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SKY TRACKERS
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Episode 16
"ICE BALLS"
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- Hey, Nik.
- Hang on.
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You know,
there's something up there.
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Yeah, I know.
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Mike!
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Seen the little green men.
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Wow, I think it's a comet.
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What's so good about
a dirty big ice ball, anyway?
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It's vaporising.
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You're watching ice melt.
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No, it's definitely not a star.
I think it's got a tail.
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And whiskers,
and big floppy ears.
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So, where is our astronaut?
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Still packing his suitcase,
I think.
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Boy, I'd love to be
going with him.
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But somebody's got to keep
tabs on Vespucci
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while Tony's in space.
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Sweat and tears and muscles,
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that's what stands between
you and space, Frank.
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Come on, Tony wasn't that
super feet a couple of months ago.
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No, but he is now.
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Mum, I've got to get
to Mount Ibis.
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Excuse me?
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Oh, sorry, Mr. Giles.
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Mum, it's important.
I found a comet.
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Well, I think it's a comet.
It sure looks like one.
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But I need to get to a stronger
telescope to see if it's got a tail.
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Can you take me now?
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Nikki, Tony's leaving tomorrow.
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We have to say goodbye
to him properly.
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I can't just leave my guests.
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They're scientists,
they'll understand.
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You can't use the observatory
tonight, it's booked.
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Bummer.
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Oh, shut up.
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- Where's your father?
- Who cares?
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Pardon?!
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I'll go and find him.
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Hey, Dad!
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Everyone's waiting for ya.
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Can you find me a clean shirt?
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Unbelievable.
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It looks a mess,
but I'm organized.
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Will this do?
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Yeah, that's fine, thanks.
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Now while I'm away
I want you to eat over at Marie's.
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Yeah, I know.
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House rules still apply.
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What? No all-parties?
Had a mole lined up?
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I'm serious.
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You either trust me
or you don't.
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I just want to make sure
you're all right.
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You don't have to go
through this stuff again.
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You're never around anyway.
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I probably won't even notice
you're gone.
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What would it take to get
a booking at the observatory?
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A miracle.
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I'd sell my soul.
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Can we stop
this comet talk, please?
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Mum.
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Tony.
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Uh-huh?
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How do you eat in space?
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Well, the, uh...
same as you do on earth.
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But doesn't it float around?
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Nope. Despite zero gravity
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most things you can eat
with an ordinary fork and spoon.
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The surface tension
and stickiness
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keeps the food together.
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What about when you
need to go to the lob?
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Maggie!
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Don't you have any
contacts at Mount Ibis?
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Yes, quite a few.
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Nikki!
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Mum, this can't wait
till next week.
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Or next month.
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What about I make
a phone call?
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- Would you?
- Sure.
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That'd be great.
Thanks.
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Tony, do you want
to see my comet?
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Can you please
show some manners?
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No, no, no, there's
nothing I'd rather do.
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Science waits for no man.
Or woman.
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Have you allowed
for the rotation of the Earth?
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Because I can't see it.
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You must be looking
in the wrong place.
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It's just about Venus.
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It's disappeared.
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Nature composes its finest
poems for the telescope.
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So keep looking.
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I'm not going crazy.
I saw it.
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Urban magnitude 6.
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For a man who's about
to blast off into space,
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you look remarkably calm.
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Aren't you excited?
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Yes... and no.
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The yes is obvious,
but the no part...
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Mike.
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Don't worry about Mike.
We'll look after him.
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You worry
about your job up there.
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Yes.
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<i>The man's reach
should exceed its grasp,</i>
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<i>or what's a heaven for?</i>
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Why are you quoting
Browning to me?
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I don't know what else to say.
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You could try your own words.
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Well...
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thanks for the party,
for everything.
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For, uh... being a good friend.
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Good luck.
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Though I have a quote for you.
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<i>A man gazing on the stars</i>
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<i>is at the mercy
of the puddles on the road.</i>
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Nikki, we've got it.
7 o'clock tomorrow night.
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Half an hour.
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Oh, wow!
Thanks, Mr. Giles.
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Hi.
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What's your excuse?
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You want add one?
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You walked out on me
last night.
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I was frosting out
by an ice ball.
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See? Frost-bite.
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You want me to warm
them up for you?
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Missed your chance.
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Hey!
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I'm going to Mount Ibis tonight.
Do you want to come?
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Do I get to see your comet?
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Sure, you do.
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What happen
soon you'll find it?
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I've got to identify it
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and get it registered
before anyone else does.
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I can't figure it out.
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Well, it's simple.
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Every person who discovers
a comet gets it registered...
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No, no. Us.
You and me.
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Well, now you're into science.
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You know what I think
about science.
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Yeah, you gave that pretty clear.
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Well, how come I like you?
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Well, that's obvious.
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You're attracted
to a higher intelligence.
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Opposites attract.
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Thanks.
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I'll be the brilliant mad scientist
and you can be my assistant.
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So I have to change
my name to Egor?
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Come on, Egor.
Together we will rule the world.
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The universe!
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The word comet comes from
the Greek word, <i>kometes,</i>
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meaning long-haired.
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Haven't you heard, Steve?
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The nucleus is
the bright part of the head.
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It's made up of dust,
stones, and gases or ices.
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If a nucleus was, say,
one kilometer wide
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and the comet hit the earth,
it would be more powerful
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than every single nuclear weapon
exploding simultaneously.
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Which is nothing
to what I'm going to do
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if Steve doesn't put
a sock in it.
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Go on, Nikki.
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The tail of a comet
is the best bit.
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It gets longer, wider and brighter
as it moves towards the sun.
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This is because
the gases vaporise...
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Sorry.
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...and are blown back
by solar winds.
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Some tales can be up to
150 million kilometers long.
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What have you got there,
Mike?
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Nothing.
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Well, I don't want to see
anymore nothing circulating
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in the classroom
or the rest of the day.
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Now you're all on notice.
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Hey, he's got the touch.
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Mr. Hotlips, himself.
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So what's your secret, Mickey?
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Meet me tonight,
and I'll treat you right.
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He's a love machine.
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Excuse me, why?
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- He kisses sky.
- You mean he kissed Nikki?
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I can feel it.
Can you feel it?
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Lurve is in the air.
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What's going on, Nikki?
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What do you mean?
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Did you say anything
to anyone about us?
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No. Of course not.
I haven't told a soul, have I?
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No, of course not.
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Have you told Lisa?
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Well...
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I thought we weren't
going to tell anyone.
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I didn't blab.
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Well, somebody must have.
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Yes, somebody must have!
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I promised
I didn't tell anyone.
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She just wrote it all down
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- in her diary.
- What?
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You've wrote it all down
in your diary?
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You've read my diary?
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Did you read her diary?
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Most of it's really boring,
but the bits about Mike and Nikki...
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Boy, that stuff
gets pretty raunchy.
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You're dead meat!
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Hey, Nikki,
now that it's all off with Mike,
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how about you and I
getting together?
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I'll bring my guitar.
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Shut up, Bruce!
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Why? That's it to you?
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Yeah, what are ya?
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Hey, hey, hey, come on!
Stop, stop, stop.
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All right, show is over.
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Nice one, Bruce.
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Don't worry about it, Nikki.
It'll be old news in a couple of days.
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This will be hot gossip
for weeks!
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Nikki, there's a note here.
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"Darling, gone to Melaleuca,
sorry can't take you to Mount Ibis.
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Try Mr. Giles or Elfie.
Love, Mum."
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Well, terrific!
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<i>Hi, Nikki.</i>
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<i>What's the big idea?</i>
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Don't blame me,
blame the locusts.
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This is swarm of them
heading towards Melaleuca.
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Will you be back for tonight?
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<i>Yes, but I could be too late
to take you to the observatory.</i>
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<i>You'll have to find some
other way of getting there.</i>
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My ETA at Melaleuca is
17:00 hours.
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Oh, I've got some pictures
coming through of the plaque path.
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Could you fax 'em to me
at the airfield, please.
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Yeah, okay, Mum.
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<i>I'm sorry, darling.
I really am.</i>
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<i>Good luck tonight. See you.</i>
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Yeah, bye.
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Where are you going? Hey!
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Sorry, Nik, we can't help you.
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We're expecting a group of students
and we're gonna be flat out.
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Can't you change the booking?
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No. It has to be tonight.
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Mike's freaked out.
Mum's flown off
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and now I'm gonna miss
my comet
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because I'm too young
to drive a car.
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Why can't I be 17?
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You're having enough trouble
being 13.
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It's not my fault.
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- Wanna know what I think?
- No, not really.
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You're a nerd
for blabbing to Lisa.
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And she is an even bigger chook
for not hiding her diary.
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If I were you,
I got suck up to him.
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I've got more important
things to do.
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Oh, you full of it.
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It's getting late.
I was worried I might miss you.
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I was hoping we might
have time for a talk, but...
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I'm not stopping you.
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Yeah.
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We haven't had much success,
have we?
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Nope.
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Look, maybe when I get back
we could try a bit harder, huh?
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I thought you'd be over
at Nikki's?
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That's the last place
you'd find me.
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Oh. You two had a fight?
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No, we just got engaged.
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Want to talk about it?
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Yeah.
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You're just about to orbit in your
tin can and you want to talk now?
260
00:12:46,785 --> 00:12:49,528
Why can't you be a normal dad?
261
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The other kids' fathers,
they don't act like you.
262
00:12:53,536 --> 00:12:55,758
I might as well
not have a father.
263
00:12:55,798 --> 00:13:01,417
And I don't care
whether you come back or not.
264
00:13:03,190 --> 00:13:06,245
Gee up! Gee!
265
00:13:20,460 --> 00:13:24,117
Mum? Nikki. That's all of it.
I've got to go. Over.
266
00:13:24,157 --> 00:13:27,427
Wait, Nikki. Please say
my goodbyes to Tony.
267
00:13:27,467 --> 00:13:29,248
Give him a kiss from me.
268
00:13:29,288 --> 00:13:31,750
<i>What sort of a kiss?
Over.</i>
269
00:13:31,790 --> 00:13:33,628
One on the cheek will do.
270
00:13:33,668 --> 00:13:37,077
Tell him I wish
I could be there. Bye.
271
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<i>Bye. I run out.</i>
272
00:13:40,367 --> 00:13:44,080
- Can I come?
- No.
273
00:13:49,275 --> 00:13:51,187
Wait!
274
00:13:51,227 --> 00:13:53,617
Wait for me!
275
00:13:53,657 --> 00:13:55,980
I need a lift
to the Mount Ibis turn-off.
276
00:13:56,020 --> 00:13:58,577
Oh. Okay.
277
00:13:58,617 --> 00:14:04,280
Oh! When I discovered this comet,
I'll say it was all because of you.
278
00:14:05,570 --> 00:14:08,162
Isn't Mike coming?
279
00:14:08,202 --> 00:14:11,800
No, I don't think so.
280
00:14:18,775 --> 00:14:21,178
I know.
281
00:14:21,218 --> 00:14:24,845
Look, Mike, I'm really sorry.
282
00:14:24,885 --> 00:14:27,328
You shouldn't have said
anything to anybody.
283
00:14:27,368 --> 00:14:30,406
Aren't you gonna see
your dad off?
284
00:14:30,446 --> 00:14:32,098
No.
285
00:14:32,138 --> 00:14:34,888
Talk about selfish.
286
00:14:34,928 --> 00:14:36,030
Look, butt out, Nikki!
287
00:14:36,070 --> 00:14:37,929
You can't just let him leave
and not be there...
288
00:14:37,969 --> 00:14:39,225
Well, it's his choice!
289
00:14:39,265 --> 00:14:41,851
He wants to go.
He wants to be famous.
290
00:14:41,891 --> 00:14:43,527
His work always comes first
291
00:14:43,567 --> 00:14:46,377
and everyone and everything
else comes second.
292
00:14:46,417 --> 00:14:48,366
That's the way it is.
293
00:14:48,406 --> 00:14:51,210
But that doesn't mean
I have to like it.
294
00:14:55,770 --> 00:14:59,480
He's not coming.
295
00:15:36,175 --> 00:15:38,860
Mr. Giles, did you really
play in a band once?
296
00:15:38,900 --> 00:15:39,860
Yeah.
297
00:15:39,900 --> 00:15:44,128
Well, astronomy is one thing,
but rock and roll will never die.
298
00:15:44,168 --> 00:15:47,467
You should have seen Frank
when I first met him at university.
299
00:15:47,507 --> 00:15:52,118
Slicked-back hair, sunglasses.
Used to play on the weekends.
300
00:15:52,158 --> 00:15:54,567
Instead of studying.
301
00:15:54,607 --> 00:15:58,398
Remember that tune, um...
Telstar you used to do?
302
00:15:58,438 --> 00:16:00,068
I certainly do.
303
00:16:00,108 --> 00:16:02,367
Telstar was a satellite,
wasn't it?
304
00:16:02,407 --> 00:16:04,000
Yeah. One of the first.
305
00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:06,327
There was a tune at the time,
very popular.
306
00:16:06,367 --> 00:16:08,280
Every band did a cover of it.
307
00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:12,287
Cool, Mr. Giles.
Show us what you did.
308
00:16:12,327 --> 00:16:14,670
Go on, Frank.
309
00:16:26,590 --> 00:16:28,408
Don't get too close
310
00:16:28,448 --> 00:16:31,047
to any of those
brown dwarf stars.
311
00:16:31,087 --> 00:16:35,568
I'll just ask them where's
the missing part of the universe.
312
00:16:35,608 --> 00:16:37,577
400 kilometers up there.
313
00:16:37,617 --> 00:16:40,358
You're gonna be looking
down on us.
314
00:16:40,398 --> 00:16:42,820
We've got company.
315
00:17:33,410 --> 00:17:38,270
"MT Ibis Observatory, 200 m"
316
00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:52,457
I'll be back to pick you up
in a couple of hours.
317
00:17:52,497 --> 00:17:53,788
Good luck with your comet.
318
00:17:53,828 --> 00:17:55,737
Thanks.
319
00:17:55,777 --> 00:17:57,947
See ya later when your
legs are straighter.
320
00:17:57,987 --> 00:18:00,280
I hope you find your comet, too.
321
00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:01,767
So do I.
322
00:18:01,807 --> 00:18:03,977
Tell if you see it zoom
pass the Shuttle.
323
00:18:04,017 --> 00:18:07,095
I'll do better than that.
I'll lean out and grab it for you.
324
00:18:07,135 --> 00:18:10,840
You could be the first cosmic
cowboy. Mike could like that.
325
00:18:14,225 --> 00:18:15,854
That's from Mum.
326
00:18:15,894 --> 00:18:19,985
And this one's from me.
327
00:18:22,870 --> 00:18:25,760
Look after Mike for me.
328
00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:30,096
I miss you.
All of you.
329
00:18:30,136 --> 00:18:32,810
You're a good scientist, Nikki.
330
00:18:36,780 --> 00:18:42,065
You're gonna be
the first person on Mars.
331
00:19:17,970 --> 00:19:19,970
Hi, Mike.
332
00:19:20,010 --> 00:19:21,319
Hi, Maggie.
333
00:19:21,359 --> 00:19:22,857
So, did you see Nikki?
334
00:19:22,897 --> 00:19:25,067
Yeah, I've seen her.
335
00:19:25,107 --> 00:19:26,860
Did she apologise?
336
00:19:28,070 --> 00:19:30,557
She tried,
337
00:19:30,597 --> 00:19:32,898
but I think I was a bit
rough on her.
338
00:19:32,938 --> 00:19:34,635
She deserved it.
339
00:19:34,675 --> 00:19:37,566
Nikki can be
really dumb sometimes.
340
00:19:37,606 --> 00:19:39,932
It's over now.
341
00:19:39,972 --> 00:19:43,015
Between you and Nikki?
342
00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:47,517
Well, I'm still here.
343
00:19:47,557 --> 00:19:49,880
I won't always be 9, you know.
344
00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:51,187
You're a dag.
345
00:19:51,227 --> 00:19:53,587
Well, nine-year-olds
are people, too.
346
00:19:53,627 --> 00:19:55,714
Oh, Mum's back.
347
00:19:55,754 --> 00:19:58,617
We're gonna go over and see Nikki.
Want to come?
348
00:19:58,657 --> 00:20:01,032
Nah. I think I'll give it a miss.
349
00:20:01,072 --> 00:20:04,225
Oh, come on.
350
00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:10,340
She didn't mean to hurt you.
351
00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:20,627
Right ascension
22 hours 43 minutes.
352
00:20:20,667 --> 00:20:24,649
Declination
minus 10 degrees 15.
353
00:20:24,689 --> 00:20:27,390
- Excited?
- I'm shaking.
354
00:20:41,180 --> 00:20:45,240
It's there!
Wow, it's really there!
355
00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:47,890
Look.
356
00:20:50,790 --> 00:20:54,605
Well, I truly believe you're right.
357
00:20:54,645 --> 00:20:56,207
Hi, Nik!
358
00:20:56,247 --> 00:20:58,108
Did you find it?
Any luck?
359
00:20:58,148 --> 00:20:58,938
Yes!
360
00:20:58,978 --> 00:21:01,820
Come and have a look.
361
00:21:03,230 --> 00:21:08,085
I can see its tail.
Mum, have a look.
362
00:21:09,490 --> 00:21:11,467
Is Mike with you?
363
00:21:11,507 --> 00:21:13,410
No. He didn't want to come.
364
00:21:14,775 --> 00:21:17,227
What are you going to call
your comet?
365
00:21:17,267 --> 00:21:19,237
I don't know.
Maybe I won't call it anything.
366
00:21:19,277 --> 00:21:20,787
You have to call it something.
367
00:21:20,827 --> 00:21:22,317
Yeah, Tony, goodbye
and good luck.
368
00:21:22,357 --> 00:21:25,367
Well, that was Tony
at Sydney Airport.
369
00:21:25,407 --> 00:21:29,587
NASA and the stars have claimed
him for the next couple of weeks.
370
00:21:29,627 --> 00:21:31,860
Well, since Tony
is gonna be up there,
371
00:21:31,900 --> 00:21:34,211
maybe he can name
the comet for me.
372
00:21:34,251 --> 00:21:38,780
Perhaps he'll bring it back
home with him.
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