ILM SFX ANIMATION: Spirit drives up to the rock.
JENNIFER TROSPER: I was one of Spirit’s mission managers. And so I didn’t go home for several days. We’re all kind of somber in the mission support area where we’re commanding Spirit, and trying to get any information from her. And Mark Adler was picking the wake-up song for the day, and I was just like, “Oh do we have to play a wake-up song?” You know, I was just kind of worried about Spirit and the fun part of the wake-up song was lost on me at that point.
KOBIE BOYKINS: And so Spirit, she finds this rock we dubbed Adirondack.
ILM SFX ANIMATION: Rover POV arm unfolding in front of rock.
KOBIE BOYKINS: She reaches her arm out, she touches the rock. And she doesn’t call home. PRODUCTION ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE: “Yes sir, I’m not seeing anything from our displays. You’re not seeing any signal at this time?”
GFX LOWER THIRD MARK ADLER, MISSION MANAGER
PRODUCTION ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE Mark Adler: “And all stations this is Mission, today is not the day to buck tradition, I think, so we’re gonna play a song.”
PRODUCTION ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE: “SOS” by Abba plays. SOS – Abba
PRODUCTION ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE: “That’s a negative.”
JENNIFER TROSPER: I thought, what a perfect song! Abba, SOS.
PRODUCTION ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE: “Copy.”
ILM SFX ANIMATION: It turns back to day. Spirit is still frozen in front of Adirondack rock.
ANGELA BASSETT (V.O.) Rover Diary: We got back a beep. But Spirit’s a very sick rover.
Her flash memory onboard the vehicle has somehow become corrupted, so she’s been awake through the last two nights, crashing and rebooting over and over. JENNIFER TROSPER: She’s up all night, she’s like the teenage kid who just can’t stop playing their video game, I mean she was just going and going and going until her batteries were almost drained.
ILM SFX ANIMATION: MCU: Spirit’s face looking over-caffeinated but then exhausted.
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