Odyssey 52002

Sarah Forbes:
Dr. Kurt Mendel, Nobel Prize-winning behavioral geneticist and author of several best-selling science books, is hitching a ride to the International Space Station, where he will be overseeing a series of experiments. Dr. Mendel, would you care to explain the specifics of the work you will be doing?

Kurt Mendel:
Um, well, Sarah, the *thrust* of my work will be to *erect* a series of *hard* protocols, designed to *penetrate* the *ins* and *outs* of zero-G environments on DNA sequencing. Hopefully, it will all *come* together.

Sarah Forbes:
[Through clenched teeth] Thank you, *Doctor*.

Kurt Mendel:
[On a TV on Earth] My pleasure, Sarah.

Sarah Forbes:
This is Sarah Forbes, reporting to you live [static burst] Space Shuttle Od - [white noise]

[a major tremor is suddenly felt on Earth]

Sarah Forbes:
[Back on Odyssey] You're a dead man. You're a *dead man*.

Kurt Mendel:
What'd I say? I answered the question.

Chuck Taggart:
Cool it.

Angela Perry:
Hey, we just lost video.