The camera displayed Earth in its blue and brown glory. There was a interconnected space station from alongside that was being moved to the moon. There were several lunar colonies seen decorating it. There were pieces of debris flying around the planet as the camera moved its way toward it. It passed through rock, metal, clouds, then into a dome like building set at a kitchen table that had been set up. There were boxes that were seemingly packed and ready to go.
"Dad, I said I am ready for space," Penny said.
"You're not," John said. "Space is a lonely place to be."
"John," Maureen said, earning his attention. "I think she is excited."
"I hardly think any of us are ready to go out there and be the only ones out there on Alpha Prime," John said. "If I know my girls right then you may have said something to a couple of your friends and got yourself humiliated."
"Not me," Maureen said.
"Definitely not me," Penny sunk into the chair. Judy patted on her sister's shoulder, sympathetically.
"I am ready," Will said. "I get to be the official greeter."
"You might not have to be the official greeter if I have my way with it," John said. "And the only thing you'll be doing is helping everyone set in. Or maybe finishing the last of your scheduled classes," Will nodded, pleasantly. "We'll see what happens then."
"What if we get alien visitors?" Judy asked.
"We got plenty of manuals for that on the Jupiter 2," John said. "I just like to make it clear that it is not going to be exciting building."
"We'll manage and stick together," Will said. "That's what we do."
"Your father is considering of opting out and letting in the replacements do the whole building," Maureen said. "Worried that being away from your friends and other family members would be most harmful on you socially." She met Judy's eyes. "Even romantically."
"I told you that we broke up yesterday," Judy said. "it was mutual."
"I can always make new friends," Will said. "Maybe make a few with some aliens."
"Or domesticate a alien," Penny said, sarcastically.
"Point is, the only living additional beings for the ride are designated Robot and the pilot," John said.
"Dad, trust us," Will said. "we're ready to be pioneers."
"We find problems and solve them," Penny agreed. "living on Earth is going to look like cake compared to space."
"That's why we agreed to go out there," Judy added. "And we're not against it. Even without concerns about it. . ."
"Such as?" John asked, seemingly relieved of the reassurance coming from his children.
"I heard the first Jupiter was destroyed on the first try," Judy said, stabbing into her dinner. She looked toward John. "We're not going to have that, right?"
"No, Judy," John said, clenching onto Maureen's hand. "We are not going to have that. Security is very tight around there."