look at the LANDING SHELL when you rode
through the main hangar?
JEREMY
That was The Arcus landing shell? I never
even made the connection.
CECIL
I need you on that ship, Jeremy. I want
to show up NASA with my own average
American.
JEREMY
You obviously know the details of my
meeting at the Pentagon. I take it you
also received the equation I sent.
CECIL
I did indeed. Can you tell me where it
came from?
JEREMY
Very far away.
CECIL
(looking at Gwen)
Didn't I tell you?
Jeremy fidgets uncomfortably.
GWEN
We read your brother's article. It's a
very creative, almost prophetic
accounting of the events surrounding your
friend's encounter. It's already gone
viral on the internet.
JEREMY
I didn't know that. How is it that an
article published by a no name machinist
from Wisconsin has stirred the attention
of both you and the Pentagon? Not to
mention the internet community.
CECIL
Actually, it was pretty hard to miss when
that no name guy from Wisconsin had the
same last name and address as the man who
can apparently train neutrinos.
JEREMY
It was just a simple equation. I can't
believe everyone's making such a big deal
about it.
CECIL
Just a simple equation? This formula of
yours assumes a number of subatomic
constants that have yet to be determined.
JEREMY
Lucky guess.
CECIL
A lucky guess from very far away?
JEREMY
I was just kidding about the very far
away part.
CECIL
Too late.
Cecil smiles broadly as if he knows everything.
CECIL (CONT’D)
Tell him about the LEM, honey.
GWEN
(smiling proudly)
We made a cardboard mock-up of an old
Apollo Lunar Module. We plan to unfold it
at the landing site for the Apollogize
crew to photograph as they pass overhead.
She covers her mouth. Laughter slips through.
CECIL
We've timed the mission to coincide with
the Apollo Eighteen fly-by. We should be
able to see it as it passes overhead.
GWEN
