For All Mankind

You know, he used to read this to me when I was a kid.

Wait, he did?

Yeah. I loved it.

I'd never heard a story like that before.

I bet.

I think it's bullshit

we don't get to give him at least, like, a little memorial service.

I know.

I just wish we could honor him, you know?

Send him off in the right way.

We will.

When things get back to normal.

Here.

Go through these.

Do you think...

That he's still, like...

I mean, do you believe in...

You know, like...

- Heaven? - Yeah.

You know,

I don't think there's some magical place in the clouds

where all the ghosts hang out.

All right.

But I really do think that

the people who have passed on...

They stay with us.

They guide us.

Alex?

You guys should come see this.

Why do you wanna join the Off-Planet Expeditionary Force?

OPEF is where the best of the best are, sir.

Your commanding officer seems to think that you put in for a transfer to

avoid the consequences of some problematic behavior.

Problematic behavior?

Like me being the top rifle expert at MCT?

She says you have a tendency to isolate.

That you don't socialize with the other members of your unit.

Because they're a bunch of drunks, sir.

I see you've attended three different high schools, and been suspended twice.

Can you explain why?

Houston's school system's a war zone.

Some tweakers tried to start a fight. I finished it.

Then the bleeding-heart principals blamed me.

With all due respect, sir, what does this have to do with me joining OPEF?

Unit cohesion.

You'll be confined in tight spaces with the other members of your unit

for extended periods of time,

and you won't be able to just open a door and walk off your frustration.

I can handle that, sir.

Do you have any diagnosed or undiagnosed history of depression?

I don't do depression, sir.

I leave that to the philosophy majors.

Why did you take your stepfather's last name?

I didn't, sir.

My mother changed my name.

What kind of relationship did you have with your biological father?

He died when I was a baby.

I don't remember a thing about him.

As far as I'm concerned, my father is Tom Jarrett, sir.

Do you worry you might share some of his traits?

I hope so. He raised me.

I wasn't talking about your stepfather.

I meant astronaut Daniel Stevens.

He's not my father.

Almost ready?

Don't wanna be late for your first day.

You don't think, like...

You don't think Grandpa would think I'm playing it safe, do you?

Alex, your grandfather didn't spring from the womb as an admiral.

He started out swabbing decks just like everyone else.

You gotta start somewhere, and it doesn't have to be forever, okay?

Just...

give the job a few weeks, see if you like it. That's all I ask.

Okay. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

You told Dev I didn't want any special treatment, right?

Yes, Alex. For the millionth time, I did.

Okay.

I'm gonna be home late tonight.

We're running sims for the Titan landing.

Okay.

Wait, wait. Hold on.

Here.

What's that?

Here.

I found it in Grandpa's stuff.

Wow.

Gosh, I haven't seen this since...

I don't even know when.

I was thinking you should take this with you

to Titan when you leave next week.

You could name a mountain,

or a methane lake or something after Grandpa.

You know?

I love that idea.

I will.

Once you log in, you will access this database.

You will parse these records from the last eight years,

extract the personal energy consumption figures,

and run them through this conversion program.

- Can you do that? - Yeah, yeah, yeah. I ca...

- Yes, ma'am. - I prefer Ms. Joshi.

Right, right. Ms. Joshi.

Just to say, by the way.

Whatever I can do to help the team, I will.

I just wanna be treated like everyone else here.

Why would I give you special treatment?

No...

Sorry. No. I'm sorry, I'm saying you shouldn't.

If you need any assistance, you can ask your colleagues.

Right.

Thank you.

Vestibule leak check is good.

Hopper 17, T-minus 60 seconds to Mars descent.

Hopper 17, Phoenix. Proceed with undocking.

Request clearance for separation.

Max Q, 679 mass at 1.07.

Prop ISO valves open.

RCS thrusters enabled.

Hopper 17, you are clear for separation

and Mars descent.

Copy, Phoenix.

Undocking successful.

Firing RCS thrusters at 15%.

Beginning rotation.

You are clear of departure vector 325.

Roger. Departure vector 325.

Holy fuck.

Aleida.

How was the trip?

A fucking month in zero-G.

I'm still feeling a little wobbly.

People usually spend more time on Phoenix getting reacclimated to the gravity.

Well, we don't have time to waste.

Very true.

I'm really on Mars.

I can't believe it.

Well, you ready for a walk?

Come on.

I could use a drink.

That can be arranged.

Mr. Ayesa, what can I do for you?

Nothing, I'm just looking for this guy.

Look at you.

A working man.

- How you getting on? - Good.

Ms. Joshi's been great.

Come up to my office, there's something I wanna talk to you about.

Yeah. Yeah.

The high-speed maglev train runs along the side here.

There's a baseball field,

and check out the beach.

- The what? - It's actually built over

the refuse processing facility.

The energy created from the incinerator underneath powers the waves.

That is brilliant.

Yeah.

Thought you'd like that.

You know, that's the whole idea of this place.

When you're inside, one of its million residents,

you might as well be in London or Copenhagen.

Meru's food, life support and power

will be completely self-sustaining using entirely local resources.

Everything manufactured here on Mars.

We will no longer be reliant on

the inefficient shipments of supplies from Earth.

Truly

in control of our own destiny.

Wow.

This looks so perfect.

Almost too perfect.

Too perfect?

I don't know. I mean, like, too planned.

You know, too complete.

I mean, there's no room for people to make it their own, you know?

It's dangerous to give people too many options.

It confuses them.

Yes, but this isn't a ship or a computer, it's a home.

Okay... When I was... When I was little, yeah,

my mom hated how claustrophobic the pods were.

So she tore off the cabinet doors and filled them with

our books and my toys and other stuff from Earth.

I don't know. I...

Okay, maybe you could make parts of the base like more modular,

more flexible, like the hab walls.

Even the public spaces.

I mean, you could give it a little more breathing room. You know?

Like, make... I don't know, really make people feel like they're free.

I... I...

Sorry.

That was a stupid idea. Sorry.

No, it's a good point.

But that's not a simple change though.

Something like that, the redesign, resourcing material, delays...

That's several million dollars at least.

Oh, shit.

I'm sorry. I didn't mean...

But if you can come up with an affordable plan

for flexible living spaces,

I'll make the change.

I mean... Well...