Part 47: Ground Control To Major Tom

Maybe not the most aesthetically-pleasing rocket ever.






Vic nods to Alexa and heads for the launch area.

We all cheer him on!


... except TOBOR, who points at him and laughs.

The camera swoops around Vic in a grand arc and settles, finally, on his serious face.

He heads down, into the crater, towards his destiny.

The hatch pops open and Vic clumps up the ramp.

Pausing only to salute us all before he ducks in and the hatch closes behind him.


If Sam had fingers, they would be crossed right now. The countdown begins. Tib... zwee...

... zeeda...

... zoon...

... dwee...

... ladooo!

Launch is go!

Launch is... not go?





Alexa types on her keyboard for a minute.





Oh no!






The landing sequence is the launch sequence played backwards.

And he's okay!



Everybody except TOBOR goes 'Woo hoo!' right back.

...


Even more amazing than a giant laser-firing space eyeball?

With the help of Vic's space photography, Lyndsay is able to pinpoint the location of two more islands:

Over here on the west side of the map, there's Candypalooza...

And next to it, the Forest of the Elves!

Sam nods, and Vic draws Sam aside.


Vic opens up the action-figure collection quest--

--plus Sam gets his very own spacesuit! And with that, night falls on Rocket Reef. Good night, everybody--

--even to you, TOBOR.
So where should our intrepid crew go next? Candypalooza or the Forest of the Elves?
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Video: Rocket Man
Drama! Laughter! Swoopy cameras! Forwarding through dialogue too rapidly! Telling instead of showing!