01x05 - How Come the Moon Has Craters/Backyard Moon Base

[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!

- Okay, Sunspot.

We can do this.

It's not that complicated.

Fetch!

We went over this.

You're supposed to bring the ball back to me.

- Hey, Jet.

Hey, Sunspot.

- Oh, hey, Sydney.

[gasps] Whoa!

Sean, is that your birthday telescope

I've heard so much about?

- Yup.

Isn't it beautiful?

- Yeah!

What're you gonna look at first?

- The Moon.

It's gonna be full tonight, see?

- And we're just in time.

The full moon rises right when the sun sets.

Sydney, you helped carry the tripod,

so you get the first look.

- Cool, thanks.

[gasps]

Whoa!

Look at all those craters!

- Hoo-ooh-hoo!

Those are some big craters!

- What?

There's nothing on the Moon.

It's just plain and white and round.

Uh-oh.

The Moon has lots of holes.

-<span tts:fontStyle="italic"> Actually, they're called craters.

- Okay, I guess,

if that's what you want to call a bunch of holes.

Sunspot, want a turn?

Ooh!

I'm the girl in the Moon. [laughs]

- Ah!

So how come the Moon has craters?

- Hmm.

I bet they were carved that way by a race of ancient aliens

who visited the Moon thousands of years ago

and decided to make it look extra pretty

by adding a lot of craters.

- Interesting theory, Sydney.

- No, there's a scientific explanation.

The Moon has craters because space rocks crash into it.

They make the crater shapes when they hit it.

- Also interesting, Sean.

- Wait, space rocks crash into the Moon

and make craters?

That can't be true.

- Well, I don't know for sure,

since I haven't actually been on the Moon.

- [gasps] I know!

Why don't we go to the Moon right now

and see for ourselves?

- Yes, let's go to the Moon.

- Wait. Go to the Moon?

Isn't it almost dinnertime?

- Mindy, dinner!

- See?

Well, that's it then.

- That's Mindy's mom calling, Sean.

- Yep, I have to go,

but I really want to know how come the Moon has craters.

I'd ask if I could come with you,

but it's lasagna tonight.

Bye!

- Sean, come on.

- But it's lasagna tonight.

- Hi, Dad!

- Oh, hello, Jet, Sean, Sydney.

- Uh, what are you doing up there?

- Mowing the roof.

- Uh, Mr. Propulsion?

- Please call me Carrot.

- Um, Mr. Carrot, on Earth we don't mow the roof.

We mow the lawn.

- Uh, but we don't need to mow our lawn.

- [burps]

[bleats like a goat]

- Okay, but remember we agreed you don't want the neighbors

to discover your secret alien identity?

- Or think you're just weird?

- Ah.

Got it.

[tires screech]

- That's right.

We need to keep a "low profile."

So ready to rocket to the Moon, kids?

Hop in.

We'll be there and back

in ten Earth minutes.

- But what about my birthday telescope?

- Oh, I'll watch it for you, Sean.

- Well, okay.

Just remember not to get fingerprints on the lenses.

- Come on, Sean.

- And don't let it get wet.

And don't scratch it, please.

- Fingerprints, wet, scratch it, check.

- No, don't scratch it.

- Sunspot, car trip!

- Ready?

- So, uh, Celery?

We'll have oxygen to breathe when we're on the Moon, right?

- ♪ Five, four, three, two, one ♪

♪ Doors are shut, engines on ♪

♪ Everybody in their place? ♪

♪ Let's go into outer space! ♪

- Ready! Jet! Go!

[tires squeal]

- [yelling]

[engine blasts]

[adventurous music]

- All right!

We're in space, so there's no gravity.

Whoo-hoo!

I don't know why,

but zero gravity always makes me want to sing.

[upbeat music]

♪ How come the Moon has craters? ♪

♪ That's what we want to know ♪

♪ It's white like mashed potaters ♪

♪ But its face is full of holes ♪

- It's all pocked up from getting hit ♪

♪ By a zillion giant rocks ♪

- ♪ But how do you know? ♪

♪ What makes you think ♪

♪ That's how it gets its knocks? ♪

- ♪ Well, when I have a question regarding space ♪

♪ I can always get the answer by asking Face ♪

- ♪ Face , ready to assist you ♪

♪ Hello, Jet ♪

♪ You know I really missed you ♪

- ♪ Face, I've got a question ♪

♪ Can you talk me through? ♪

- ♪ Why, yes, I love your questions, Jet ♪

♪ I really, really do ♪

- ♪ Well, how come the Moon has craters? ♪

♪ Does it really get hit by rocks? ♪

- ♪ Yes, that's why the Moon is cratery ♪

♪ All beaten up and pocked ♪

♪ And there's a name for a rock ♪

♪ That comes out of the void ♪

♪ Those rocks from space are called asteroids ♪

- ♪ Asteroids? ♪

- ♪ Asteroids? ♪

- ♪ A rock from space is an asteroid? ♪

- ♪ Yes, an asteroid, that's what it's called ♪

♪ And it's not good to stand where an asteroid falls ♪

all: ♪ Asteroid, thank you, Face ♪

♪ You gave us the answer about the rocks from space ♪

♪ We're over the Moon ♪

♪ We're overjoyed ♪

♪ 'Cause now we know all about the asteroids ♪

- Whoo-hoo! - Yeah, go, Jet!

- Thank you very much.

- Well, Sean?

Ready to walk on the Moon?

- Uh, I think so.

- Yes!

Let's do it.

[spaceship whirring]

[adventurous music]

♪ ♪

- Whoo-hoo!

We're on the Moon!

Let's check it out!

- Oh, okay, kids.

Go out and explore the crater, but don't dawdle.

We need to be back on Earth in time for dinner.

[beeping and buzzing]

- Hi, Celery.

Speaking of dinner, I have a quick question.

Does the chicken go in the soup,

or the soup in the chicken?

- I think it all goes in the microwave.

- And then in the freezer?

- Uh, sure.

- Thanks, hon!

You are absolutely the amazing.

- Oh, right back in your general direction, Carrot.

- Um, Carrot?

How's my birthday telescope doing?

- Oh, great!

It seemed cold, so I put a scarf on it

and made it some soup.

- Wait, what?

[timer dings] - Ooh, I better get that!

Bye!

- Okay, helmets on.

Have fun, kids.

You're good to go.

- [laughs] Whoo-hoo!

- Go, humans! Yeah!

- Okay, you can do this, Sean.

One giant leap for Seankind!

Whoo!

This--this is incredible.

I'm so glad I'm here.

- Whoo, it's huge!

And deep.

- I'm on the Moon.

I'm on the Moon!

First human on the Moon

since Apollo landed in .

- Actually, you're the second.

Sydney was the first.

- Ha!

You heard the kid from Bortron .

First human back on the Moon.

Wait, not only was I the first human back on the Moon,

I'm the first girl on the Moon.

Whoo-hoo!

- Aw, can I please be first?

I'm the one who wants to become an astronaut.

- [laughs]

Uh, you're on the Moon.

I think you're both already astronauts.

- Hey, you're right.

- We're both astronauts.

Yes!

- Whoo-hoo! - Yeah!

- Check this out, Sydney!

- Whoa!

- I'm flying!

- Whoa!

- [laughs] This is fun!

Yeah!

[laughter]

- Good one, Sean!

Come here, Sydney, check this out!

- You were right, Sean.

These craters are really deep.

But I still can't believe they were made by space rocks--

I mean asteroids.

- I don't see any falling right now,

but if one did fall, you'd see how they

make these craters.

[alarm blares]

- Hey, I heard something beeping.

- Does that mean it's dinnertime,

and we have to get back?

- Hmm.

Actually, it's an early warning

that an asteroid shower is coming our way.

- What?

- Yeah, so we should

probably get back to the wagon

sooner rather than later.

[alarm blares]

Hey, Mom, I saw the asteroid alarm.

- Oh, actually, that was the dinner bell.

- Oh, phew.

Good.

[alarm blares]

- And that is the asteroid alarm.

Back to the wagon, Jet.

- What?

- We're on our way.

- Tag. [laughs]

Bet you I'll be the first human back to the wagon.

- What? No!

I've got to be the first human at something.

- Wow!

What a great day.

I think having to hurry back to the wagon

to avoid an asteroid shower makes it even more exciting.

Don't you think?

- Yeah, way too exciting.

- It can never be too exciting.

- Okay, roll call.

- Sean here.

- Sydney here. - Jet here.

- Carrot here. - Oh, great!

Let's make like a leaf on a tree and get out of here.

- Wait, where's Sunspot?

[camera shutter clicks]

Sunspot! Come here, boy!

- Yeah, time's a-wasting, Sunspot.

- Whoo!

[laughter]

- Thank you, thank you very much.

[spaceship whirring]

Sunspot, that was close.

- Did it have to be that close? - Sure.

It'll make for a better story when I tell Mindy

and then write all of it in a book someday.

- Ooh, and look!

Whoa, look at that one.

- Okay, now I've seen it.

That's how come the Moon has craters.

I gets hit by asteroids.

- Told you.

- You were right, Sean,

but I got on the Moon first.

- Hello, birthday telescope.

I missed you.

Did you see us up there?

- Well, did you find out how come the Moon has craters?

- Oh, we did!

It gets hit by rocks from space.

- We learned their name by asking Face.

all: ♪ Asteroid! ♪

♪ Thank you, Face ♪

♪ You gave us the answer about the rocks from space ♪

♪ We're over the Moon ♪

♪ We're overjoyed ♪

- ♪ 'Cause now we know all about the asteroids ♪

[laughs]

- Do you remember the first time you ever saw a rainbow?

Hi, I'm astronomer Amy Mainzer.

I was about three years old when I first saw a rainbow,

and I remember just being stunned

by a beautiful arch of colors going across the sky.

With this glass prism,

I can split white light from the sun

into a rainbow of different colors,

but even all of these amazing colors that you see here

are just a tiny fraction of all the different kinds of light

that are in the universe.

It's just that our eyes can't see most of it.

Essentially, there's light beyond the rainbow.

You've already had tons of experience

with light that you can't see, even if you don't know it.

For example, if you've ever gotten a sunburn,

well, that's caused by ultraviolet light.

Ultraviolet is light that's bluer than the blue light

you see coming out of the prism here.

Or if you ever broken a bone and had to have X-rays taken,

X-rays are even bluer than ultraviolet.

On the other side of the spectrum,

there's light that's redder than red.

We call it infrared light.

If you've used a TV remote control,

well, that TV remote is using infrared light

to talk to the television.

If you keep going, there's even light

that's redder than infrared.

We call it microwaves.

This is the kind of light that your microwave oven

uses to cook food.

If we get all the way out beyond microwaves,

we get to the reddest light of all: radio waves.

Cell phones use radio waves to communicate.

So the next time you're eating some rainbow sherbet,

a personal favorite of mine, just remember,

there's a lot more light out there beyond the rainbow

than what your eyes can see.

- Okay, try over here, Sunspot.

- What are you guys doing?

- Digging holes, of course.

How about over there, Sunspot?

- Yes, we can see that, but why?

- I'm trying to help Sunspot find the remote control.

I thought it was his toy, but Mr. and Mrs. Propulsion

said it was important.

- It's nice of you to help Sunspot.

Did he bury it somewhere?

- Nope, I did.

Hey, I'm only four.

Live and learn. - Hi, guys.

How's the digging going, Mindy?

- Well, I didn't find the remote, Jet,

but if you're looking for holes, today's your lucky day.

- You know, this yard is starting to remind me

of the surface of the Moon.

- You mean, because it's full of holes

that remind you of the Moon's craters?

- No, I mean because it's full of holes

that remind me of the Moon's craters.

- Uh, that's what I said.

- Me too!

Great minds think alike!

- You know, this does look like the Moon.

And I was thinking, wouldn't it be cool

if we could actually live on the Moon?

- Sure, if by "cool" you mean "impossible."

- Impossible?

Why?

- Well, for one thing, the Moon's atmosphere

is not like Earth's.

In fact, there's very little atmosphere,

so we'd have to bring our own oxygen to breathe.

- Got it.

- Plus, the temperature

would be way too hot or too cold.

- Got it.

- And then, we'd need gravity.

It's pretty hard to walk on the Moon

when you're just bouncing around all loosey-goosey.

- Got it!

Anything else before we get started?

- Hey, guys?

We're not zipping off to the Moon now, are we?

- No, I think we can have our Moon adventure

right here in the yard.

- Phew!

- We can play Commander Cressida.

Here she is on the latest issue

of "Commander Cressida's Adventures,"

and here's her moon base.

Isn't it cool?

- Wow, I love it!

Great idea, Sydney.

Just one question.

Who's Commander Cressida?

- [gasps]

- You really aren't from around here, huh, Jet?

- Commander Cressida is the star of all my favorite comic books.

- Oh, so she's sort of like your--

uh, what's that Earth word-- um, hero.

- You can say that again.

Sydney even knows the "Commander Cressida"

theme song by heart.

- If you'd like me to sing it, I could.

[dramatic music]

♪ Commander Cressida ♪

♪ She is the best of the galactic astronauts ♪

♪ There's nothing she cannot ♪

♪ Commander Cressida ♪

♪ She's on the moons of Mars ♪

♪ Her boots are on the ground ♪

♪ Her head is in the stars ♪

♪ Fearless and curious with her space dog Sirius ♪

♪ Always in the chase ♪

♪ They'll surely win the race ♪

♪ 'Cause a kid's place is exploring space ♪

- Wow!

Commander Cressida is the best and the coolest.

And that gives me a great idea.

Sydney, are you thinking what I'm thinking?

- Uh-oh.

- Yep, if we can't build a moon base on the Moon,

we can build one on Earth.

- Really?

All right!

Now I won't even have to go past Jet's yard

to be on the Moon!

- You're forgetting one thing, guys.

It takes years and years to plan something like that.

Hey, where you going, Jet?

Did you hear me?

- I sure did.

I say we build first and ask questions later.

Who's with me?

- Me! - I am!

- Well, I'd rather ask questions now

and build later.

Who's with me?

Sunspot?

[sighs] Oh, fine.

Let's make a moon base.

- Yay!

We're all building together.

- Great, let's do it.

- Jet speed, here we go!

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

Ready to see our masterpiece?

Ta-da!

The first moon base on Earth!

- Whoa, we made that?

- It's not exactly a moon base.

It's more like an Earth shack.

- We can fix that.

This house can be a great moon base.

- How?

Would this moon base even survive on the Moon?

[creaking]

[thud]

Right now, I'm not even sure

it can survive in Jet's backyard.

- Sean, we can make all the things we need

if we believe in our imaginations.

I'll show you.

I'll be Commander Sydney.

Jet, you'll be General Jet.

- All right!

I like that.

- Who am I?

- Mindy, you're Major Mindy.

- That's right!

I am majorly Mindy.

- And Sean, you can be Sergeant Sean.

He's the one who knows all about the Moon.

- I always get the toughest jobs.

- Now I'll give you your Moon missions.

General Jet, you're first.

Your mission is to go into the moon base

and create an oxygen tank

so that we can breathe on the Moon.

- Into the moon base!

Here I go!

- Good luck, Jet.

General Jet, are you building a tank?

- Wow!

My imagination is fantastic!

I found all the Moon tools.

Let's see, what can I use for a tank?

Mm. Mmm!

Delicious!

I mean, yes, I think I've got it.

General Jet reporting with oxygen tank.

- Is that your oxygen tank?

- Are you sure it's not just a soda bottle

with a balloon attached?

- Huh, I guess it sort of is,

but you should have seen it in there.

- It's great, Jet; you did it.

[whispering] Remember, we all need

to use our imaginations for this to work.

- [whispering] I'm really trying.

It's just not scientific.

- I want to use my imagination.

Give me a mission, Commander Sydney.

- Okay, you're Major Mindy.

You've got an important mission.

You will build a thermometer

so we can measure the temperature

inside the moon base.

- Right, I'm building a thermometer.

- Good.

So what do you see around you that you can use?

- Uh, I see a teapot

and--and a teddy bear

and--and a Sunspot!

- Good, Mindy, but what do you see

that could help us?

- I see a lot of tools.

What do I need?

- Hmm, maybe a temperature dial.

And some sensors.

- Sydney--I mean, Commander Sydney,

I think we did it.

- Uh... - Excellent, Major Mindy.

Now, Sean.

You're next to go into the moon base.

And remember, use your imagination.

- Um, really neat thermometer, Mindy.

- Thanks, Sean.

- [whispering] See?

I'm not gonna say that it looks like

a tennis ball hanging from a spring.

- And it has another use.

Now Sunspot can play fetch,

and I don't have to chase the ball.

- [giggles]

[laughter]

- Okay, Sergeant Sean.

You can go in there now; it's your turn.

- Yeah, it's great in there, Sean.

There are space-age tools and all kinds of neat things.

- Finally.

What's my mission?

- You're gonna build a gravity calculator,

whatever that is.

- Cool! It's a device that helps

figure out how much gravity we have.

- One gravity thinga-ma-boo coming up, right, Sean?

- Wait a minute, guys.

I don't see anything.

I think my imagination is broken.

Look, you're telling me there's something there,

but can't you see that this is all just pretend?

- Sean, imagination is the most important tool we have.

- Yeah, just because you've never done it before

doesn't mean you can't do it now.

- Well, there's no moon base and no space tools,

and I know I can't build a gravity calculator

out of weeds and a lawn chair.

- You know what, Sean?

It's like Commander Cressida says.

To do it tomorrow, you have to imagine it today.

- Now that is a good one.

- Maybe you're right.

I do plan to be an astronaut and a space explorer,

and that will take imagination.

- Exactly, Sean.

Now go back in there

and be what you want to become.

I know you can.

- Go, Sean!

- Use your imagination!

- [sighs]

Wow, there's everything I need in here.

This is even better than I imagined.

[machine whirring and beeping]

Sydney, it worked.

I made a gravity calculator, and guess what.

I've never even seen one before.

Hey, everyone.

Come on in here.

- [gasps] This is wonderful, Sean.

- I love our moon base.

- Report to deck with the thermometer, Major Mindy.

Let's check weather conditions.

- Yes, sir, General Jet.

[rumbling]

- Hey! - Whoa!

- Careful, Sunspot.

You're digging under the moon base.

- Hey, he found it, guys.

Look!

Sunspot found the remote.

- What's it for?

- I think it came with the house.

I'll give it to my dad when we go inside.

[remote beeps]

[spaceship whirring]

[remote beeps]

[spaceship whirring]

[chattering]

[spaceship whirring]

- Hey, who started the house?

[remote beeps]

[crash]

- I guess it doesn't do anything.

I don't know why they wanted it back so badly.

- [sighs]

Hey, you found my remote.

Thank you.

- It was Sunspot, actually,

but you're welcome.

- Excellent moon base, kids.

I can really see what you're going for.

- Do you really think so?

- Oh, yes.

It looks like a lot of fun.

- You know what, Mr. Propulsion?

For a grown-up person,

you sure have a great imagination.

- Thank you, Mindy.

That's a huge compliment.

Imagination's a good thing, right?

- It really is!

Hey, we were just about to moonwalk

with our gravity regulator.

- Do you want to play moon base and moonwalk with us?

- Yeah, play with us, Dad.

We can use our--uh, what is it called?

all: Imagination!

- [laughs] Right!

We can all use our imaginations together.

- Great! [laughs]

Don't mind if I do.

Captain Carrot, ready for action.

- Setting dial to moonwalk.

- All right!

[all cheering]

- 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 the 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 them and get them ready

to go look at the night sky.

- ♪ Commander Cressida ♪

♪ She is the best of the galactic astronauts ♪

♪ There's nothing she cannot ♪

♪ Commander Cressida ♪

♪ She's from the moons of Mars ♪

♪ Her boots are on the ground ♪

♪ Her head is in the stars ♪

♪ Fearless and curious with her space dog Sirius ♪

♪ Always in the chase ♪

♪ They'll surely win the race ♪

♪ 'Cause a kid's place is exploring space! ♪