00:11Okay, this is probably gonna be tough, so wish me luck!
00:15Oh!
00:15Bye!
00:16Good luck!
00:18Welcome to ROTSAR.
00:19We had over 12,000 applicants, but you are the only ones that made it to the finals.
00:24However, only one of you will be chosen for our secret mission.
00:27I mean, only one. Don't they usually hire, like, 10 astronauts a year?
00:31Not for this mission, apparently. Hey, I'm Derek, by the way.
00:35Derek Muller? Aren't you that science and education YouTuber guy? Uh, Veritasium!
00:40Yep, that's me.
00:42Wow, cool! Hopefully that experience comes in handy today, huh?
00:45Here's hoping. What's your name?
00:47Oh, sorry. Uh, my name's...
00:49Okay!
00:49Here it says one of our finalists is called Derek, and the other one is...
00:54Oh, there's no name. What the heck?
00:56That's weird.
00:58Uh, sir, my name's...
00:59I'll just call you Dude.
01:00Okay, so, Derek, what's your experience?
01:03I have a PhD in physics education research.
01:06Uh-huh, uh-huh. Yeah, what else?
01:08I have a YouTube channel. It's called Veritasium.
01:11Wait, you are Veritasium?
01:13Well, like I said, Veritasium is my channel.
01:16Guys! It's Mr. Veritasium! Holy smokes, this is so cool!
01:20Oh! Oh, I almost forgot there's someone else here. How about you, uh, dude? Your, uh, experience and stuff?
01:28I have a STEM master's degree.
01:30Wow, that's pretty cool.
01:32Thanks!
01:33STEM what now?
01:34Well, it's a master's degree in many science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields. It's actually one of the basic requirements to become an astronaut.
01:41Oh, really? How did I miss that?
01:43I'm sorry, Derek, but yeah, those are the rules.
01:46Ugh, fine. You both pass.
01:48What?
01:48See you tomorrow for the next stage.
01:51Ugh, this sucks.
01:52I mean, sure, Derek is great and all, but he made it to the next phase just because the general likes his videos.
01:58Maybe there's more to him than meets the eye?
02:00Ugh, I don't know.
02:02But either way, tomorrow, I'm gonna beat him.
02:04In an adult and civilized way.
02:09Okay, I have some time before those two arrive.
02:12Ooh, maybe I can watch that Ball Armstrong documentary in the meantime.
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03:12Okay then!
03:14Time to watch Paul Armstrong's moon landing docu-
03:16They're already here?
03:19Ugh, back to the video, I guess.
03:21Okay, space cadets.
03:23Today we're going to test you on the Mastiff.
03:25Oh, I know what this is!
03:27It's the Multi-Axis Space Test Inertia Facility.
03:30This is used to train astronauts on how to regain control of a spaceship if it's spinning out of control.
03:34Nobody asked.
03:35Okay, uh, dude.
03:37You go first.
03:39Good luck.
03:40Pfft.
03:40Me?
03:41Uh, thanks.
03:44Okay, and off you go!
03:46Regain control now!
03:48You have, uh, 10 seconds.
03:5010 seconds?!
03:51Oh, okay.
03:52Uh, uh, let me-
03:54Oh, come on.
03:56Come on!
03:56Just a little bit!
03:58Phew!
03:59Oh, done.
04:01Wow, that was incredible.
04:03Nicely done.
04:04Thanks, Derek.
04:05Time was a bit short, to be honest.
04:07Yeah, I'm kind of nervous now.
04:10Your turn, Mr. Veritasium.
04:13Hey, uh, you sure you can do this?
04:15Well, I once did a video in zero G, so here's hoping.
04:19Yeah, here's hoping.
04:21You fail.
04:22What?
04:22What?
04:23Guys, time's money.
04:24Come on!
04:26But that wasn't so hard.
04:28You actually did it?
04:30I guess you pick up a few things while you're making educational videos.
04:33Whatever.
04:34You too, pass.
04:35Next test!
04:37Okay, what's your flying experience?
04:39You go first, dude.
04:40Okay, I have over 1,000 hours as a pilot in command of a jet aircraft.
04:45Which, by the way, is the minimum qualification.
04:49Just saying.
04:50Cool, cool.
04:51What about you, Veritasium?
04:52Well, nothing like that.
04:54But I once drove a strange propeller craft vehicle.
04:58Oh, I've seen that video.
05:00That one's great.
05:01Th-th-thanks?
05:03I love you, Mr. Veritasium.
05:05Uh...
05:05Can we jump to the test already?
05:07Come on, dude.
05:09Don't stop.
05:10You want to be an astronaut or not?
05:11I'd do much better if you didn't distract me!
05:14What's that?
05:15N-n-nothing!
05:17Psst.
05:18Hey, Mr. Veritasium.
05:19Sir, my name's Derek.
05:21Can you guess what's my favorite video of yours?
05:23I'd really prefer if we didn't.
05:24It's all of them.
05:25They're all my favorite.
05:26Come on, come on.
05:29You got this.
05:30You know this stuff.
05:31You've been preparing for so long.
05:38Hey, dude.
05:39Want to grab something to eat?
05:40I heard there's a space food cafeteria down the hall and...
05:43Listen, I...
05:44Who am I kidding?
05:46Derek, I don't like you.
05:47I mean, I do, but you're shattering my dream.
05:50I followed all the steps, studied so hard,
05:52and then you came here with your overpowered YouTube experience and...
05:56I mean...
05:58Ugh.
05:59Forget it.
06:00Come on.
06:01They haven't selected us yet.
06:02You're also a great choice.
06:04Stop being so polite!
06:06Now I feel guilty for venting!
06:08Sorry.
06:09I'm just gonna go home.
06:12Let's see what happens tomorrow.
06:15What happened?
06:16I guess I'm not going to space.
06:18What?
06:19But isn't the choice going to be made tomorrow?
06:22Honey, they love Derek so much, they're probably gonna adopt him.
06:25Wow, I'm...
06:27So sorry.
06:28Ugh, don't be.
06:29I even told them how jealous I am, like a...
06:32Complete loser.
06:33I don't deserve to be picked if I'm being honest.
06:35Hey, don't say that!
06:37Anything can happen tomorrow.
06:39Honey, there's literally, absolutely, no way I'm going to be...
06:45Hit?
06:46For the mission?
06:47Before your ego skyrockets all the way to Uranus, we picked Derek first.
06:52But...
06:53He declined.
06:55Uh...
06:55What?
06:57You declined?
06:59Yeah, I had to...
07:00Because your conscience was too heavy after I told you all those things yesterday, because
07:03I didn't mean any of that!
07:04Dude, no.
07:05I mean, well, yeah, you made me feel bad, but...
07:08But that's not the reason.
07:09Oh.
07:10Are you...
07:12Crazy?
07:13No.
07:13Did you chicken out?
07:14What?
07:15No.
07:15Then what's your reason for rejecting the best job in the world?
07:19Well, if you read the fine print, which you should always do before signing, it says quite
07:24clearly that it's a mission with no return date.
07:27No return date?
07:28What does that mean?
07:29Worst case scenario, exactly what it sounds like.
