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The kids help Dr. Rafferty and Bergs get Mars Rover BOOP over a ravine on the red planet by simulating actions in the DSA 'Mars Yard' using BEEP (Boop's sister)! Trial and error leads to success. Along the way, the kids learn just how scientists communicate with far away rovers - through satellites above Mars. The kids then solve a new mystery set up by Bergs, figuring out that Beep and Boop are communicating about... a game of Mars/Mars Yard tic-tac-toe they're playing!
'''Curriculum''': A good amount of communication between Mars and Earth goes through satellites. Rovers send images, along with instrument and status data, back to Earth. Extrapolating from the data, the scientists send commands to the rover, which can take 4-24 minutes to be received due to the distance. Rovers are often on their own, carrying out commands and sending image data to overhead satellites. The rover's commanders may tell it to move toward a new rock, grind a rock, analyze a rock, take photos, or gather other data with other instruments.
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'''Curriculum''': A constellation is a group of stars that make an imaginary shape in the night sky. In different parts of the world, people have made up different shapes out of the same groups of bright stars, like a game of connect-the-dots. In the past, constellations were useful for navigating at night and for keeping track of the seasons. They are now useful for identifying parts of the sky astronomers are studying. Because all the stars are at different distances, the constellations would look totally different to inhabitants of another planet orbiting another star.
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First aired: June 5, 2017
!!Beep and Boop's Game
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sunspot_and_beep_4.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:It was tic tac toe.]]
-->'''Written by''': Joe Purdy
The kids help Dr. Rafferty and Bergs get Mars Rover BOOP over a ravine on the red planet by simulating actions in the DSA 'Mars Yard' using BEEP (Boop's sister)! Trial and error leads to success. Along the way, the kids learn just how scientists communicate with far away rovers - through satellites above Mars. The kids then solve a new mystery set up by Bergs, figuring out that Beep and Boop are communicating about... a game of Mars/Mars Yard tic-tac-toe they're playing!
'''Curriculum''': A good amount of communication between Mars and Earth goes through satellites. Rovers send images, along with instrument and status data, back to Earth. Extrapolating from the data, the scientists send commands to the rover, which can take 4-24 minutes to be received due to the distance. Rovers are often on their own, carrying out commands and sending image data to overhead satellites. The rover's commanders may tell it to move toward a new rock, grind a rock, analyze a rock, take photos, or gather other data with other instruments.
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* AbsenteeActor: Carrot, Celery, Mindy, and Face 9000 aren't in this episode.
* BeQuietNudge: Sunspot gives one to Jet when he makes a comment about "Earthies".
* CallARabbitASmeerp: On Bortron 7, they apparently call hopscotch "Planet to Planet".
* {{Catchphrase}}: This episode marks the birth of the series-wide catchphrase, "Booyah, science!" It was coined by Dr. Bergs.
* LiteralMinded: Jet believes that brainstorms are storms that go on inside your head.
* OffscreenTeleportation: Bergs walks away from Sunspot, and then Sunspot appears in front of Bergs.
* {{Overcrank}}: Slow motion is used when Beep jumps over the ravine.
* RunningGag: Sunspot messing around with Dr. Bergs, like stealing his watch and his coffee.
* VerbalBackspace: Done by Jet yet again.
-->'''Jet''': Wow, I thought Earthies (''Sunspot gives him a BeQuietNudge'') I mean, us Earth people, had faster technology.
* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: The DSA scientists want to know if a mountain on Mars is really a volcano. By the end of the episode, we never do find out if it was a volcano or not.
!!Constellation Prize
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2020_11_10_at_55100_pm_5.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:On this night of a bazil..lion...stars]]
-->'''Written by''': Rachel Lipman
When Mindy thinks she's found her own star, the other kids explain how stars are labeled and identified by constellations. Mindy eventually learns that she hasn't found a new star, but that she CAN create her own version of a constellation by connecting patterns in the sky.
'''Curriculum''': A constellation is a group of stars that make an imaginary shape in the night sky. In different parts of the world, people have made up different shapes out of the same groups of bright stars, like a game of connect-the-dots. In the past, constellations were useful for navigating at night and for keeping track of the seasons. They are now useful for identifying parts of the sky astronomers are studying. Because all the stars are at different distances, the constellations would look totally different to inhabitants of another planet orbiting another star.
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* AbsenteeActor: Celery and Face 9000 aren't in this episode.
* AffectionateNickname: Sean coins the nickname "Dr. Mom" for Dr. Rafferty, which she loves.
* {{Ahem}}: Sydney clears her throat as she hits Sean when they're in the office.
* AnimationBump: When Jet imagines a lion roaring in his face, Jet's hair blows and it's very fluid.
* BaitAndSwitch: When Mindy announces that she's going to name her star after someone, Jet, Sean, and Sydney think that she's gonna name it after them, but she picked Sunspot instead.
* BeQuietNudge: Sydney punches Sean when the latter doubts that Dr. Rafferty could locate the constellation which had Mindy's star in it.
* {{Constellations}}: This episode teaches all about constellations, and some are mentioned such as the Big Dipper and Ursa Major.
* DeadpanSnarker: Dr. Rafferty towards Carrot.
-->'''Carrot''': I'll come too. I guess these storage containers can keep -- eh? Get it, see what I did there?
-->'''Dr. Rafferty''': ''(forced laughter, with a deadpan expression)'' Yeah, I--I saw.
* FunWithHomophones: Jet and Dr. Rafferty engage in some fun with Sirius and "serious".
-->'''Jet''': No way! A dog star? You can't be serious.
-->'''Dr. Rafferty''': Actually, it is Sirius.
-->'''Jet''': I get that it's serious, but I wonder what the star is called.
-->'''Dr. Rafferty''': It's Sirius.
-->'''Jet''': What's serious? I just want to know what the dog star's name.
-->'''Dr. Rafferty''': It's seriously called Sirius.
-->'''Jet''': Whoa! Slow down...
* {{Malaproper}}: Mindy thinks that constellations are called "consternations", which is an actual word that means anxiety.
* MeaningfulName: It's pointed out by the characters that the stars have meaningful names. Aldebaran means "the follower", for instance.
* NewRulesAsThePlotDemands: Mindy's overprotective mother has a rule that she can't go past Jet's yard. In this episode, however, Mindy says that there's a new rule that she can go to the Deep Space Array as long as she's with Jet, Sean, and Sydney.
* NoReprisePlease: Sean, Sydney, and Mindy ''really'' don't want to hear a reprise of "Night of a Bazillion Stars", but Jet doesn't care and sings it again anyways. They later admit that the song was well done.
* OrbitalShot: Used on Jet when he shouts "Zubenelgenubi!" during the song.
* PunBasedTitle: The episode title is a pun on "consolation prize".
* VerbalBackspace: Jet does this yet again.
-->'''Jet''': Earth people -- er, people like us, who live on Earth.
* WinkDing: At the end of the episode, the Sunspot constellation winks.
!!Beep and Boop's Game
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sunspot_and_beep_4.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:It was tic tac toe.]]
-->'''Written by''': Joe Purdy
The kids help Dr. Rafferty and Bergs get Mars Rover BOOP over a ravine on the red planet by simulating actions in the DSA 'Mars Yard' using BEEP (Boop's sister)! Trial and error leads to success. Along the way, the kids learn just how scientists communicate with far away rovers - through satellites above Mars. The kids then solve a new mystery set up by Bergs, figuring out that Beep and Boop are communicating about... a game of Mars/Mars Yard tic-tac-toe they're playing!
'''Curriculum''': A good amount of communication between Mars and Earth goes through satellites. Rovers send images, along with instrument and status data, back to Earth. Extrapolating from the data, the scientists send commands to the rover, which can take 4-24 minutes to be received due to the distance. Rovers are often on their own, carrying out commands and sending image data to overhead satellites. The rover's commanders may tell it to move toward a new rock, grind a rock, analyze a rock, take photos, or gather other data with other instruments.
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* AbsenteeActor: Carrot, Celery, Mindy, and Face 9000 aren't in this episode.
* BeQuietNudge: Sunspot gives one to Jet when he makes a comment about "Earthies".
* CallARabbitASmeerp: On Bortron 7, they apparently call hopscotch "Planet to Planet".
* {{Catchphrase}}: This episode marks the birth of the series-wide catchphrase, "Booyah, science!" It was coined by Dr. Bergs.
* LiteralMinded: Jet believes that brainstorms are storms that go on inside your head.
* OffscreenTeleportation: Bergs walks away from Sunspot, and then Sunspot appears in front of Bergs.
* {{Overcrank}}: Slow motion is used when Beep jumps over the ravine.
* RunningGag: Sunspot messing around with Dr. Bergs, like stealing his watch and his coffee.
* VerbalBackspace: Done by Jet yet again.
-->'''Jet''': Wow, I thought Earthies (''Sunspot gives him a BeQuietNudge'') I mean, us Earth people, had faster technology.
* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: The DSA scientists want to know if a mountain on Mars is really a volcano. By the end of the episode, we never do find out if it was a volcano or not.
!!Constellation Prize
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2020_11_10_at_55100_pm_5.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:On this night of a bazil..lion...stars]]
-->'''Written by''': Rachel Lipman
When Mindy thinks she's found her own star, the other kids explain how stars are labeled and identified by constellations. Mindy eventually learns that she hasn't found a new star, but that she CAN create her own version of a constellation by connecting patterns in the sky.
'''Curriculum''': A constellation is a group of stars that make an imaginary shape in the night sky. In different parts of the world, people have made up different shapes out of the same groups of bright stars, like a game of connect-the-dots. In the past, constellations were useful for navigating at night and for keeping track of the seasons. They are now useful for identifying parts of the sky astronomers are studying. Because all the stars are at different distances, the constellations would look totally different to inhabitants of another planet orbiting another star.
----
* AbsenteeActor: Celery and Face 9000 aren't in this episode.
* AffectionateNickname: Sean coins the nickname "Dr. Mom" for Dr. Rafferty, which she loves.
* {{Ahem}}: Sydney clears her throat as she hits Sean when they're in the office.
* AnimationBump: When Jet imagines a lion roaring in his face, Jet's hair blows and it's very fluid.
* BaitAndSwitch: When Mindy announces that she's going to name her star after someone, Jet, Sean, and Sydney think that she's gonna name it after them, but she picked Sunspot instead.
* BeQuietNudge: Sydney punches Sean when the latter doubts that Dr. Rafferty could locate the constellation which had Mindy's star in it.
* {{Constellations}}: This episode teaches all about constellations, and some are mentioned such as the Big Dipper and Ursa Major.
* DeadpanSnarker: Dr. Rafferty towards Carrot.
-->'''Carrot''': I'll come too. I guess these storage containers can keep -- eh? Get it, see what I did there?
-->'''Dr. Rafferty''': ''(forced laughter, with a deadpan expression)'' Yeah, I--I saw.
* FunWithHomophones: Jet and Dr. Rafferty engage in some fun with Sirius and "serious".
-->'''Jet''': No way! A dog star? You can't be serious.
-->'''Dr. Rafferty''': Actually, it is Sirius.
-->'''Jet''': I get that it's serious, but I wonder what the star is called.
-->'''Dr. Rafferty''': It's Sirius.
-->'''Jet''': What's serious? I just want to know what the dog star's name.
-->'''Dr. Rafferty''': It's seriously called Sirius.
-->'''Jet''': Whoa! Slow down...
* {{Malaproper}}: Mindy thinks that constellations are called "consternations", which is an actual word that means anxiety.
* MeaningfulName: It's pointed out by the characters that the stars have meaningful names. Aldebaran means "the follower", for instance.
* NewRulesAsThePlotDemands: Mindy's overprotective mother has a rule that she can't go past Jet's yard. In this episode, however, Mindy says that there's a new rule that she can go to the Deep Space Array as long as she's with Jet, Sean, and Sydney.
* NoReprisePlease: Sean, Sydney, and Mindy ''really'' don't want to hear a reprise of "Night of a Bazillion Stars", but Jet doesn't care and sings it again anyways. They later admit that the song was well done.
* OrbitalShot: Used on Jet when he shouts "Zubenelgenubi!" during the song.
* PunBasedTitle: The episode title is a pun on "consolation prize".
* VerbalBackspace: Jet does this yet again.
-->'''Jet''': Earth people -- er, people like us, who live on Earth.
* WinkDing: At the end of the episode, the Sunspot constellation winks.
