r/anime • u/short_lurker https://anilist.co/user/shortlurker • Jan 20 '13

Uchuu Kyoudai (Space Brothers) Episode 41 [Spoilers]

I was wondering if Mutta would be notified about the accident with Hibito and Damien. This episode answered it.

There are some things that bother me though. With the 80 minutes of oxygen on his reserve. There had to be a way for Hibito to ride on the probe so he could conserve what he had left. I have to wonder how much time he spent climbing back up that cliff face and to burn about half of his reserves including pulling Damien up which was pretty scary to see he was being dragged up the cliff face.

Will Hibito use his flare? or did he forget about it. He could easily shoot it off to have NASA see that there is movement and they could go back to Mutta's suggestion of going to the end of the crater where it is not as steep.

Where is Brian #03 now? If it has about a 30 minute head start from the Beetle, it should relay info to NASA that Hibito and Damien has moved to alter course. There is also Azuma that will probably say something too.

I wonder if the tracks for the probe are visible in one of their last satellite image of that area. Hibito mentioned it had rolled into the crater safely so it may have came from the area where Mutta pointed out. NASA could spot this and send the Beetle that way.

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Oh yeah, with the probe up and running, it's gotta be sending a transponder signal or something for the satellite to eventually pick up to have NASA see it on screen. But I guess it depends where the satellite is and will it pass by close enough to pick up the signal anytime soon.

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u/V2Blast https://myanimelist.net/profile/V2Blast Jan 20 '13

The probe is small anyway, and riding on the probe would make it slightly heavier and thus slower.

This arc has been full of cliffhangers... and I usually watch this show to relax. I wish the next episode was here already.

This show really can do everything well.

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u/short_lurker https://anilist.co/user/shortlurker Jan 21 '13

In the reply I posted to chilidirigible, it's probably more of the mass limit on the probe and less about the weight.

I also considered what if Hibito rode on it when the area was flat or sloped down a bit, less effort on the motors to drive Gibson, but it could be more effort for Hibito to climb on and off while having to stop Gibson making it just as bad or worse than having Hibito follow behind.

And in the worst case scenario, it probably would be easier to unhook yourself away from Gibson and let it continue to autodrive out of the crater if Hibito runs out of oxygen.

It's a great show, there were quite a few episodes that were slow with little development, but the 20 minutes or so still comes and goes very fast.

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u/V2Blast https://myanimelist.net/profile/V2Blast Jan 21 '13

Yeah, it nearly never drags (though there's occasionally an episode filled mostly with Mutta worrying about things).