Space Odyssey: Voyage to The Planets/YMMV

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  • Fridge Logic :
    • Why do they risk landings on the surface of places like Venus and Io if they know very well they can be so dangerous ? They could've instead chosen Europa, since Zoe nearly died on Io and didn't manage to haul back her collected samples due to dizziness and time constraints. Oh well, probably just good ol' Rule of Drama. Zoe even lampshades this after her return, proclaiming that a robot would suit the sample-collecting mission better than a complicated EVA.
    • Why is the whole team so absurdly small ? Come on, 5 people for a grand tour of the whole Solar System ?! Even the current plans for future missions to Mars estimate a crew of 8 at the very least.
      • And since poor Pearson dies during their stay near Saturn, who serves as The Medic of the crew for the rest of the journey ?
    • Why are they trying to go to every planet on their first mission anyway? A real-world first mission would be to one planet and back. A mission planner who suggested this sort of mission would be led off in a straightjacket.
  • The Woobie: Pearson.
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