I help you?
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How much money are you planning
to leave me when you die?
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Nice talkin' to you.
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[KNOCKING] Meemaw?
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Want to try that again?
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I need to buy a computer
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so I can solve the Navier-Stokes equation.
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Uh-huh. How much is a computer?
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Apple has a nice one for $2,000,
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but the kind I need costs three million.
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Let me see what I got in the vault.
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[MURMURS QUIETLY]
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Nine bucks and, uh...
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Oh, look at that... a peso.
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It's warm.
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Hello, First National Bank.
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I'd like to speak with a loan officer.
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It's regarding a second
mortgage on my home.
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My name is Sheldon Lee Cooper.
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Sure, I'll hold.
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Oh, I hate hold music.
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Hello.
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Yes, you can help me,
Dorothy Fitzpatrick.
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I'm interested in taking
out a second mortgage.
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I'm nine years old. Why do you ask?
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That's called age
discrimination, Dorothy,
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but I'm willing to let it slide.
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I'm glad you find me cute,
but I'm deadly serious.
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I need funds to buy a computer.
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No, the house isn't in my name.
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I'm nine. We've established this.
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I do prepare the taxes for my parents,
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and if we tighten our belts,
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we'll have sufficient
equity for the loan.
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Sheldon, who are you talking to?
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Dorothy Fitzpatrick.
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Who's Dorothy Fitzpatrick?
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Is she a new buddy from school?
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She's the loan officer at The
First National Bank of Medford.
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Why are you talking to her?
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Mom, can this wait?
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I'm trying to negotiate favorable terms.
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Hello. Dorothy?
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[WHIRRING, BEEPS]
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Hey, how come you weren't in math class?
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That guy from NASA
treated me like a child,
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and I need to prove him wrong.
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You are a child.
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Tread lightly, my friend.
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Was Ms. Ingram upset I wasn't in class?
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- [BEEPS]
- TAM: Actually, she was happy.
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She even did a little dance.
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Do you know anybody with a modem?
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I think Radio Shack has one. Why?
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I need to access thrust-to-weight ratios
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from the FTP server at
the Johnson Space Center.
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Then what?
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Then I show that guy from NASA my work
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and laugh as he begs for mercy.
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You know, sometimes you
sound like a super villain.
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Silence!
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That'll be more effective after
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your voice changes.
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[SIGHS]
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[IN DEEP VOICE]: Silence.
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[BEEPS]
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Mom, can you take me to Radio Shack?
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Not today, baby.
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I have to go food shopping
and get dinner started.
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But it's important.
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Sorry. Maybe over the weekend.
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But it won't take that long.
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Sheldon, I said no.
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- But, Mom...
- Not another word.
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What?
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Can't I just be happy?
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Mom, please!
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Sheldon Lee, I said no.
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I'm still happy.
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Please, Mom! You're being unfair!
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- No.
- But I really need those
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thrust-to-weight ratios.
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Do you see I'm cookin'?
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Well, take me after dinner.
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Enough! I'm not takin'
you anywhere tonight.
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[GRUNTS]
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ADULT SHELDON: I'm not proud of it,
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but as a child, I was prone...
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to the occasional meltdown.
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SHELDON: Cheese and crackers!
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ADULT SHELDON: I'm sorry
you had to hear that.
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All right, I finally
got him calmed down.
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How'd you manage that?
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Easy. Gave him a hug
and a little cough syrup.
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Mom!
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It's not like he's
operating heavy machinery.
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We can't keep putting
up with this behavior.
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We need to ground him.
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How? If you say "No playing
outside," he says, "Thank you."
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Well, we need to do something.
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It's just a tantrum. It's what kids do.
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You used to punish me all the time.
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That was different. You
were a pain in the ass.
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I say no Radio Shack
for at least a month.
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Sounds fair.
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I'll go tell him.
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I'd wait and tell him tomorrow.
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He's a little loopy right now.
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[LAUGHS]
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Good night.
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She drugged our son.
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ADULT SHELDON: Thus began the
longest month of my life.
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Without the ability to access
the thrust-to-weight ratios,
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my well-intended effort to
humiliate a NASA scientist
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ground to a halt.
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Mom.
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Uh... what's going on?
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Something's wrong with Sheldon.
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[GROANING]
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What's the matter,
baby? Have a tummy ache?
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I think it's an ulcer.
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GEORGE SR.: Don't be silly.
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- You must have eaten something.
- No.
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My symptoms are
consistent with an ulcer.
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Shelly, remember when you thought
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you had leprosy, and it was
just a patch of dry skin?
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And when you thought you had
gout? Or an enlarged prostate?
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Or mad cow?
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That was my favorite.
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Well, this is different.
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Maybe we should take him to the doctor.
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Listen to your wife...
Ulcers are serious.
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Ow.
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Well, I've never seen
this in someone so young,
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but, uh, your son has an ulcer.
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Thank you.
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How could this happen?
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Uh, there are a number of factors.
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Has he been under
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some unusual stress lately?
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Yes. She won't take me to Radio Shack.
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Go wait outside.
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I've heard some interesting research
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about treating ulcers
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with antimicrobials.
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Go.
267
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And you're surprised I have an ulcer.
268
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I'm surprised I don't have one.
269
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[CLEARS THROAT]
270
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Um, Radio Shack?
271
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He's trying to figure out
how to help NASA land rockets.
272
00:11:16,030 --> 00:11:17,959
Oh. Well, that's a nice thing.
273
00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:19,960
He's just doing it out of spite.
274
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Okay.
275
00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:24,969
Well, keep him off spicy
foods for the time being,
276
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and I'll write you a
prescription for Zantac.
277
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Does he smoke?
278
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'Course not. He's nine.
279
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[CHUCKLES]: I started at his age.
280
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Uh, but only when I drank.
281
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[MODEM DIALING UP]
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- [MODEM WHINING]
- What the...?
283
00:11:42,850 --> 00:11:44,519
Sheldon! What are you doing?
284
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I just need a minute.
These things are so slow.
285
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Is this your family?
286
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They're lovely.
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♪ ♪
288
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- Mom.
- What?
289
00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:02,779
There's something wrong
with Sheldon again.
290
00:12:02,780 --> 00:12:03,969
SHELDON: I figured it out!
291
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I figured it out!
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One night.
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I want to sleep one night.
294
00:12:10,940 --> 00:12:12,749
Oh. Hi, Mom.
295
00:12:12,750 --> 00:12:14,389
PETER GABRIEL: Hi there.
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["BIG TIME" PLAYING]
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♪ I'm on my way, I'm making it... ♪
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ADULT SHELDON: With my research
complete and my ulcer on the mend,
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all that was left to do
was send my work to NASA
300
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and wait to become America's
scientific sweetheart.
301
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♪ And I will walk through the front door ♪
302
00:12:31,310 --> 00:12:32,360
♪ Big time... ♪
303
00:12:32,370 --> 00:12:33,730
ADULT SHELDON: So I waited...
304
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♪ Make it show, yeah ♪
305
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♪ Big time ♪
306
00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:39,439
and waited...
307
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♪ Big time ♪
308
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♪ Oh, oh, oh... ♪
309
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and waited...
310
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♪ ♪
311
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[DIAL TONE DRONING]
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[DIAL TONE CONTINUES DRONING]
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and waited.
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♪ ♪
315
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♪ Big. ♪
316
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Something's wrong with Sheldon again.
317
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GEORGE SR.: Now what?
318
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MARY: Those people at NASA never
responded to his science stuff.
319
00:13:05,580 --> 00:13:08,039
GEORGE SR.: Damn it.
I've had enough of this.
320
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Sheldon, get up.
321
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What's the point?
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We're going to Houston.
323
00:13:15,550 --> 00:13:16,840
Really?
324
00:13:16,850 --> 00:13:18,009
Yeah.
325
00:13:18,010 --> 00:13:20,479
You and me are gonna
give those space monkeys
326
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a little talkin' to.
327
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ADULT SHELDON: I often
found my father to be
328
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a strange and puzzling man,
329
00:13:27,430 --> 00:13:31,090
but at that moment, I
never loved him more.
330
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♪ ♪
331
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I don't see why I couldn't stay home.
332
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'Cause we're having a fun family outin'.
333
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Can I at least drive?
334
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She said fun, not tragic.
335
00:13:48,030 --> 00:13:49,510
Let's go to the ostrich farm.
336
00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:50,539
GEORGE JR.: Cool.
337
00:13:50,540 --> 00:13:52,529
We can ride 'em, and
then we can eat 'em.
338
00:13:52,530 --> 00:13:53,859
GEORGE SR.: We're not stopping anywhere.
339
00:13:53,860 --> 00:13:55,760
We're going to Houston to
straighten this thing out
340
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for your brother, then we're going home.
341
00:13:57,570 --> 00:13:59,499
Shelly, you doing okay?
342
00:13:59,500 --> 00:14:02,139
Yes. I just hope I don't get carsick.
343
00:14:02,140 --> 00:14:04,209
You want Daddy to pull over?
344
00:14:04,210 --> 00:14:06,239
I'll be okay.
345
00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:07,849
- [VOMITING]
- MISSY: Oh, God, it's
346
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on my shoes, it's on my shoes!
347
00:14:10,350 --> 00:14:13,519
MEEMAW: For Pete's sake,
somebody open a window.
348
00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:15,780
♪ ♪
349
00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:23,420
Yeah, I don't mean to be rude,
350
00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:24,489
but we've been waitin' for an hour
351
00:14:24,490 --> 00:14:26,229
- to see your boss.
- I'm sorry, sir,
352
00:14:26,230 --> 00:14:28,599
- but you didn't have an appointment.
- We didn't have
353
00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:31,230
an appointment 'cause every time
I called, you put me on hold.
354
00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:35,100
I'm sure Dr. Hodges'll
see you as soon as he can.
355
00:14:37,310 --> 00:14:40,079
- So, what do you want to do?
- I don't know.
356
00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:42,709
I guess we just got to
be patient and wait...
357
00:14:42,710 --> 00:14:44,129
Aw, screw it!
358
00:14:44,130 --> 00:14:45,849
Excuse me, sir, you can't just...
359
00:14:45,850 --> 00:14:47,579
All right, here's the deal.
360
00:14:47,580 --> 00:14:49,480
My kid's got a damn ulcer 'cause of you,
361
00:14:49,490 --> 00:14:51,269
so either you take him seriously,
362
00:14:51,270 --> 00:14:53,139
or you're gonna be taking me seriously.
363
00:14:53,140 --> 00:14:55,259
[INTERCOM BUZZES]
364
00:14:55,260 --> 00:14:56,260
Yes, sir?
365
00:14:56,261 --> 00:14:57,690
HODGES: Janice, why don't you
366
00:14:57,700 --> 00:14:59,499
send the little boy in? [NERVOUS CHUCKLE]
367
00:14:59,500 --> 00:15:00,890
Right away.
368
00:15:03,230 --> 00:15:05,469
He'll see you now.
369
00:15:05,470 --> 00:15:07,660
You're up, Moonpie.
370
00:15:15,590 --> 00:15:17,190
And here...
371
00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:19,610
near apogee, we gimbal the engine
372
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to exert a torque
373
00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:23,219
that executes a pitchover maneuver
374
00:15:23,220 --> 00:15:26,000
to flip the rocket by 180 degrees.
375
00:15:27,390 --> 00:15:29,770
[LAUGHS]: Well, that's very impressive.
376
00:15:29,780 --> 00:15:31,909
Thank you very much
for taking the time...
377
00:15:31,910 --> 00:15:33,140
I'm not done.
378
00:15:33,150 --> 00:15:34,819
Oh.
379
00:15:34,820 --> 00:15:36,349
Uh... sorry.
380
00:15:36,350 --> 00:15:37,749
Needless to say,
381
00:15:37,750 --> 00:15:41,399
we use a P.I.D. controller
to minimize the dispersions
382
00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:43,519
to the landing site.
383
00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:45,650
Anything else?
384
00:15:45,660 --> 00:15:48,129
Yes. I'd like a glass of water.
385
00:15:48,130 --> 00:15:50,140
It's time to take my Zantac.
386
00:15:51,230 --> 00:15:53,180
[MUMBLES SOFTLY]: Oh...
387
00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:57,469
He's been in there quite a while.
388
00:15:57,470 --> 00:15:58,800
Well, if the topic
389
00:15:58,810 --> 00:16:01,610
is science, he can be
a real Chatty Patty.
390
00:16:01,620 --> 00:16:02,910
I'm bored.
391
00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:04,940
- Me, too.
- Hey.
392
00:16:04,950 --> 00:16:07,549
Someday somebody's gonna
write a book about Sheldon.
393
00:16:07,550 --> 00:16:09,779
Don't you want there to be a chapter
394
00:16:09,780 --> 00:16:13,299
about how loving and
supportive you two were?
395
00:16:13,300 --> 00:16:15,170
Doesn't matter. I ain't reading it.
396
00:16:18,130 --> 00:16:20,129
This is groundbreaking work.
397
00:16:20,130 --> 00:16:22,090
Thank you. And...?
398
00:16:22,100 --> 00:16:23,599
And...?
399
00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:25,499
I thought you might want to apologize.
400
00:16:25,500 --> 00:16:26,500
Well...
401
00:16:26,501 --> 00:16:28,069
why?
402
00:16:28,070 --> 00:16:30,839
You tried to shut me up with a patch.
403
00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:33,440
[CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY]:
Well... I-I give those to everyone.
404
00:16:33,450 --> 00:16:35,339
A-And you have to understand, Sheldon,
405
00:16:35,340 --> 00:16:38,740
that while your math is-is
theoretically correct,
406
00:16:38,750 --> 00:16:42,279
we don't have the technical
capability to execute it.
407
00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:44,210
So I'm ahead of my time?
408
00:16:44,220 --> 00:16:47,619
Well... it would appear so. [CHUCKLES]
409
00:16:47,620 --> 00:16:49,990
All right, call me when you catch up.
410
00:16:50,860 --> 00:16:52,059
W... uh...
411
00:16:52,060 --> 00:16:53,659
We can go now.
412
00:16:53,660 --> 00:16:55,190
♪ ♪
413
00:16:58,100 --> 00:17:00,030
♪ Rocket... ♪
414
00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:09,590
ADULT SHELDON: I've often contemplated
what might have happened
415
00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:12,240
if my father hadn't
stuck up for me that day.
416
00:17:12,250 --> 00:17:13,920
Would I have gone on to become
417
00:17:14,050 --> 00:17:16,010
a world-class theoretical physicist,
418
00:17:16,020 --> 00:17:19,529
or just your average Joe
Sixpack theoretical physicist?
419
00:17:19,530 --> 00:17:20,649
Dad?
420
00:17:20,650 --> 00:17:22,119
Yeah?
421
00:17:22,120 --> 00:17:23,770
Thank you.
422
00:17:25,190 --> 00:17:26,660
You're welcome.
423
00:17:29,060 --> 00:17:31,730
We're real proud of you, honey.
424
00:17:33,030 --> 00:17:35,699
- Are you proud of me and Georgie?
- Of course.
425
00:17:35,700 --> 00:17:36,899
You bet.
426
00:17:36,900 --> 00:17:38,349
For what?
427
00:17:38,350 --> 00:17:40,250
Don't go pokin' at it.
428
00:17:40,260 --> 00:17:42,870
♪ ♪
429
00:17:48,250 --> 00:17:50,830
_
430
00:17:55,260 --> 00:17:56,849
NEWSWOMAN: For the first time,
431
00:17:56,850 --> 00:18:00,100
SpaceX has successfully
landed its Falcon 9 rocket
432
00:18:00,120 --> 00:18:02,830
on a drone ship in
the Atlantic Ocean.
433
00:18:08,270 --> 00:18:11,109
SpaceX founder Elon
Musk called the event
434
00:18:11,110 --> 00:18:14,410
an "incredible milestone
in the history of space."
435
00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:21,739
[INTERCOM BEEPS]
436
00:18:21,740 --> 00:18:23,929
Elon, the CNN reporter's
here to talk to you.
437
00:18:23,930 --> 00:18:24,970
Hang on.
438
00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:30,990
Send him in. [CLEARS THROAT]
439
00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:37,100
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