Impact (2009): Season 1, Episode 2 - Episode #1.2 - full transcript
Easy. You okay?
I think so.
You speak English.
We need to close this.
What was that?
It was the Moon.
- Is that okay?
- Yeah.
Get outside.
I'll check for other survivors.
Can you walk?
Yeah. I think so, yeah.
We need to find help.
- They're not gonna find us here.
- Yeah.
High-tech crap.
We're leaving.
I thought they were picking us up.
Well, something
must have happened.
Your father wants you there with him
in Washington.
Seems like he wants you there
pretty badly.
But, Grandpa, I thought
you never leave your domain.
Yeah.
Get your bags.
We're taking the boat.
Nearly 20 percent of the country
is in total blackout.
Power, phone, cellular.
Back-up generators
are the only power they have.
Europe is much worse.
Germany's back online.
Alex.
We're still getting quite a lot
of residual interferences here.
Our systems are reading another
influx of electromagnetic energy.
We're seeing it now.
We're just not getting any levels.
We've lost too many towers
to make any accurate measurements.
But it seems that the surges
are getting stronger.
Alex, can you hear me?
It's rolling into North America.
Only 20 miles to the freeway.
Homeland Security
has issued a safety warning...
...for all states across...
- power level and forcing hospitals
and other emergency...
- Go.
- Go.
Go, Grandpa.
- Grandpa.
- Hurry, Grandpa.
- It's catching up.
- Hold on.
Holy...
- Grandpa!
- Hold on.
Hang on, kids.
Is it over?
This round.
Anything?
The entire area is dark.
The E.I.U. Knows the situation.
They're sending people.
She would've been in that train.
I've got to know where that is.
We're operating on one landline.
We can't get through to anybody.
I'm going myself.
Roland.
This just came in.
They want you in Washington.
They've sent a hardened
military transport.
- Washington?
- They're assembling a conference.
Everybody.
It has been requested
by the chancellor that you attend.
Martina is still out there, Franz, I...
- I gotta know that she's okay.
- Hey, I will make sure of it.
- And that the president
doesn't want to speak prematurely...
...until he has had a chance
to speak to emergency officials.
Now, we're just now getting
the first unedited footage.
The first images coming back
from the hardest hit areas.
Okay, we are just outside the town
of Long Lake, Minnesota...
...where the surge here
was quite strong.
Now, myself and my crew
were secured to the ground...
...but it was still
incredibly frightening.
I just need you, Jim,
to pan over here.
You can see people here
with broken bones...
...cuts and scrapes,
some far worse than that.
Now, most of this area
is without power...
...but we are being told,
as you can see behind me...
...that emergency crews
and the National Guard...
...from outlying areas
are trying to help.
This is just unbelievable, and we
will continue to bring you more...
At this time, we cannot be certain
when or if another event will occur.
Therefore, I am invoking
presidential emergency powers.
Air and train travel
will remain suspended.
Curfews will be in effect.
Emergency services will continue
to function as best they can.
Homeland Security
will coordinate with local agencies...
...to ensure that food, water, clothing
and necessary goods remain available.
Looters, hoarding
and price gouging...
...will be dealt with
swiftly and harshly.
Where's Grandpa?
Grandpa?
Grandpa, are you okay?
And you wonder why I don't drive.
After the near miss
of XL1 asteroid in 1994...
...engineers were commissioned
to develop a way...
...to deflect any future
near-earth objects.
Now, one idea was to detonate
nuclear weapons...
...in the path
of an incoming asteroid.
If the explosion nudged the asteroid,
even a fraction...
...its altered trajectory would multiply,
sending it safely past.
That was considering
millions of miles.
It wouldn't take much of a nudge...
...if we use the brown dwarf
to our advantage.
With the right calculations
and distance from Earth...
...the brown dwarf becomes our ally.
We give the Moon a nudge
in the right direction...
...and its new greater mass will be
drawn towards the Sun instead of us.
The Sun's gravity will put it
into a new safe orbit.
Okay, even if this theory works,
I thought it was not possible...
...to get conventional
nuclear weapons into space.
- With CT6, they can.
- What's C T6?
It's a converted Atlas V rocket
designed to deliver nukes into space.
And it exists now?
To the best of our knowledge,
it does, yeah.
Well, a lot of parameters, which
would have to be worked out, but...
Excuse me.
- Hello.
- Maddie, I know everything.
Thirty odd days and counting.
Meet me down by the river walk.
It's about four blocks from you.
David.
Thanks for coming.
I don't have much time.
I guess that goes for everyone.
You got your information wrong.
Then why are you here?
To make sure
you don't print the wrong story.
We were married for 10 years, Maddie.
I know when you're lying.
Funny, because I never knew
when you were.
I'm not lying now.
I got it from a White House
staff member.
I just can't believe this information
is being withheld from the public.
So I need you, face-to-face,
you tell me I got it wrong.
Amazing.
Even if the world
were coming to an end...
...all you're concerned about
is your story.
Look, I care about the truth.
Look, it's not just the story.
I need to know if I have a month to live.
I need to know that.
You can't print a story
like this, David.
Try and imagine the consequences.
That's exactly
what I'm trying not to imagine.
You got it wrong.
We thought we were in trouble...
...but the Moon has re-attained
a stable orbit.
You're no good at it.
You can't lie.
You never could.
Don't do it, David.
For once in your life,
try and show a little decency.
Hold up, guys.
Jake, check your cell phone again.
Nothing.
Not a car in sight.
Come on, let's keep walking.
We'll be all right.
Any word?
No.
They haven't even reached
the house yet.
It's amazing, you know.
We have such incredible technology.
My 10-year-old can beam this to me
from across the country...
...and still,
nothing we can come up with...
...will even hold a candle
to Mother Nature.
Still drink coffee?
Oh, yeah.
This?
Why not?
It's funny,
I remember when I was a kid...
...went away to camp for a month.
God, a month seemed like an eternity
back then.
You know, Maddie, if it is over,
we should be with our families.
It's not over, Alex. This could work.
You sharing?
Yeah, grab a cup.
Thank you.
So...
We're close.
Let's hope your president
has an open mind.
Yeah. Let's hope.
What about Martina?
She's strong.
I can feel it in my gut, as you say,
that she's safe.
Otherwise, I wouldn't be here.
Cheers.
So where were you headed,
anyway?
To see my mother.
We're headed in the opposite
direction now.
I know, but Leidensburg is this way.
It's closer.
We can get some help there.
The proposed change
in the acceleration and vector...
...of the brown-dwarf mass
trapped in the Moon...
...would, in theory, kick the Moon
out into Earth's L4, L5 points...
...where the Sun's gravity would
stabilize it far enough from Earth...
...to prevent any further
electromagnetic surges.
How many nuclear warheads
are we talking about?
Professor Blankenship is our expert
on this type of weapon's technology.
Eleven hundred warheads,
20 megatons each...
...detonated in two-minute intervals...
...from a post-orbital distance
of 100 kilometers.
The near-simultaneous explosions...
...will create a continuous
exponential outward force...
...that will accelerate the Moon's
velocity away from the Earth...
...without fragmenting the target...
...allowing the Sun's gravity
to literally grab hold of it.
Now, it is critical that this be done
while the Moon is still moving away.
You plan to get that many missiles
to launch concurrently?
By using Atlas Vs
and converted Russian...
...and perhaps Chinese rockets.
Russia and China
don't have that technology.
Then we'll need to share it.
The only way we can achieve this
in the specified timetable.
I don't know about anybody else...
...but I'm not comfortable with offering
the Russians and the Chinese...
...the ability to rain nuclear missiles
down on us from space.
The Moon is on a collision course
with the Earth, Mr. Secretary.
What the hell's the difference?
This is gonna take a coordinated effort,
the likes of which we've never achieved.
Dr. Kittner.
Our advisory team, Mr. President,
has come up with another option.
Sorry, I thought we were
the advisory team.
Did you think you were
the only one giving advice?
All right, hang on.
Let's keep on track here.
- Yes, general.
- Thank you, sir.
Precision nuclear strikes into
the newly exposed area of the Moon.
Eighty-seven warheads will penetrate
the already weakened fault lines.
The Moon will break apart,
releasing it from Earth's gravity.
And the brown dwarf,
twice as heavy as the Earth...
...will slam down in our backyard.
By our calculations,
the brown dwarf will be disintegrated.
Most debris will be caught
by the Sun's gravity.
No, the risk is too high
if stray debris.
That debris alone
could easily destroy the planet.
Is this correct?
There is a risk...
...but we have run this
through every simulation possible.
This is our best option.
I know the U.S. Military
likes blowing things up...
...but this will not work.
The heat blast
from the original impact...
...has fused the compounds.
There is...
We have taken that into consideration,
Dr. Emerson.
We have weapons that will penetrate
far enough beneath before detonating.
Bunker busters
will only penetrate 30 meters, general.
The ones you know about.
We're not just a bunch
of trigger-happy cowboys.
- We have families too.
- All right.
Doctor...
...what are the realistic chances
of your plan working?
And, as my mother used to say,
leave the frosting in the fridge.
I can't give you percentages,
Mr. President.
But I can assure you,
we have considered other options...
...including one
very similar to the general's.
There's just so much we don't know.
And too much
you've gotten wrong already.
This is new science, general.
Don't get this one wrong yourself.
Sir, our window of opportunity
is short.
These Atlas V rockets
have a limited range.
If another plan is implemented first
and it fails...
...the Moon will move
beyond those parameters.
When the Moon starts back,
it will be in range again, won't it?
When the Moon begins its orbit
back to Earth...
...it will begin an exponential increase
in velocity.
Nothing will stop it
from hitting this planet.
All right.
We're gonna weigh each option
without prejudice...
...and we'll choose the plan
that has the best chance of success.
Politics will not play a part.
I can assure you that.
Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Dr. Rhodes?
You need to see this.
How did you first come across
this information?
Something about this whole thing
never felt to right to me.
I suspected there was more to
the story, so I began to ask questions.
I was introduced to a source...
...who confirmed that my suspicions
were correct.
- How did you react?
- In shock.
I find it quite remarkable...
...that this information has not been
made available to the public.
This is a source
inside the White House?
Yes, confirmed by a reliable source
within the president's inner circle.
I was told the Moon
is on a collision course with Earth...
...and will impact in 36 days.
Has there been any official comment?
Any word from the White House?
Very much trying to keep
this whole thing under wraps.
Obviously, they're scared.
They don't wanna tell people that
life on this planet may be extinguished.
- My God.
- They're concerned about panic.
What the hell do we do now?
I feel that the public
is better than...
We make sure the public knows
we're doing everything.
I think most people of the world
would agree with you.
They'll know that tomorrow.
- Dr. Kittner?
- Absolutely, absolutely.
I've been asked to give you a message.
Emergency crews reached your home.
Your children weren't there,
nor your father-in-law.
The house was empty.
They're continuing their search.
I think most people in the world
would agree with you.
Now, is there any evidence
that other world leaders have?
World leaders gathering now
to discuss the crisis...
...while the world
waits for a solution...
...anything that can stop
this apocalypse.
Meanwhile, tension and panic
has begun to rear its ugly head.
They're going with
General Vaughn's plan.
My fellow Americans...
...we have all been witness
to the horrific events...
...that have taken place
over the past several days.
I wish I could come to you now
and tell you that the worst is over.
As has been recently reported...
...the Moon has, in fact,
moved into an orbit...
...that has put it on a collision course
with Earth.
We have 36 days to stop it.
The United States,
along with other nations of the world...
...have implemented
Operation Safeguard...
...using nuclear weapons to destroy
the Moon before it reaches us.
Engineers and scientists
have been working together...
...from all over the world...
...to accomplish
this enormous undertaking.
The missiles will be launched today.
This is not the end.
This will be our finest hour.
It will be remembered as the moment
when our world became one people...
...with one common cause.
We are not American.
We are not Chinese
or French or Russian.
We are one people
on a lonely planet.
We will pray together.
We will help each other...
...and we will not abandon our values,
our self-respect...
...or the rule of law
in this time of anxiety.
Be with your loved ones...
...and be comforted in the knowledge
that this government...
...and all our friends
throughout the world...
...are doing everything we can.
Thank you and God bless you all.
Hello?
We have people who need help.
We were on a train. It derailed.
- There are others hurt.
- Okay.
Bring the truck.
Get these people to the shelter.
Thank you.
Anything?
Nothing yet.
And I have no idea where they could
possibly be, you know.
Or where we would begin
to start looking, I mean...
They'll be okay.
They're with their grandfather,
right?
Yeah.
Lloyd is an old cuss...
...but he would never let anything
happen to those kids.
It's still cool.
It kind of feels like London.
I always thought
I'd move back there.
Funny how things don't always
turn out the way you expect.
No, they don't.
Hey, look.
Careful, now.
Hey.
Those are spoken for.
What's wrong with you, you deaf?
- Cafe is closed.
- Let go!
Hey, let go. Grandpa.
- Grandpa.
- Take your hands off them.
Grandpa?
Sadie, get some water.
How long?
Five minutes.
Where's Space Command satellite?
Coming up.
The data we're getting looks strange.
There's something going on, guys.
What is it?
Nuclear weapons
caused the Moon to tumble erratically.
Has it increased
the Moon's velocity?
Yes.
It's gonna make impact
five days earlier.
Their plan didn't work.
Yeah.
Thanks.
It failed, Mr. President.
Assemble Dr. Rhodes and her team.
I want another plan.
Yes, Mr. President.
- The president wants more options.
- Little late. We gave him the only option.
Maybe not.
I might have an idea.
The Moon is now tumbling,
rotating, unevenly.
- Why?
- Have to be from the hypermass...
...pushed off-center.
The nukes may have done something
for us after all.
I think they have partially dislodged
our brown dwarf...
...moved it back closer
towards the surface of the Moon.
So, what's your plan?
Actually, it's yours.
As some of you are aware...
...at NASA I headed a team developing
a zero-gravity propulsion machine...
...by means of manipulating
electromagnetic energy.
This is the original design.
What does it do?
Generates extreme
electromagnetic current.
We are going to magnetize
the Moon's core...
...literally turn it
into one gigantic electromagnet.
The machine is self-powered,
nuclear.
This machine will create an instant
of reverse polarity...
...start a chain reaction
within the core.
The brown dwarf and the Moon's core
will repel each other...
...positive to positive, like trying
to connect positive sides of a magnet.
If we do this when the Moon
is at its furthest point, its axis peak...
...the brown dwarf
will be expelled by the Moon...
...and drawn into the Sun's gravity,
not Earth's.
The Moon will then retain
a normal orbit around Earth.
You can do that with this machine?
First we have to build it.
Wait a minute, build it where?
Most of the mechanisms
can be built here.
The rest will be assembled
on the Moon.
You've gotta be kidding.
ESA had planned the manned phase
of their lunar operation next month...
...so the infrastructure
is already in place.
How do you use this thing
to magnetize the core?
Drill a hole and drop it down?
A thin steel
carbon-fullerene nanowire...
...developed by the U.S. Military for
transfer of electromagnetic energy...
...will be attached
to a converted cruise missile...
...with the other end
connected to the EM machine.
And we've...
Alex, can you put up the? Thank you.
We've done some extensive
spectrographic analysis of the Moon.
We believe that deep fissure canyons
have been exploited to the core.
However, because of blast debris...
...continued residual effects
from the impact...
...it is impossible for us to do any
detailed thermal readings from here.
The astronauts will have to determine
the appropriate canyon...
...to launch our missile into...
...depending on which of these canyons
best suit our needs.
Now, once the canyon
has been chosen...
...the astronauts will descend into it
via a jet-propelled rover...
...and with thermal equipment,
begin subsurface terrain mapping...
...for the guidance system,
which will direct the missile down.
This is fantasy.
How are you gonna attach
that much wire?
It won't actually be that difficult.
A.S.E. P?
That's what we intended, general.
What? What's A.S.E. P?
American Space Elevator Prototype.
The idea is to use ultra-thin cable
to lift cargo to an orbiting base.
It's still in development.
The nanowire is both highly
conductive and incredibly strong.
We use the wire from that technology
as the conductor...
...from the EM machine
to the warhead.
Now, we will convert the missile
to a copper-plasma-based warhead.
After the canyon has been mapped,
the missile's guidance system...
...will be programmed via fire control
from within the lunar module.
As the missile embeds itself
in the Moon's core...
...the dead warhead's copper liner
will collapse, melt, form a plasma jet...
...which will be directed out
of the missile into the Moon's core...
...effectively transferring
the EM current...
...forcing the brown dwarf
out of the Moon.
There is, however, one caveat.
It is unlikely the astronauts
will make it back to the lunar module...
...before the Moon's core
has been magnetized.
But even if they do...
...there's little chance of the module
escaping the magnetic field.
It's essentially a one-way trip.
It should be voluntary.
Can we pull this off?
The brown dwarf must be ejected
when the Moon reaches its axis peak.
Otherwise,
it will hit us instead of the Sun.
If there are any delays or hiccups,
it will be too late.
That's why we have 16 days
to launch...
...to give the Soyuz
time to catch up to the Moon...
...and our astronauts
time to implement.
Sir, we spend years training
our astronauts for a single mission.
The Russian Advanced Crew Transport
is already prepped for their mission.
Sixteen days? It can't be done.
We need to reprogram every code
from scratch.
That's true, we will,
but it's not impossible.
Damn near.
The alternative, gentlemen,
is damn near.
All right, I'm sold.
Let's consult our allies,
get a consensus.
Contact ESA 's
lunar-mission commander...
...and the rest of the space-flight team.
Do it. Get it built.
- That's enough, thanks.
- You're welcome.
We can't stay here. We've got...
Grandpa!
Oh, it's my heart.
I lost my pills.
Jake, go over there
and see if you can find some aspirin.
My grandpa, he needs aspirin.
He's got a bad heart.
Yeah, well, thanks to your grandpa,
I got a bad headache.
Hey.
Hey, kid.
You stay away from them.
Hello.
This is Terrence Young.
He's the mission director...
...of the European Space Agency's
lunar expedition.
Hello.
The Euro-Soyuz spacecraft
is being prepped...
...at their launch facility
in Kazakhstan.
Now, the Russian space control
was damaged during the last surge...
...so mission control will now be
the European Space Agency...
...in Darmstadt, Germany.
It will take a miracle to pull this off,
but I do believe we can.
Our biggest concern is the assembly
of that machine on the Moon.
Most of it can be assembled here.
Our mission specialists will practice
final assembly on dummy parts.
- I'll supervise.
- We understand that.
But with the electromagnetic
interference...
...there is some concern
Mission Control...
...may lose communication
with the astronauts.
Now, we need someone up there...
...with the specialized and in-depth
knowledge of that machine.
What, are you joking?
I have no training for this.
This is your brainchild, Dr. Kittner.
Dr. Emerson, as you've stated...
...there is no way to map
the canyon's terrain from here.
An expert in Moon geology
with a vast understanding...
...of what has happened
since the impact is essential.
There's simply no way we can train
anyone down here to do that.
No, I'm not an astronaut.
There is no room for error here
and we are running out of time.
I'm sorry to you both,
but that is the situation.
It's a thousand-to-one
that the astronauts are coming back.
We understand that too.
We cannot take a chance
with someone else.
Our best hope lies in your hands.
My children are still out there, sir.
I want them found.
FEMA has nothing yet.
It was unfair proposition.
No one is gonna force you to do this.
I know that.
Look, we still have time.
We can train someone else.
Remember when I said...
...that things don't always turn out
the way we expect?
I remember.
I was talking about us.
We had something.
Been thinking a lot about it.
I know, Alex. Me too.
I need you to do something for me,
Maddie.
I need you to say goodbye
to my kids for me.
Alex, we don't know whether...
Listen, I made arrangements and...
I promised I'd never leave
without saying goodbye...
...so I need you to do that.
I want you to tell them
that I'm sorry, okay?
- Alex...
- Look, they're right.
There's just no room for error.
I'm the only one who can build
that machine, for certain, anyway.
They're gonna be very proud
of their father.
It's all right.
No, it isn't.
No, it isn't.
I gotta go.
I've got a plane to catch.
The components are being made
at five locations:
U.S., Japan, Brazil, France
and Germany.
Our facility here is hardened
against EMPs...
...so all of our systems were preserved
during the last surge...
...and are operating normally.
Because of the increased mass
on the Moon...
...you're gonna weigh
twice as much there as you do here.
So we've weighted down
your training suits accordingly...
...so that you get used to it.
Believe me, over the next 10 days,
you are going to sweat, vomit...
...and wish to God that the meteor
had hit us instead of the Moon.
Gentlemen, let me introduce you...
...to Flight Commander
Courtney Batterton from the U. S...
...and Lunar Module Pilot
Sergei Pitinkov from Russia.
- Alex Kittner.
- Sergei.
- Emerson.
- Nice to meet you.
- Alex.
- Hi.
Roland Emerson.
Well, then, if we've all met...
Hey.
Here.
They're scarce. Take it.
Where did you get it?
Money talks.
Thanks.
You're married?
Engaged.
Was he with you?
I've never been married.
I'm not sure I'm the type.
I wouldn't want to change my life
like that.
- Don't get me wrong, I like people...
- Dr. Emerson, seen here...
...but worrying about someone else,
what they wanna do, God.
- Are confident
in the mission's success.
The launch of the Euro-Soyuz
is scheduled for Tuesday.
We are told there's a very specific
timeline for the astronauts...
...to reach the Moon
to alter its course.
- You know him?
- Yes.
- And bring you the latest news
as details become available.
In other news, international...
Where is he?
He's outside,
trying to fix one of those cars.
- Our broadcast from the White House
updating... called the situation...
...our best chance to stop the Moon's
imminent collision with the Earth.
We will continue... updates
throughout the evening.
Emergency crews are stretched
to their limit...
...and they're concentrating their work
in the cities.
A national curfew
has been put into effect...
...and for their own safety,
citizens are prohibited...
...from leaving their homes.
Here.
See if he'll eat it.
Can we have another candy bar?
We're both hungry.
Fine.
There.
- You should be nicer to people.
- Yeah, why is that?
Because maybe
they'll be nicer to you.
No, you can't come with us.
But I must get to Cologne.
No room. We have to get
these supplies to another shelter.
If you can just get me
to a military base.
They can contact my fiancé,
Dr. Roland Emerson.
He's one of the astronauts.
He is on the scientific-advisory team.
He's advising the government.
Please, I must get to him.
I'm sorry.
Now, please, go back to the tent.
Hey, buddy.
- Lady needs a ride, squeeze her in?
- I can't.
Hey, you are hurt, yeah?
I'm pregnant.
You're what?
Hey, look, I'm buying her ticket,
all right? Take it.
I can't do that, sir.
Look, the woman's pregnant.
I'm asking you,
can you just please help her out?
Yeah.
Thank you.
- Thank you.
- No problem.
Hey, good luck.
What's your name?
Pierce, Bob Pierce.
I'm Martina Altmann.
Thank you, Mr. Pierce.
No problem.
The successful launch of the
American Atlas V with supplies...
...begins the first phase
of the lunar mission.
The cargo module will lie in orbit...
...waiting for the astronauts to arrive
only a few days from now.
The astronauts,
including two civilians...
...Alex Kittner and Roland Emerson...
...have been training vigorously
for several days.
Both will be going into space
for the very first time...
...both an essential part...
I didn't tell you
that Martina's pregnant.
Hey, that's great, Roland.
Congratulations.
- Mission Control
will remain based...
...at the European Space Agency
control center in Germany.
The incredible effort has only been
made possible...
...by widespread international support.
- Yeah.
Mr. Emerson.
Yeah?
Your fiancée, she has been found.
She's on her way here.
Thank you.
Martina.
I'm okay.
Jake, reach in my shirt pocket.
I wanna tell you a story...
...about your mom.
When you were babies...
...still in your cribs...
...even when you were older...
...your mother...
...she'd come into your room
late at night.
Just to stare.
To adore you.
You never woke.
You never knew.
But some part of you
must have known she was there.
You need to listen to that now...
...to the part that knows
she's always there watching over you.
We'll be there with you...
...always.
Your mom and I.
Count on it.
Your father's a...
A good man.
He'll find you.
He...
Grandpa!
We leave for the launch facility
tomorrow morning.
Can I come with you?
To Kazakhstan?
To the Moon.
Yes.
Is it a dangerous mission?
Yes.
But we will be okay?
No.
No.
No.
You are coming back.
We are having a baby.
You're going to be here.
You're going to be here.
No, no, no.
Look at me.
Look at me.
I will do everything I can
to get back here.
I promise you.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, I am.
I want to be your husband.
Did you hear what I said?
I want to be your husband.
Will you marry me?
Yes.
Do you, Martina Altmann,
take Roland Emerson...
...to be your lawfully wedded
husband...
...for better or worse,
richer or poorer...
...till death do you part?
I do.
And do you, Roland Emerson,
take Martina Altmann...
...to be your lawfully wedded wife,
for better or worse...
...richer or poorer,
till death do you part?
I do.
You may kiss.
- Where are you going?
- None of your business.
Where were you going
when you came here?
None of your business.
Wait.
You can't just leave us here.
Look, kid,
I'm sorry about your gramps, all right...
...but it's survival of the fittest now.
All you have to do is take us into town.
My dad, he's in Washington.
Alex Kittner,
he's advising the president.
You'll get a reward!
Here, you can keep them.
What?
- I don't want this.
- Good luck, kid.
Stop! Stop!
Please!
Get in.
Auxiliary power.
Switching to auxiliary power.
Access arm retract
and crew fallback.
- Main engine start.
- Go with main engine start.
Ten, nine, eight, seven, six...
...five, four, three, two, one.
Ignition. Lift-off.
Dr. Emerson,
do we have final-trajectory points?
That's affirmative, Center.
I've got a crystal clear view
from here...
...and our thermal gear
is reading beautifully.
We've discovered the best crevice
for our missile launch...
...and the landing will proceed.
- Thank you. Sergei?
- Copy, Center.
It's well within
our landing parameters.
I'm downloading coordinates now.
Dr. Rhodes, what's our S TP?
No change, all lunar conditions
remain as predicted.
Lunar conditions are valid.
Commander Batterton,
how do we look?
- Systems are go from here, Control.
- Good.
We'll take control of
the cargo-vessel launch from here...
...so stand by for lunar-module prep.
Copy that.
Well, so far so good.
Provided nothing untoward happens,
we should get them there.
Dr. Rhodes. We just got a call.
A military checkpoint
is holding a man...
...who claims to have
Dr. Kittner's children with him.
Dr. Kittner, this is Mission Control.
We have something for you,
if you'd like to look at your monitor.
- Hi, Daddy.
- Hi, Dad.
Hey, guys.
- What are you doing?
- I'm going to the Moon.
Where's your grandfather?
He... He died.
When are you coming home,
Daddy?
I'm not sure, pumpkin.
Why not?
Well, there's something I have to do.
I need to save the man in the Moon.
Dad?
Take good care of your sister, okay?
You're the man of the house now,
remember?
I love you both very much.
I love you too, Dad.
I love you, Daddy.
Goodbye, Jake.
Goodbye, Sadie.
Dr. Kittner, we're running out of time.
Are you able to move any faster?
We'll have to try...
...but this heightened gravity
is wearing us down.
Control, coupling on Coil 4 complete.
Interval a go.
Continue sequence through
to the next linkage.
The Moon will reach its axis peak
in six hours.
They have to complete
the EM machine.
Their meds are peaked.
They can't keep up this pace up
much longer.
Do they have enough oxygen?
We'll have to tap the reserve.
Well, we don't have a choice.
Right.
It's not connected.
Try it again.
Coil 5 isn't taking the coupling.
Sergei, run a diagnostic,
find out what the computer's doing.
Copy.
It's a failed coil interface
inside the linkage chassis.
Port H-4.
Five hours to axis peak.
Copy that. Orbit 1, it's getting tight.
How much longer?
Need to replace Coil 5.
It will take at least five hours.
- What?
- That's too long.
We won't have enough time
to launch the missile.
You have to begin
subsurface mapping now.
We need guidance information
for the missile.
Dr. Kittner?
I can assemble
the remaining couplers.
The nanowire is secured
to the missile.
Dr. Emerson?
Yeah. Mapping equipment loaded.
We are ready to go.
We need to get that mapping done
and get this machine online now.
Dr. Rhodes?
They're way behind.
Then maybe it's time
to start praying for a miracle.
Who's to say science got it right?
Three hours, four minutes
to axis peak.
Time?
There isn't enough time.
As our final hours tick away...
...we do not hear reports of panic
or lawlessness.
Instead, oddly calm.
A strange and beautiful peace
that has eluded us until now.
The irony matters not...
...as many people spend these
final hours fulfilling their last wishes...
...doing things
they've never taken time to do.
Conquering fears.
Finding love.
Finding faith.
Control, all coils are go.
Assembly complete.
He did it. It's done.
Come on, Alex. Turn it on.
Turn it on.
Preliminary power activated.
Sergei, what are the levels?
Levels are holding. All is go.
- Locked and ready for plasma ignition.
- Copy.
The subsurface fractures
are wider than we thought.
We can accelerate our descent.
Any increase in velocity and you will
be shattered against the side.
Sergei, we have no other chance.
Sergei, recalculate the rate of descent.
We'll try and make up the time.
Copy.
One hour, 15 minutes to axis peak.
The machine is ready.
What's the hold-up?
Almost in position.
Mapping almost complete.
Let's not give up just yet.
Courtney, the EM machine
is locked and powered.
All systems remain go.
Waiting on mapping sequence.
Copy, Alex.
We're getting very high EM levels
down here.
Copy. Filters are peaked.
- Signal strength is good.
- I just need a little bit more time here.
Straight, good. Good, keep it steady.
Just a few more seconds.
Okay.
It's opening up now.
I've got a good view from up here.
Yes. Yes, we've got a line of sight.
- Go.
- Fire control, stand by.
Prepare for sequence transfer.
What's happening? What happened?
- She lost control.
- Thrust control's gone.
I see a slight outcropping.
I can't keep this descent altitude.
We're going in too steep.
Roland? Do you copy?
- Don't let go.
- I got you.
I'm slipping.
Hold tight.
Don't let go.
Hold on!
Hold on!
No.
Alex.
I've lost Courtney.
I'm...
I'm on some sort of a cliff top.
Roland, we need the missile's
final-guidance sequence.
Can you transmit?
There's been some damage.
- Are you reading anything?
- No.
Dr. Emerson, the transmitter has been
disconnected from the hovercraft.
The missile is still blind, Roland.
It will take seven minutes
to reach the core...
...which means we have
less than 10 minutes to fire it.
We'll be past the point of no return.
Copy.
Come on.
Come on.
Transmitting.
- We have to launch now.
- Still uploading.
Come on,
we're gonna miss the window.
Come on, Kittner.
Missile away.
The missile's been fired.
- The missile is in the canyon.
- Tracking missile.
Dr. Kittner?
I've done some calculations.
There may still be time for us
to escape the EM field...
...if we launch now.
We're waiting for Roland.
The hovercraft is inoperable...
We are not leaving anyone behind.
Understood?
Alex, he's right.
I'm stuck here.
We still have a chance.
- Roland...
- No.
Alex, listen to me.
Go home.
Go to your kids.
We've finished our job here.
Start the launching sequence,
Sergei.
We're not leaving without you.
You have no choice.
Start it now, Sergei.
- Now.
- Don't do it.
Three minutes until detonation.
One minute to detonation.
Thirty seconds to detonation.
Ten seconds to detonation.
Seven, six, five...
...four, three, two, one.
Hey, where are you going?
To see if it worked.
Let's go.
Oh, my God.
Orbit 1, this is Mission Control.
Do you copy?
Orbit 1, this is Mission Control.
Do you copy?
Orbit 1, do you copy?
This is Orbit 1. Copy, Control.
We hear you.
We are away. Myself and Dr. Kittner.
All right, folks.
Let's get them home safely.
We're not gonna lose them now.
Dr. Rhodes.
Dr. Kittner and cosmonaut Pitinkov,
they were not on the Moon.
They're alive.
Yeah.
So?
Well, it looks like the magnetic pulse
exploded the complex of fault lines.
Is it stable?
Yes, it's stable.
Congratulations.
Well done, well done.
- Mr. Director, congratulations.
- Thank you.
Everyone, thank you.
Good job.
Thank you.
It's over.
It worked.
Congratulations.
There will be countless casualties
to be sure...
...and our prayers go with them.
But our world
has not been extinguished.
We are here.
We are alive.
Temperatures will drop.
Despite this,
millions have gathered...
...in spontaneous celebrations
throughout the world...
...christening what many are calling
a new beginning.
Hostilities throughout the world
have ceased.
A time to heal...
...perhaps a second chance
to get it right.
- Well done.
- Thank you, general.
- Dad!
- Dad!
Let me see you.
I love you, guys.
Let's go home, guys.
I think so.
You speak English.
We need to close this.
What was that?
It was the Moon.
- Is that okay?
- Yeah.
Get outside.
I'll check for other survivors.
Can you walk?
Yeah. I think so, yeah.
We need to find help.
- They're not gonna find us here.
- Yeah.
High-tech crap.
We're leaving.
I thought they were picking us up.
Well, something
must have happened.
Your father wants you there with him
in Washington.
Seems like he wants you there
pretty badly.
But, Grandpa, I thought
you never leave your domain.
Yeah.
Get your bags.
We're taking the boat.
Nearly 20 percent of the country
is in total blackout.
Power, phone, cellular.
Back-up generators
are the only power they have.
Europe is much worse.
Germany's back online.
Alex.
We're still getting quite a lot
of residual interferences here.
Our systems are reading another
influx of electromagnetic energy.
We're seeing it now.
We're just not getting any levels.
We've lost too many towers
to make any accurate measurements.
But it seems that the surges
are getting stronger.
Alex, can you hear me?
It's rolling into North America.
Only 20 miles to the freeway.
Homeland Security
has issued a safety warning...
...for all states across...
- power level and forcing hospitals
and other emergency...
- Go.
- Go.
Go, Grandpa.
- Grandpa.
- Hurry, Grandpa.
- It's catching up.
- Hold on.
Holy...
- Grandpa!
- Hold on.
Hang on, kids.
Is it over?
This round.
Anything?
The entire area is dark.
The E.I.U. Knows the situation.
They're sending people.
She would've been in that train.
I've got to know where that is.
We're operating on one landline.
We can't get through to anybody.
I'm going myself.
Roland.
This just came in.
They want you in Washington.
They've sent a hardened
military transport.
- Washington?
- They're assembling a conference.
Everybody.
It has been requested
by the chancellor that you attend.
Martina is still out there, Franz, I...
- I gotta know that she's okay.
- Hey, I will make sure of it.
- And that the president
doesn't want to speak prematurely...
...until he has had a chance
to speak to emergency officials.
Now, we're just now getting
the first unedited footage.
The first images coming back
from the hardest hit areas.
Okay, we are just outside the town
of Long Lake, Minnesota...
...where the surge here
was quite strong.
Now, myself and my crew
were secured to the ground...
...but it was still
incredibly frightening.
I just need you, Jim,
to pan over here.
You can see people here
with broken bones...
...cuts and scrapes,
some far worse than that.
Now, most of this area
is without power...
...but we are being told,
as you can see behind me...
...that emergency crews
and the National Guard...
...from outlying areas
are trying to help.
This is just unbelievable, and we
will continue to bring you more...
At this time, we cannot be certain
when or if another event will occur.
Therefore, I am invoking
presidential emergency powers.
Air and train travel
will remain suspended.
Curfews will be in effect.
Emergency services will continue
to function as best they can.
Homeland Security
will coordinate with local agencies...
...to ensure that food, water, clothing
and necessary goods remain available.
Looters, hoarding
and price gouging...
...will be dealt with
swiftly and harshly.
Where's Grandpa?
Grandpa?
Grandpa, are you okay?
And you wonder why I don't drive.
After the near miss
of XL1 asteroid in 1994...
...engineers were commissioned
to develop a way...
...to deflect any future
near-earth objects.
Now, one idea was to detonate
nuclear weapons...
...in the path
of an incoming asteroid.
If the explosion nudged the asteroid,
even a fraction...
...its altered trajectory would multiply,
sending it safely past.
That was considering
millions of miles.
It wouldn't take much of a nudge...
...if we use the brown dwarf
to our advantage.
With the right calculations
and distance from Earth...
...the brown dwarf becomes our ally.
We give the Moon a nudge
in the right direction...
...and its new greater mass will be
drawn towards the Sun instead of us.
The Sun's gravity will put it
into a new safe orbit.
Okay, even if this theory works,
I thought it was not possible...
...to get conventional
nuclear weapons into space.
- With CT6, they can.
- What's C T6?
It's a converted Atlas V rocket
designed to deliver nukes into space.
And it exists now?
To the best of our knowledge,
it does, yeah.
Well, a lot of parameters, which
would have to be worked out, but...
Excuse me.
- Hello.
- Maddie, I know everything.
Thirty odd days and counting.
Meet me down by the river walk.
It's about four blocks from you.
David.
Thanks for coming.
I don't have much time.
I guess that goes for everyone.
You got your information wrong.
Then why are you here?
To make sure
you don't print the wrong story.
We were married for 10 years, Maddie.
I know when you're lying.
Funny, because I never knew
when you were.
I'm not lying now.
I got it from a White House
staff member.
I just can't believe this information
is being withheld from the public.
So I need you, face-to-face,
you tell me I got it wrong.
Amazing.
Even if the world
were coming to an end...
...all you're concerned about
is your story.
Look, I care about the truth.
Look, it's not just the story.
I need to know if I have a month to live.
I need to know that.
You can't print a story
like this, David.
Try and imagine the consequences.
That's exactly
what I'm trying not to imagine.
You got it wrong.
We thought we were in trouble...
...but the Moon has re-attained
a stable orbit.
You're no good at it.
You can't lie.
You never could.
Don't do it, David.
For once in your life,
try and show a little decency.
Hold up, guys.
Jake, check your cell phone again.
Nothing.
Not a car in sight.
Come on, let's keep walking.
We'll be all right.
Any word?
No.
They haven't even reached
the house yet.
It's amazing, you know.
We have such incredible technology.
My 10-year-old can beam this to me
from across the country...
...and still,
nothing we can come up with...
...will even hold a candle
to Mother Nature.
Still drink coffee?
Oh, yeah.
This?
Why not?
It's funny,
I remember when I was a kid...
...went away to camp for a month.
God, a month seemed like an eternity
back then.
You know, Maddie, if it is over,
we should be with our families.
It's not over, Alex. This could work.
You sharing?
Yeah, grab a cup.
Thank you.
So...
We're close.
Let's hope your president
has an open mind.
Yeah. Let's hope.
What about Martina?
She's strong.
I can feel it in my gut, as you say,
that she's safe.
Otherwise, I wouldn't be here.
Cheers.
So where were you headed,
anyway?
To see my mother.
We're headed in the opposite
direction now.
I know, but Leidensburg is this way.
It's closer.
We can get some help there.
The proposed change
in the acceleration and vector...
...of the brown-dwarf mass
trapped in the Moon...
...would, in theory, kick the Moon
out into Earth's L4, L5 points...
...where the Sun's gravity would
stabilize it far enough from Earth...
...to prevent any further
electromagnetic surges.
How many nuclear warheads
are we talking about?
Professor Blankenship is our expert
on this type of weapon's technology.
Eleven hundred warheads,
20 megatons each...
...detonated in two-minute intervals...
...from a post-orbital distance
of 100 kilometers.
The near-simultaneous explosions...
...will create a continuous
exponential outward force...
...that will accelerate the Moon's
velocity away from the Earth...
...without fragmenting the target...
...allowing the Sun's gravity
to literally grab hold of it.
Now, it is critical that this be done
while the Moon is still moving away.
You plan to get that many missiles
to launch concurrently?
By using Atlas Vs
and converted Russian...
...and perhaps Chinese rockets.
Russia and China
don't have that technology.
Then we'll need to share it.
The only way we can achieve this
in the specified timetable.
I don't know about anybody else...
...but I'm not comfortable with offering
the Russians and the Chinese...
...the ability to rain nuclear missiles
down on us from space.
The Moon is on a collision course
with the Earth, Mr. Secretary.
What the hell's the difference?
This is gonna take a coordinated effort,
the likes of which we've never achieved.
Dr. Kittner.
Our advisory team, Mr. President,
has come up with another option.
Sorry, I thought we were
the advisory team.
Did you think you were
the only one giving advice?
All right, hang on.
Let's keep on track here.
- Yes, general.
- Thank you, sir.
Precision nuclear strikes into
the newly exposed area of the Moon.
Eighty-seven warheads will penetrate
the already weakened fault lines.
The Moon will break apart,
releasing it from Earth's gravity.
And the brown dwarf,
twice as heavy as the Earth...
...will slam down in our backyard.
By our calculations,
the brown dwarf will be disintegrated.
Most debris will be caught
by the Sun's gravity.
No, the risk is too high
if stray debris.
That debris alone
could easily destroy the planet.
Is this correct?
There is a risk...
...but we have run this
through every simulation possible.
This is our best option.
I know the U.S. Military
likes blowing things up...
...but this will not work.
The heat blast
from the original impact...
...has fused the compounds.
There is...
We have taken that into consideration,
Dr. Emerson.
We have weapons that will penetrate
far enough beneath before detonating.
Bunker busters
will only penetrate 30 meters, general.
The ones you know about.
We're not just a bunch
of trigger-happy cowboys.
- We have families too.
- All right.
Doctor...
...what are the realistic chances
of your plan working?
And, as my mother used to say,
leave the frosting in the fridge.
I can't give you percentages,
Mr. President.
But I can assure you,
we have considered other options...
...including one
very similar to the general's.
There's just so much we don't know.
And too much
you've gotten wrong already.
This is new science, general.
Don't get this one wrong yourself.
Sir, our window of opportunity
is short.
These Atlas V rockets
have a limited range.
If another plan is implemented first
and it fails...
...the Moon will move
beyond those parameters.
When the Moon starts back,
it will be in range again, won't it?
When the Moon begins its orbit
back to Earth...
...it will begin an exponential increase
in velocity.
Nothing will stop it
from hitting this planet.
All right.
We're gonna weigh each option
without prejudice...
...and we'll choose the plan
that has the best chance of success.
Politics will not play a part.
I can assure you that.
Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. President.
Dr. Rhodes?
You need to see this.
How did you first come across
this information?
Something about this whole thing
never felt to right to me.
I suspected there was more to
the story, so I began to ask questions.
I was introduced to a source...
...who confirmed that my suspicions
were correct.
- How did you react?
- In shock.
I find it quite remarkable...
...that this information has not been
made available to the public.
This is a source
inside the White House?
Yes, confirmed by a reliable source
within the president's inner circle.
I was told the Moon
is on a collision course with Earth...
...and will impact in 36 days.
Has there been any official comment?
Any word from the White House?
Very much trying to keep
this whole thing under wraps.
Obviously, they're scared.
They don't wanna tell people that
life on this planet may be extinguished.
- My God.
- They're concerned about panic.
What the hell do we do now?
I feel that the public
is better than...
We make sure the public knows
we're doing everything.
I think most people of the world
would agree with you.
They'll know that tomorrow.
- Dr. Kittner?
- Absolutely, absolutely.
I've been asked to give you a message.
Emergency crews reached your home.
Your children weren't there,
nor your father-in-law.
The house was empty.
They're continuing their search.
I think most people in the world
would agree with you.
Now, is there any evidence
that other world leaders have?
World leaders gathering now
to discuss the crisis...
...while the world
waits for a solution...
...anything that can stop
this apocalypse.
Meanwhile, tension and panic
has begun to rear its ugly head.
They're going with
General Vaughn's plan.
My fellow Americans...
...we have all been witness
to the horrific events...
...that have taken place
over the past several days.
I wish I could come to you now
and tell you that the worst is over.
As has been recently reported...
...the Moon has, in fact,
moved into an orbit...
...that has put it on a collision course
with Earth.
We have 36 days to stop it.
The United States,
along with other nations of the world...
...have implemented
Operation Safeguard...
...using nuclear weapons to destroy
the Moon before it reaches us.
Engineers and scientists
have been working together...
...from all over the world...
...to accomplish
this enormous undertaking.
The missiles will be launched today.
This is not the end.
This will be our finest hour.
It will be remembered as the moment
when our world became one people...
...with one common cause.
We are not American.
We are not Chinese
or French or Russian.
We are one people
on a lonely planet.
We will pray together.
We will help each other...
...and we will not abandon our values,
our self-respect...
...or the rule of law
in this time of anxiety.
Be with your loved ones...
...and be comforted in the knowledge
that this government...
...and all our friends
throughout the world...
...are doing everything we can.
Thank you and God bless you all.
Hello?
We have people who need help.
We were on a train. It derailed.
- There are others hurt.
- Okay.
Bring the truck.
Get these people to the shelter.
Thank you.
Anything?
Nothing yet.
And I have no idea where they could
possibly be, you know.
Or where we would begin
to start looking, I mean...
They'll be okay.
They're with their grandfather,
right?
Yeah.
Lloyd is an old cuss...
...but he would never let anything
happen to those kids.
It's still cool.
It kind of feels like London.
I always thought
I'd move back there.
Funny how things don't always
turn out the way you expect.
No, they don't.
Hey, look.
Careful, now.
Hey.
Those are spoken for.
What's wrong with you, you deaf?
- Cafe is closed.
- Let go!
Hey, let go. Grandpa.
- Grandpa.
- Take your hands off them.
Grandpa?
Sadie, get some water.
How long?
Five minutes.
Where's Space Command satellite?
Coming up.
The data we're getting looks strange.
There's something going on, guys.
What is it?
Nuclear weapons
caused the Moon to tumble erratically.
Has it increased
the Moon's velocity?
Yes.
It's gonna make impact
five days earlier.
Their plan didn't work.
Yeah.
Thanks.
It failed, Mr. President.
Assemble Dr. Rhodes and her team.
I want another plan.
Yes, Mr. President.
- The president wants more options.
- Little late. We gave him the only option.
Maybe not.
I might have an idea.
The Moon is now tumbling,
rotating, unevenly.
- Why?
- Have to be from the hypermass...
...pushed off-center.
The nukes may have done something
for us after all.
I think they have partially dislodged
our brown dwarf...
...moved it back closer
towards the surface of the Moon.
So, what's your plan?
Actually, it's yours.
As some of you are aware...
...at NASA I headed a team developing
a zero-gravity propulsion machine...
...by means of manipulating
electromagnetic energy.
This is the original design.
What does it do?
Generates extreme
electromagnetic current.
We are going to magnetize
the Moon's core...
...literally turn it
into one gigantic electromagnet.
The machine is self-powered,
nuclear.
This machine will create an instant
of reverse polarity...
...start a chain reaction
within the core.
The brown dwarf and the Moon's core
will repel each other...
...positive to positive, like trying
to connect positive sides of a magnet.
If we do this when the Moon
is at its furthest point, its axis peak...
...the brown dwarf
will be expelled by the Moon...
...and drawn into the Sun's gravity,
not Earth's.
The Moon will then retain
a normal orbit around Earth.
You can do that with this machine?
First we have to build it.
Wait a minute, build it where?
Most of the mechanisms
can be built here.
The rest will be assembled
on the Moon.
You've gotta be kidding.
ESA had planned the manned phase
of their lunar operation next month...
...so the infrastructure
is already in place.
How do you use this thing
to magnetize the core?
Drill a hole and drop it down?
A thin steel
carbon-fullerene nanowire...
...developed by the U.S. Military for
transfer of electromagnetic energy...
...will be attached
to a converted cruise missile...
...with the other end
connected to the EM machine.
And we've...
Alex, can you put up the? Thank you.
We've done some extensive
spectrographic analysis of the Moon.
We believe that deep fissure canyons
have been exploited to the core.
However, because of blast debris...
...continued residual effects
from the impact...
...it is impossible for us to do any
detailed thermal readings from here.
The astronauts will have to determine
the appropriate canyon...
...to launch our missile into...
...depending on which of these canyons
best suit our needs.
Now, once the canyon
has been chosen...
...the astronauts will descend into it
via a jet-propelled rover...
...and with thermal equipment,
begin subsurface terrain mapping...
...for the guidance system,
which will direct the missile down.
This is fantasy.
How are you gonna attach
that much wire?
It won't actually be that difficult.
A.S.E. P?
That's what we intended, general.
What? What's A.S.E. P?
American Space Elevator Prototype.
The idea is to use ultra-thin cable
to lift cargo to an orbiting base.
It's still in development.
The nanowire is both highly
conductive and incredibly strong.
We use the wire from that technology
as the conductor...
...from the EM machine
to the warhead.
Now, we will convert the missile
to a copper-plasma-based warhead.
After the canyon has been mapped,
the missile's guidance system...
...will be programmed via fire control
from within the lunar module.
As the missile embeds itself
in the Moon's core...
...the dead warhead's copper liner
will collapse, melt, form a plasma jet...
...which will be directed out
of the missile into the Moon's core...
...effectively transferring
the EM current...
...forcing the brown dwarf
out of the Moon.
There is, however, one caveat.
It is unlikely the astronauts
will make it back to the lunar module...
...before the Moon's core
has been magnetized.
But even if they do...
...there's little chance of the module
escaping the magnetic field.
It's essentially a one-way trip.
It should be voluntary.
Can we pull this off?
The brown dwarf must be ejected
when the Moon reaches its axis peak.
Otherwise,
it will hit us instead of the Sun.
If there are any delays or hiccups,
it will be too late.
That's why we have 16 days
to launch...
...to give the Soyuz
time to catch up to the Moon...
...and our astronauts
time to implement.
Sir, we spend years training
our astronauts for a single mission.
The Russian Advanced Crew Transport
is already prepped for their mission.
Sixteen days? It can't be done.
We need to reprogram every code
from scratch.
That's true, we will,
but it's not impossible.
Damn near.
The alternative, gentlemen,
is damn near.
All right, I'm sold.
Let's consult our allies,
get a consensus.
Contact ESA 's
lunar-mission commander...
...and the rest of the space-flight team.
Do it. Get it built.
- That's enough, thanks.
- You're welcome.
We can't stay here. We've got...
Grandpa!
Oh, it's my heart.
I lost my pills.
Jake, go over there
and see if you can find some aspirin.
My grandpa, he needs aspirin.
He's got a bad heart.
Yeah, well, thanks to your grandpa,
I got a bad headache.
Hey.
Hey, kid.
You stay away from them.
Hello.
This is Terrence Young.
He's the mission director...
...of the European Space Agency's
lunar expedition.
Hello.
The Euro-Soyuz spacecraft
is being prepped...
...at their launch facility
in Kazakhstan.
Now, the Russian space control
was damaged during the last surge...
...so mission control will now be
the European Space Agency...
...in Darmstadt, Germany.
It will take a miracle to pull this off,
but I do believe we can.
Our biggest concern is the assembly
of that machine on the Moon.
Most of it can be assembled here.
Our mission specialists will practice
final assembly on dummy parts.
- I'll supervise.
- We understand that.
But with the electromagnetic
interference...
...there is some concern
Mission Control...
...may lose communication
with the astronauts.
Now, we need someone up there...
...with the specialized and in-depth
knowledge of that machine.
What, are you joking?
I have no training for this.
This is your brainchild, Dr. Kittner.
Dr. Emerson, as you've stated...
...there is no way to map
the canyon's terrain from here.
An expert in Moon geology
with a vast understanding...
...of what has happened
since the impact is essential.
There's simply no way we can train
anyone down here to do that.
No, I'm not an astronaut.
There is no room for error here
and we are running out of time.
I'm sorry to you both,
but that is the situation.
It's a thousand-to-one
that the astronauts are coming back.
We understand that too.
We cannot take a chance
with someone else.
Our best hope lies in your hands.
My children are still out there, sir.
I want them found.
FEMA has nothing yet.
It was unfair proposition.
No one is gonna force you to do this.
I know that.
Look, we still have time.
We can train someone else.
Remember when I said...
...that things don't always turn out
the way we expect?
I remember.
I was talking about us.
We had something.
Been thinking a lot about it.
I know, Alex. Me too.
I need you to do something for me,
Maddie.
I need you to say goodbye
to my kids for me.
Alex, we don't know whether...
Listen, I made arrangements and...
I promised I'd never leave
without saying goodbye...
...so I need you to do that.
I want you to tell them
that I'm sorry, okay?
- Alex...
- Look, they're right.
There's just no room for error.
I'm the only one who can build
that machine, for certain, anyway.
They're gonna be very proud
of their father.
It's all right.
No, it isn't.
No, it isn't.
I gotta go.
I've got a plane to catch.
The components are being made
at five locations:
U.S., Japan, Brazil, France
and Germany.
Our facility here is hardened
against EMPs...
...so all of our systems were preserved
during the last surge...
...and are operating normally.
Because of the increased mass
on the Moon...
...you're gonna weigh
twice as much there as you do here.
So we've weighted down
your training suits accordingly...
...so that you get used to it.
Believe me, over the next 10 days,
you are going to sweat, vomit...
...and wish to God that the meteor
had hit us instead of the Moon.
Gentlemen, let me introduce you...
...to Flight Commander
Courtney Batterton from the U. S...
...and Lunar Module Pilot
Sergei Pitinkov from Russia.
- Alex Kittner.
- Sergei.
- Emerson.
- Nice to meet you.
- Alex.
- Hi.
Roland Emerson.
Well, then, if we've all met...
Hey.
Here.
They're scarce. Take it.
Where did you get it?
Money talks.
Thanks.
You're married?
Engaged.
Was he with you?
I've never been married.
I'm not sure I'm the type.
I wouldn't want to change my life
like that.
- Don't get me wrong, I like people...
- Dr. Emerson, seen here...
...but worrying about someone else,
what they wanna do, God.
- Are confident
in the mission's success.
The launch of the Euro-Soyuz
is scheduled for Tuesday.
We are told there's a very specific
timeline for the astronauts...
...to reach the Moon
to alter its course.
- You know him?
- Yes.
- And bring you the latest news
as details become available.
In other news, international...
Where is he?
He's outside,
trying to fix one of those cars.
- Our broadcast from the White House
updating... called the situation...
...our best chance to stop the Moon's
imminent collision with the Earth.
We will continue... updates
throughout the evening.
Emergency crews are stretched
to their limit...
...and they're concentrating their work
in the cities.
A national curfew
has been put into effect...
...and for their own safety,
citizens are prohibited...
...from leaving their homes.
Here.
See if he'll eat it.
Can we have another candy bar?
We're both hungry.
Fine.
There.
- You should be nicer to people.
- Yeah, why is that?
Because maybe
they'll be nicer to you.
No, you can't come with us.
But I must get to Cologne.
No room. We have to get
these supplies to another shelter.
If you can just get me
to a military base.
They can contact my fiancé,
Dr. Roland Emerson.
He's one of the astronauts.
He is on the scientific-advisory team.
He's advising the government.
Please, I must get to him.
I'm sorry.
Now, please, go back to the tent.
Hey, buddy.
- Lady needs a ride, squeeze her in?
- I can't.
Hey, you are hurt, yeah?
I'm pregnant.
You're what?
Hey, look, I'm buying her ticket,
all right? Take it.
I can't do that, sir.
Look, the woman's pregnant.
I'm asking you,
can you just please help her out?
Yeah.
Thank you.
- Thank you.
- No problem.
Hey, good luck.
What's your name?
Pierce, Bob Pierce.
I'm Martina Altmann.
Thank you, Mr. Pierce.
No problem.
The successful launch of the
American Atlas V with supplies...
...begins the first phase
of the lunar mission.
The cargo module will lie in orbit...
...waiting for the astronauts to arrive
only a few days from now.
The astronauts,
including two civilians...
...Alex Kittner and Roland Emerson...
...have been training vigorously
for several days.
Both will be going into space
for the very first time...
...both an essential part...
I didn't tell you
that Martina's pregnant.
Hey, that's great, Roland.
Congratulations.
- Mission Control
will remain based...
...at the European Space Agency
control center in Germany.
The incredible effort has only been
made possible...
...by widespread international support.
- Yeah.
Mr. Emerson.
Yeah?
Your fiancée, she has been found.
She's on her way here.
Thank you.
Martina.
I'm okay.
Jake, reach in my shirt pocket.
I wanna tell you a story...
...about your mom.
When you were babies...
...still in your cribs...
...even when you were older...
...your mother...
...she'd come into your room
late at night.
Just to stare.
To adore you.
You never woke.
You never knew.
But some part of you
must have known she was there.
You need to listen to that now...
...to the part that knows
she's always there watching over you.
We'll be there with you...
...always.
Your mom and I.
Count on it.
Your father's a...
A good man.
He'll find you.
He...
Grandpa!
We leave for the launch facility
tomorrow morning.
Can I come with you?
To Kazakhstan?
To the Moon.
Yes.
Is it a dangerous mission?
Yes.
But we will be okay?
No.
No.
No.
You are coming back.
We are having a baby.
You're going to be here.
You're going to be here.
No, no, no.
Look at me.
Look at me.
I will do everything I can
to get back here.
I promise you.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, I am.
I want to be your husband.
Did you hear what I said?
I want to be your husband.
Will you marry me?
Yes.
Do you, Martina Altmann,
take Roland Emerson...
...to be your lawfully wedded
husband...
...for better or worse,
richer or poorer...
...till death do you part?
I do.
And do you, Roland Emerson,
take Martina Altmann...
...to be your lawfully wedded wife,
for better or worse...
...richer or poorer,
till death do you part?
I do.
You may kiss.
- Where are you going?
- None of your business.
Where were you going
when you came here?
None of your business.
Wait.
You can't just leave us here.
Look, kid,
I'm sorry about your gramps, all right...
...but it's survival of the fittest now.
All you have to do is take us into town.
My dad, he's in Washington.
Alex Kittner,
he's advising the president.
You'll get a reward!
Here, you can keep them.
What?
- I don't want this.
- Good luck, kid.
Stop! Stop!
Please!
Get in.
Auxiliary power.
Switching to auxiliary power.
Access arm retract
and crew fallback.
- Main engine start.
- Go with main engine start.
Ten, nine, eight, seven, six...
...five, four, three, two, one.
Ignition. Lift-off.
Dr. Emerson,
do we have final-trajectory points?
That's affirmative, Center.
I've got a crystal clear view
from here...
...and our thermal gear
is reading beautifully.
We've discovered the best crevice
for our missile launch...
...and the landing will proceed.
- Thank you. Sergei?
- Copy, Center.
It's well within
our landing parameters.
I'm downloading coordinates now.
Dr. Rhodes, what's our S TP?
No change, all lunar conditions
remain as predicted.
Lunar conditions are valid.
Commander Batterton,
how do we look?
- Systems are go from here, Control.
- Good.
We'll take control of
the cargo-vessel launch from here...
...so stand by for lunar-module prep.
Copy that.
Well, so far so good.
Provided nothing untoward happens,
we should get them there.
Dr. Rhodes. We just got a call.
A military checkpoint
is holding a man...
...who claims to have
Dr. Kittner's children with him.
Dr. Kittner, this is Mission Control.
We have something for you,
if you'd like to look at your monitor.
- Hi, Daddy.
- Hi, Dad.
Hey, guys.
- What are you doing?
- I'm going to the Moon.
Where's your grandfather?
He... He died.
When are you coming home,
Daddy?
I'm not sure, pumpkin.
Why not?
Well, there's something I have to do.
I need to save the man in the Moon.
Dad?
Take good care of your sister, okay?
You're the man of the house now,
remember?
I love you both very much.
I love you too, Dad.
I love you, Daddy.
Goodbye, Jake.
Goodbye, Sadie.
Dr. Kittner, we're running out of time.
Are you able to move any faster?
We'll have to try...
...but this heightened gravity
is wearing us down.
Control, coupling on Coil 4 complete.
Interval a go.
Continue sequence through
to the next linkage.
The Moon will reach its axis peak
in six hours.
They have to complete
the EM machine.
Their meds are peaked.
They can't keep up this pace up
much longer.
Do they have enough oxygen?
We'll have to tap the reserve.
Well, we don't have a choice.
Right.
It's not connected.
Try it again.
Coil 5 isn't taking the coupling.
Sergei, run a diagnostic,
find out what the computer's doing.
Copy.
It's a failed coil interface
inside the linkage chassis.
Port H-4.
Five hours to axis peak.
Copy that. Orbit 1, it's getting tight.
How much longer?
Need to replace Coil 5.
It will take at least five hours.
- What?
- That's too long.
We won't have enough time
to launch the missile.
You have to begin
subsurface mapping now.
We need guidance information
for the missile.
Dr. Kittner?
I can assemble
the remaining couplers.
The nanowire is secured
to the missile.
Dr. Emerson?
Yeah. Mapping equipment loaded.
We are ready to go.
We need to get that mapping done
and get this machine online now.
Dr. Rhodes?
They're way behind.
Then maybe it's time
to start praying for a miracle.
Who's to say science got it right?
Three hours, four minutes
to axis peak.
Time?
There isn't enough time.
As our final hours tick away...
...we do not hear reports of panic
or lawlessness.
Instead, oddly calm.
A strange and beautiful peace
that has eluded us until now.
The irony matters not...
...as many people spend these
final hours fulfilling their last wishes...
...doing things
they've never taken time to do.
Conquering fears.
Finding love.
Finding faith.
Control, all coils are go.
Assembly complete.
He did it. It's done.
Come on, Alex. Turn it on.
Turn it on.
Preliminary power activated.
Sergei, what are the levels?
Levels are holding. All is go.
- Locked and ready for plasma ignition.
- Copy.
The subsurface fractures
are wider than we thought.
We can accelerate our descent.
Any increase in velocity and you will
be shattered against the side.
Sergei, we have no other chance.
Sergei, recalculate the rate of descent.
We'll try and make up the time.
Copy.
One hour, 15 minutes to axis peak.
The machine is ready.
What's the hold-up?
Almost in position.
Mapping almost complete.
Let's not give up just yet.
Courtney, the EM machine
is locked and powered.
All systems remain go.
Waiting on mapping sequence.
Copy, Alex.
We're getting very high EM levels
down here.
Copy. Filters are peaked.
- Signal strength is good.
- I just need a little bit more time here.
Straight, good. Good, keep it steady.
Just a few more seconds.
Okay.
It's opening up now.
I've got a good view from up here.
Yes. Yes, we've got a line of sight.
- Go.
- Fire control, stand by.
Prepare for sequence transfer.
What's happening? What happened?
- She lost control.
- Thrust control's gone.
I see a slight outcropping.
I can't keep this descent altitude.
We're going in too steep.
Roland? Do you copy?
- Don't let go.
- I got you.
I'm slipping.
Hold tight.
Don't let go.
Hold on!
Hold on!
No.
Alex.
I've lost Courtney.
I'm...
I'm on some sort of a cliff top.
Roland, we need the missile's
final-guidance sequence.
Can you transmit?
There's been some damage.
- Are you reading anything?
- No.
Dr. Emerson, the transmitter has been
disconnected from the hovercraft.
The missile is still blind, Roland.
It will take seven minutes
to reach the core...
...which means we have
less than 10 minutes to fire it.
We'll be past the point of no return.
Copy.
Come on.
Come on.
Transmitting.
- We have to launch now.
- Still uploading.
Come on,
we're gonna miss the window.
Come on, Kittner.
Missile away.
The missile's been fired.
- The missile is in the canyon.
- Tracking missile.
Dr. Kittner?
I've done some calculations.
There may still be time for us
to escape the EM field...
...if we launch now.
We're waiting for Roland.
The hovercraft is inoperable...
We are not leaving anyone behind.
Understood?
Alex, he's right.
I'm stuck here.
We still have a chance.
- Roland...
- No.
Alex, listen to me.
Go home.
Go to your kids.
We've finished our job here.
Start the launching sequence,
Sergei.
We're not leaving without you.
You have no choice.
Start it now, Sergei.
- Now.
- Don't do it.
Three minutes until detonation.
One minute to detonation.
Thirty seconds to detonation.
Ten seconds to detonation.
Seven, six, five...
...four, three, two, one.
Hey, where are you going?
To see if it worked.
Let's go.
Oh, my God.
Orbit 1, this is Mission Control.
Do you copy?
Orbit 1, this is Mission Control.
Do you copy?
Orbit 1, do you copy?
This is Orbit 1. Copy, Control.
We hear you.
We are away. Myself and Dr. Kittner.
All right, folks.
Let's get them home safely.
We're not gonna lose them now.
Dr. Rhodes.
Dr. Kittner and cosmonaut Pitinkov,
they were not on the Moon.
They're alive.
Yeah.
So?
Well, it looks like the magnetic pulse
exploded the complex of fault lines.
Is it stable?
Yes, it's stable.
Congratulations.
Well done, well done.
- Mr. Director, congratulations.
- Thank you.
Everyone, thank you.
Good job.
Thank you.
It's over.
It worked.
Congratulations.
There will be countless casualties
to be sure...
...and our prayers go with them.
But our world
has not been extinguished.
We are here.
We are alive.
Temperatures will drop.
Despite this,
millions have gathered...
...in spontaneous celebrations
throughout the world...
...christening what many are calling
a new beginning.
Hostilities throughout the world
have ceased.
A time to heal...
...perhaps a second chance
to get it right.
- Well done.
- Thank you, general.
- Dad!
- Dad!
Let me see you.
I love you, guys.
Let's go home, guys.