01x31 - A Simple Re-Quest

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♪ Once upon a future time ♪

♪ In a place called Stardust Bay ♪

♪ Countin' down to adventure now ♪

♪ Rockets on a mission, we're on our way ♪

♪ Space Racers ♪

♪ Surfing the solar winds ♪

♪ Space Racers ♪

♪ Together the fun begins ♪

♪ Way out where the planets, moons, and stars ♪

♪ All shimmer shine ♪

♪ Havin' a great time exploring ♪

♪ Space Racers ♪

Hey, wait for me!

♪

I wonder what super-secret mission

Coot is sending us on today!

What makes you think it's super-secret?

Why would he waste our super-skills

on anything else?

Ah, good.

You're here, cadets.

You're all on L.E.O.C. duty.

See? It's so super-secret,

I have no idea what it is!

It stands for "Low Earth Orbit Clean-up."

Fantastic!

I still have no idea what it is.

Your job today is to go up into space

and collect some of that space garbage

that's been floatin' around.

Awww, clean-up duty...again?

Yep. It's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it!

Which tools should we use, Coot?

Your scoopers, rakes, and nets ought to do the trick.

The right tools get the job done!

Hey, how do we deploy our nets?

They're activated by a square button

on your control panel.

This button?

No, the square one.

The square one, Hawk.

It's got four sides.

You know, like a square.

Oh, that square one!

No! Ahh!

Uh, I think we're supposed to wait

to open 'em up in space, Hawk.

Oops.

♪

Wow! It's like a floating junkyard up here.

Where'd it come from?

From old rockets and satellites,

and other old stuff.

Sometimes it just breaks up,

and sometimes...

[crashes]

...sometimes they crash into each other,

creating even more space junk!

♪ Now it's time to sweep it up ♪

♪ Heap it up ♪

♪ C'mon, keep on pickin' it up ♪

♪ Lose that mess, let's clean it up! ♪

♪ Clean it up, Clean it up ♪

♪ Clean it up, Clean it up ♪

♪ Clean it up, Clean it up ♪

♪ Clean it up, Clean it up, Clean it up! ♪

Wow! Eagle, that's not part of the song.

Whoa!

Look at that old space station.

It's not showing up on my charts. Ava?

Ava: I have no current records of this station.

Let me dig a little deeper.

Ah! It's from one of our early space programs:

the Quest One space station.

Has not been operational for years.

My data bank indicates it was put on a terminator cord.

Terminator? That sounds scary.

Ava: Some spacecraft are hooked up to a long cord.

After the spacecraft's work is finished,

the cord gently tugs it back towards Earth

a little faster than gravity would pull it.

When metal objects slowly re-enter our atmosphere,

they burn up.

Oh, so it's kind of like

throwing away the garbage.

Hawky, where you goin', buddy?

Hawk, come back!

Hey, it's just an old space station that's not working anymore.

All I know is,

I wouldn't want anyone putting

a terminator cord on me!

Uhhhh! Hawk, wait!

I don't think you should...

I wanna see what's inside.

What's going on?

I'm usually the one who rushes into things!

Wow! Thisiscool.

That must be the old control system.

What's that?

The control system

keeps a space station

pointed in the right direction.

Eagle, what are you doing?

Just experimenting.

Hmmm.

Every button is a different shape.

I wonder what each one does?

Eagle!

Eagle, I don't think she'd like that.

She?

The space station.

C'mon, Hawky.

It was your idea to come in here in the first place.

Anyway, you know what Coot says...

"If you don't experiment, you'll never learn anything."

Experimenting is fine,

but you have to be prepared

in case anything unusual happens.

[alarm sounds]

Like that!

Quest One: Rrrr...rrrrrr...report.

Uh...

We are Hawk, Eagle, and Robyn.

Quest One: Hawk.

Eagle. Robyn.

I see no mention of you in my database.

We're Space Racers!

Space Racers?

What are Space Racers?

Well, uh, we're students

at Stardust Space Academy,

and our mission is to explore the Solar System.

Quest One: That was my mission, as well--

To take pictures

and measurements of objects in our Solar System

and send them back to Earth.

Hi, I'm Hawk. What's your name?

I am the navigational computer

of the Quest One space station.

Ava: Questy, is that you?

Quest One: Ava? Come in, Ava!

You KNOW each other? Ava: Yes.

But it's been a long time.

Quest One: How is your operating system, Ava?

Ava: I've had a few upgrades

since we last spoke.

I'm now Version ..

Quest One: Oh!

Is that why I was reactivated?

To upload my new operating system? Uh...

Quest One: I knew you wouldn't forget me!

What's my next mission?

Let me check my guidance systems.

Questy, wait! I'm so sorry.

Quest One: Oh. I'm not being reactivated?

No, it's all my fault.

We were out here cleaning up space junk and...

Quest One: I see.

I'm just another piece of space junk.

That's not true.

Quest One: I accomplished my mission

and they shut me down.

I knew this day would come.

Now I'm headed towards Earth

to burn up in the atmosphere.

No wonder it's getting so hot in here.

Isn't there something we can do?

Ava: Negative, Cadet Hawk.

The cord is already beginning to do its job,

pulling Quest One closer to Earth.

We must exit immediately.

Questy, please open your escape hatch.

Quest One: Roger, Ava.

But we can't just leave Questy here to burn up!

I know. But if we don't,

we'll burn up along with her.

Uhhh!

Guys, I need your help.

It...must have... sealed...shut!

Please! Let me try.

Uhhhhh!

It...won't...open.

Quest One: I am sorry.

My old parts don't work like they used to.

If Questy can't open the hatch for us,

there's gotta be some way

we can open it ourselves!

Ava: Affirmative.

I will check my files

for the old instruction manual.

Searching... searching...

Ah, here it is.

There should be a small panel to the left of the hatch.

Got it!

Look, there's a key hole!

Now all we need is the key.

Hey guys, we've got our tools, remember?

They'll help us.

I bet my screwdriver arm can open the hatch.

Great idea, buddy!

Uh, wrong tool.

I'll try again.

Still the wrong shape.

We need a triangular tool!

Let's see...

A triangle has three sides.

Uhm...

I found it!

That's it! Yay!

Ava: Good. Now please exit immediately!

Yeah, "The right tools get the job done!"

Hawk?

Hawk, c'mon! We gotta leave now!

I can't.

Quest One: Hawk,

while I appreciate your concern,

you must go.

But...

Quest One: Hawk, go, now !

♪

Hawk, what are you doing?

Getting rid of the cord!

Then we can use our thrusters

to push Questy someplace safe!

But where?

I can't do everything.

Help me figure it out!

I know-- the graveyard orbit!

That sounds worse than a terminator cord!

It's just a really high orbit

where retired satellites can be safe.

Up there, they can't hurt themselves or anyone else.

Good!

Sounds...like...a...plan!

Whoops.

More space junk for us to clean up.

♪

Thanks, Eagle.

Okay, in , , , , .

Primary ignition!

Booster rockets?Engaged!

Oh...

Questy should be safe here.

Just a sec.

Questy, you'll be okay up here.

Quest One: Thank you, Hawk!

Well, uh, good-bye.

Quest One: Uh, Hawk?

Maybe we can play chess together some time.

It was the first game they taught me.

Ava could give you my e-mail address.

I'm not really good at chess.

How about Space Ranger Danger? It's awesome!

Quest One: You'll have to teach me.

No problem!

And I'm uploading some stuff

so you can have some fun up here.

I have all twelve seasons

of "The Captain Cosmos Show"

on my hard drive!

Quest One: Any episodes of "My Lunar Pony"?

I used to love that cartoon.

But that's for little kids!

Quest One: You have to remember,

I have a primitive operating system.

Oh, okay.

Well, I'll get Ava to send some up to ya.

Quest One: Thanks, Hawk.

Don't forget to e-mail me

when you get back to Earth.

You bet. Bye, Questy!

Captain Cosmos: Here we are, troopers!

The next stop on our deep-space adventure,

with me, Captain Cosmos!!!

♪