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This entire facilitys a centrifuge.

Some kind of vehicle.

A space station?

Both.

Plan A.

How do you get it off the ground?

The first gravitational anomalies changed everything.

Suddenly we knew that harnessing gravity was real.

So I started working on a theory and we started building this station.

But you haven’t solved it yet.

That’s why there’s Plan B.

The problem is gravity. How to get a viable amount of human life off the planet.

This is one way.

Plan B a population bomb.

Over 5,000 fertilized eggs weighing in at just under 900 kilos.

How would you raise them?

With equipment on board, we incubate the first 10.

After that, with surrogacy, the growth becomes exponential.

Within 30 years, we could have a colony of hundreds.

The real difficulty with colonization is genetic diversity.

This takes care of that.

But what about the people here?

You just give up on them?

My kids?

That’s why Plan A is a lot more fun.

How far have you got?

Almost there.

You’re asking me to hang everything on an almost.

I’m asking you to trust me.

Find us a new home.

And by the time you return, I will have solved the problem of gravity.

I give you my word.

Go away!

Murph.

Go!

If you’re leaving, just go.

This world was never enough for you, was it, Coop?

What, because heading out there is what I feel like I was born to do?

And it excites me?

No, that does not make it wrong.

It might.

Don’t trust the right thing done for the wrong reason.

The why of the thing, that’s the foundation.

And the foundations solid.

We farmers, we sit here every year when the rains fail and we say

Next year.

Well, next year ain’t gonna save us, nor the one after that.

This worlds a treasure, Donald, but its been telling us to leave for a while now.

Mankind was born on Earth, it was never meant to die here.

Tom will be all right, but you got to make things right with Murph.

I will.

Without making promises you don’t know you can keep.

You have to talk to me, Murph.

I need to fix this before I go.

Then Ill keep it broken so you have to stay.

After you kids came along, your mom said something to me I never quite understood.

She said, Now were just here to be memories for our kids.

And I think that now I understand what she meant.

Once you’re a parent, you’re the ghost of your childrens future.

You said ghosts didn’t exist.

That’s right, Murph.

Murph, look at me.

I can’t be your ghost right now.

I need to exist.

They chose me.

Murph, they chose me.

You saw.

You’re the one who led me to them.

That’s exactly why you cant go.

I figured out the message.

One word.

Know what it is?

Murph.

Stay.

It says, Stay, Dad.

Murph.

You don’t believe me.

Look at the books!

Look at this.

It says, Stay.

Why?

You’re not listening!

It says, Stay!

No, I’m coming back.

When?

One for you, one for me.

When I’m up there in hyper sleep, or traveling near the speed of light, or near a black hole times gonna change for me.

It’s gonna run more slowly.

When we get back were gonna compare.

Time will run differently for us?

Yeah.

By the time I get back, we might even be the same age, you and me.

What?

Imagine that!

Aw, Murph….

You have no idea when you’re coming back.

No idea at all!

Murph, don’t

Don’t make me leave like this.

Come on, Murph!

Don’t make me leave like this, Murph!

Hey…

…I love you.

Forever.

You hear me?

I love you forever, and I’m coming back.

I’m coming back.

How’d it go?

Fine.

Just fine.

I love you, Tom.

Travel safe, huh?

Yeah.

You look after our place for me, all right?

All right?

Uh-huh.

Hey, can I use your truck while you’re gone?

You mean your truck?

I’ll make sure they bring it back.

Look after my kids, Donald!

Go for main engine start.

T-minus 10…

Dad! nine

Dad!

eight

seven

Dad!

six

five, main engine start, four

three

two

one.

Booster ignition and….

All engines look good.

Beginning roll program.

Prepare for stage one separation.

Stage one.

There is Mach 1.

Everybody good?

Plenty of slaves for my robot colony?

They gave him a humor setting so he’d fit in better with his unit.

He thinks it relaxes us.

A giant sarcastic robot.

What a great idea!

I have a cue light I can use when I’m joking if you like.

That’d probably help.

You can use it to find your way back to the ship after I blow you out the airlock.

What’s your humor setting, TARS?

That’s 100 percent.

Let’s bring it on down to 75, please.

Stage two separation.