Embracing Uncertainty in Communication
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Say it with me: "I don't know.
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The Only Way Out Is In
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The only way out... is in.
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Earth's Survival in a Year at Stake
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In a year, everyone on Earth is dead.
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Earth Faces an Imminent Deadline
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Earth has a deadline
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Unrecognized Sacrifice and Its Consequences
Beck:
You know what makes me really, really angry? Bob, Serge, Braz, Zimsky. No one's every going to know what they did or why they died.
Josh:
Unless, it all got out somehow.
Beck:
That's unthinkable.
Josh: [they smile at each other]
Yeah.
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Challenges of Deploying Bombs in Extreme Conditions
Beck:
Hey guys, we're closing in on the inner core.
Josh:
The nukes are ready. The timers are on.
Beck:
Great. Let's start dropping them.
Zimsky:
No. The bombs are not built for these pressures. That's why they were in that pod. If you send them out now, out of that casing, they'll be crushed instantly.
Beck:
And I assume we have a plan D.
Josh: [Braz sighs]
Plan D is Virgil's compartiments. We put a nuke in each section of Virgil and then eject the individual sections. They should stay intact long enough for the nuke to go off.
Josh:
What?
Braz: [shows them an animation]
The Virgil is not designed to eject undamaged compartments. Okay, these are the ejection mechanisms holding each compartment in place. They're all connected by one master hydraulic gear, kind of like keys on a keyring. What we have to do, we have to unlock the piston. That will release the compartments so the bombs can be jettisoned.
Zimsky:
Where's the master gear?
Braz:
In the crawl space we used to get out earlier.
Zimsky: [frustrated]
Well, what the hell is it doing there?
Braz:
Look, I had this ship built in three damn months; I didn't think I'd deliberately be sabotaging her, I'm sorry!
Josh:
So one of us has to go in there.
Braz:
Correct.
Beck:
Into the crawl space, that has core fluid at over 9000 degrees?
Braz:
Yes.
Josh:
Can you flush it with liquid nitrogen?
Braz:
We don't have enough of it at this point.
Zimsky:
9,000 degrees. And our suits are built to withstand...?
Braz:
Half that, probably.
Zimsky:
Right, half that.
Josh:
So what you're saying is, whoever goes into that crawl space, is not coming back.
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The Irony of M.A.D. in Crisis
Zimsky:
M.A.D. Mutually Assured Destruction. A perfect acronym if ever there was one.
Josh:
Beautiful.
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Funding and Timeframe for Ship Operations
Serge Leveque:
Excuse me Dr. Brazzelton, when do you think the ship will be operational?
Dr. Ed Braz Brazzelton:
When I get my fabrication methods perfected, twelve... ten years. Ten years.
General Thomas Percell:
What would it take to get it done in three months?
Dr. Ed Braz Brazzelton: [laughing]
$50 billion, I...
General Thomas Percell: [deadpan]
Will you take a cheque?
Dr. Josh Keyes:
You should use a credit card. You get miles.
General Thomas Percell:
Hmm.
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Expert Opinions on Geological Uncertainty
Col. Robert Iverson:
People. Doctors Zimsky and Keyes? You guys are our resident geophysicists, so what do you make of this?
Dr. Conrad Zimsky:
The mantle is a chemical hodgepodge of, a, variety of elements...
Dr. Ed Braz Brazzelton:
Say it with me: "I don't know.
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Leadership Requires Accountability and Tough Decisions
Col. Robert Iverson:
Being a leader isn't about ability. It's about responsibility.
Maj. Rebecca Childs:
Got it, sir.
Col. Robert Iverson:
No you don't, Beck. I mean, you're not just responsible for the good ones. You've got to be responsible for the bad ones. You've got to be ready to make the shitty call.
Maj. Rebecca Childs:
What makes you think I'm not?
Col. Robert Iverson:
Because you're so damn good. You haven't hit anything you couldn't beat. I mean, hell, you were the one who figured out how to save the space shuttle. You made me, you made the rest of NASA just look like an ass. It's just you're used to winning... and you're not really a leader until you've lost.
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