:19:00
5...
:19:01
...4...
:19:03
...3...
:19:04
...2...
:19:05
...1 .
:19:07
Mark.
:19:09
- Test start.
- Rings are unlocked.
:19:11
Power levels show a good start.
:19:12
We've begun the test of...
:19:14
...earth's first system built by sharing
knowledge with a neighbor in space.
:19:19
All power sources on core induction bus.
:19:21
IPV power transfer.
:19:23
Ring motion detect.
Alpha, Bravo, Charlie.
:19:27
- Gerry, how are we looking?
- Looks good. We're underway.
:19:31
Looks like a normal start-up.
:19:32
Roger, David.
It's looking good here.
:19:40
We are moments away from
the initiation of the drop sequence.
:19:43
All systems are go.
:19:48
- Mechanical, you still happy?
- Roger.
:19:50
It's very exciting...
:19:51
...from up here.
:19:55
We've got 4%.
:19:57
We're confirming 4%.
:20:00
Frequency 9.85.
:20:03
Harmonics in the green.
:20:06
G-level 1.1.
:20:09
- 5%.
- Confirmed. We are at 5%.
:20:12
David, how's it looking to you?
:20:14
Okay. I'm going to take a look
and show you what we got.
:20:17
Instrumentation looks good.
:20:19
We have a good picture
from Dr. Drumlin's PRD.
:20:23
Hope you guys are seeing
what I'm seeing.
:20:26
All systems are go.
:20:29
This is really something!
:20:31
For purposes of this test...
:20:33
...Dr. Drumlin will be on top of the
Gantry crane that's over the Machine.
:20:37
We've got some video animation...
:20:39
...to show just how this Machine--
it is thought--will work.
:20:43
The passenger pod will release.
:20:44
It will come down through the center of
the rings and into the Machine's core.
:20:49
The question everyone
here is asking is...
:20:51
...what happens then?
:20:53
Some believe the rings function as some
sort of an accelerator or something...
:20:58
...sending its energy into the pod...