01x14 - Lunar Base Blackout

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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!

♪

Coach: Okay, cadets.

Since a night on the Moon lasts as long as two weeks on Earth,

we have to get used to racing in poor light conditions.

So we're gonna be using these light-up signs

to show you the way.Cool!

Now, the signs work by battery.

They're all controlled by computer

so that you can follow the course I've set.

You see, this one's pointing right...

and this one's left.

All you need to do is go where they're pointing.

Okay? Let's line up.

[whistle blows]

And watch those signs!

Left. Okay!

Turn right.

Got it!

Hey, wait! That moved!

Oh well, Coach did say to follow the signs.

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Uh...

[spitting]

Woo-hoo!

What a weird race.

Huh.

I know I'm good, but am I that good?

I guess I am. Ha!

Coach: And I said, "Now that's what I call a thruster."

Ha-ha, ha-ha-ha! Get it?

Huh? What are you doing here?

Oh, just waitin' for you to finish.

Ha-ha-ha-ha!

Hi-larious.

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Okay, guys, same time tomorrow.

The computer must be broken.

You're not still upset about losing, are you?

Coach said the computer controlled the signs.

And they were going crazy, so it must be broken.

You know I would've won otherwise.

[distant chatter]

Hey, what's that noise?

[ball bouncing, chatter]

Ooooh.

Owwww.

Watch it!

What happened to the lights in here?

We were playing Orb-O

and suddenly the lights started going crazy,

blinking on and off,

and then they all went dark!

So, what are you still doing here?

Finishing off the game.

My team's winning to !

Ha-ha. It's pretty tricky in the dark.

No lights, no signs -- nothing!

This is too strange!

Maybe Ava knows what's going on.

Ava? [static]

Ava, are you there?

[static]Uh-oh.

No Ava either!

There's no power anywhere.

Creepy.

We better go find Coach.

I know, the main computer is down.

The one that controls Ava up here

and everything else on the base?

Yeah. Our technicians are all away.

They flew off to fix some problem on Mars.

I've tried contacting Coot down in Stardust Bay,

but there's no communication anywhere.

See, it was the computer.

I knew I won that race!

Robot: Clean, clean, clean, clean, clean, clean, clean

clean, clean, clean, clean clean, clean, clean, clean.

Oh no. Here we go again.

Robot: I must clean, clean, clean, clean!

Hey! I'm already clean!

Hey! I must clean, clean, clean...

Without the computer they don't know what to do.

Another one challenged me

to a dusting competition a minute ago.

Robot: Must clean, clean, clean...

Come back, madam, I haven't finished!

I'm gonna send a messenger ship to Stardust Bay.

Meanwhile, you cadets look around,

maybe you can figure out what's wrong.

Sure thing, Coach!

Ohhh! I've never been so clean in all my life.

It isn't normal!

Ohhh, I can see myself on you.

Lookin' pretty cool, too!

C'mon, guys, we need to find out what's going on.

Isn't there an emergency power supply here,

like on the other stations?

You're right, there is.

It's in that room behind the hangar!

Whoa. These batteries are really old.

And really dead.

See? There's no power.

I guess no one ever needed them before.

We're gonna have to figure out

some other way, guys.

Let's go.

It's a good thing for everyone else

that we're still here, huh?

The Space Racers will save the day!

But how? We can't just make electricity.

Maybe not. But we can restore it.

We just have to figure out where it is...

Or where it was coming from.

Oh no! Here come those crazy robots again!

Quick, hide!

Robots: Clean, clean, clean, clean...

clean, clean, clean.

How does Stardust Bay make power?

It's beside the ocean, isn't it?

They use the waves to drive the machines,

which make electricity.

So all we have to do is find an ocean!

There's no water on the Moon.

Can anyone remember what we use on the Mars Campus?

Not waves, for sure --

there's no water on Mars, either.

We use the Martian wind.

They have these big propellers

and the wind turns them around

to make electricity.

Just like the waves do in Stardust Bay.

If we don't get this fixed soon

we won't be able to do anything!

No racing...

No lectures...

No "Captain Cosmos Show"?

Let's go find those wind things!

Hey, wait up!

I bet the propellers just got jammed.

They'll be easy to see from up here.

Guys!What's up, Robyn?

Don't you remember what happened

when Starling tried to fly her kite here?

Okay, I'm ready!

Let her go!

Oooohhh! [crying]

Oh, right, there's no wind on the Moon.

Yeah, she didn't stop crying

till we attached that booster rocket.

Hmm? I've got that "Space Racer Guidebook"

on my Space Tablet.

It's back at the base.

That'll tell us where to find a power source.

Great!

So where are we gonna look?

Let's see. Here we go...

This guidebook has never let me down.

Oooh-hoo-hoo-hoo! Oooh-hoo-hoo-ho!

Don't worry, Eagle. We'll get your tablet back when the power's on again

and they're all back to normal.

But we can't solve this problem without it.

Sure we can. We just have to think.

No wind, no water...

What other sources of power are there?

"The Sun is the source of all the energy in our Solar System".

Solar power! Of course!

Yeah, but we can't just run a wire from here to the Sun.

It's pretty far away.

About million miles, to be exact.

But we can collect energy from sunshine using solar panels!

I bet that's what they do here.

So let's look for solar panels!

They'll be in a sunny spot... like a desert!

It could take a lot of looking.

This whole place is a desert.

Hey, Hawky, I've been thinking about what you said

about running a wire.Eagle...

No, I mean, there must be some wires

that bring the electricity to the base.

So, if we find them and follow them...

We'll find the panels!

Exactly!

Space Racers away!

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Look, I bet that's it!

Let's follow that cable!

There's the Sun. We must be getting close.

This junk must have crashed down here

from an old space station or something.

It certainly pushed up a pile of dust.

It must've covered the solar panels.

That might be our problem.

If the panels are buried under all that Moon dust,

they're not getting any sunlight!

Hawk: Or making any electricity.

Right. Think you can dig 'em out, Hawk?

Sure thing!

Careful. We don't want to damage them

or we'll never get our power back.

Okay, then I'll blow the Moon dust off.

[inhales & blows]

[inhales & blows]

No, you won't.

Moon dust isn't like that. It's sticky.

[panting]

You're right. It's not shifting.

I know -- we're Space Racers, right?

Um, yeah.

So let's race!

You want to race now?

Hawk was just blowing the dust.

But we can blast it off with our jet streams.

Nice try, Eagle.

Wait, I've just remembered something.

The dust on the Moon has iron in it.

So it's even heavier to blow.

Yes. But iron is attracted to magnets.

So if we all use our magnets and turn them on high...

And race over the panels...

It might work.

And we'd be done in time for "Captain Cosmos"!

Great idea! Woo-Hoo! Oh yeah!

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It's working! Turn left a bit, Hawk.

One last bit, Robyn.

Spin. Spin!

Yesss!

We did it!!

[laughing]

Look at you!Look at you!

It's going to be so great to see the Moonbase all lit up again.

Awww... Oh, man...

Wow! Yeah! Alright!

Yeah!We did it!

Robot: Your tablet, Cadet Eagle.

Well done, Space Racers.

Looks like everything's finally back to normal!

Whew, I was worried

they were going to try to clean me again.

Clean you? Why yes, of course we can clean you!

Ahhhhhh! Clean, clean, clean, clean, clean, clean...

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