(L+CR) Uchuu Kyoudai (Space Brothers)

[Mjay]

So this is gonna tie into Fast and Furious 7 at some point right? And, really do we need another Jar Jar binks?!? Slightly lost respect for the show with that c'mon where's the creativity?

[Kanon]

Spoiler for 93:

And the captain is... Eddie Jay. It took a long time, but it's finally his turn to go to the moon.

That was a really good episode. Emotional but not sappy by any means.

In other news, it was confirmed that the movie will be about Hibito and Mutta's childhood. It's an origin story.

[Gravitas Free Zone]

As the episode started, I ran through the characters again and came up with

Spoiler for the character:

Eddie Jay

as the remaining crew choice... and was proved right a few minutes later. I'll call it luck.

It made sense characterwise, though.

The Hibbit Show: Argh, are they getting longer?

[ookamigirl]

It was nice to see Sharon again.
Her telescope dream might just become reality.
Mutta seems to be enjoying his new training.
The rest was all about flashbacks to the past.
Brian and Eddie history.
Nothing special this time.

[SeijiSensei]

The original telescope design is modelled on the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico. I happened to visit there in December. It's quite an impressive engineering feat, measuring about 300 m in diameter. The construction required many large earth-moving vehicles, presumably to dig out the hollow in which the telescope was constructed. Even if they chose to put the telescope in a moon crater, it's hard to imagine that an equivalent being built by astronauts on the moon.

By the way, the Arecibo telescope celebrated its fiftieth anniversary last year.

I guess all the people who work there must live fairly close by. The telescope itself is in an extremely rural area connected by narrow, twisty mountain roads like this:

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I'm pretty sure Jodie Foster wasn't commuting to the telescope in Contact every day!

[Guardian Enzo]

Well, I've been pleading for Eddie Jay to finally get woven into the story for over a year - I must say I'm very satisfied with the way Koyama has chosen to do it.

[cyth]

I thought this guy is too old for missions. Nice going, NASA, you get the elderly vote.

[hamazura]

very nice episode, at last come back to this kind of very good emotional chara background episode like Vince and Pico story (sorry but olga story is rly boring)
go eddie! dont lose to Fukuda, he is old but still have a passion for his dreams!

and im rly surprised the ending song plays when there is so much gap till the end of monitor screen... guess what happen next? very long mr.hibbit cartoon

[Guardian Enzo]

Originally Posted by cyth

I thought this guy is too old for missions. Nice going, NASA, you get the elderly vote.

Eddie is 58 and 58 isn't elderly, so - no. John Glenn went into space when he was almost 80 - admittedly not as the captain of a lunar mission, but I think we can assume Eddie is in prime physical shape for his age and that some medical advances have taken place in the years between now and the setting for the series. It's natural that he'd hesitate about whether to take something like that on as he approaches 60 - and he did - but he's definitely not too old.

[cyth]

I have to wonder though because the dude spent almost two years aboard ISS. His bone density must be pretty bad.

[Tenzen12]

It very likely wasn't at once though.

[TrueDevil]

Wow, I was suprised how worn out Sharon looks now but im glad her (husbands) dream might become reality.
Yeah I was glad Eddie is finally making an appearance since I got the impression he was overshadowed by Brian all the time.
And im also glad that a normal person joins Muttas crew the rest are more or less freaks.

[cyth]

So did anyone else notice Sharon is now having trouble speaking? The end seems nigh.

[BBOvenGuy]

Originally Posted by cyth

So did anyone else notice Sharon is now having trouble speaking? The end seems nigh.

Not necessarily. Stephen Hawking has had trouble speaking since the 70s.

As for Eddie Jay's age, in 1993 Story Musgrave was 58 when he flew as "payload commander" in charge of the first Hubble Space Telescope repair mission. And John Young would have commanded a space shuttle mission at age 56, but it was scrubbed after the Challenger disaster.

[Guardian Enzo]

I found this episode full of worrisome Sharon flags, actually. That wave getting in the van. "Mutta will be upset that he missed you." Not to mention the whole aspect of Mutta finally getting into a position to realize her dream.

[BBOvenGuy]

Originally Posted by TrueDevil

im also glad that a normal person joins Muttas crew the rest are more or less freaks.

Yes, but with both Mutta and Eddie in the crew, the press is bound to start referring to it as "the older brothers' mission."

Meanwhile... does anyone else think Eddie's son should do a musical "fusion" project with Olga?

And speaking of Olga... if I'm not mistaken, the current Mr. Hibbit storyline is the one she was watching back during the Russia story arc.

[bastek66]

Looks like it will end in March because new anime starts in April and it will be airing in SB timeslot

[Dop]

Given the show is catching up to the manga it probably makes sense to rest it for a while rather than use filler material.

[ookamigirl]

#94

Spoiler for plot:

The focus shifts to Mutta.
His team mates are some pretty unique people.
It's gonna be interesting seeing them work together.
At the moment, I just can't see them as astronauts at all.
Hopefully, Eddie will be able to make a team out of them.

[TrueDevil]

Originally Posted by ookamigirl

#94

Spoiler for plot:

The focus shifts to Mutta.
His team mates are some pretty unique people.
It's gonna be interesting seeing them work together.
At the moment, I just can't see them as astronauts at all.
Hopefully, Eddie will be able to make a team out of them.

Gotta agree with you, neither seem to be an astronaut, heck, I wonder how Philippe even made it this far considering how hard the election.
Eddie is really fit to be a leader he is the most mature and respected person and also has the charisma to do this.
I doubt anyone of the other five could do the job better, Mutta for example is simply an ideas man and is generally not highly respected as a person.