Them's the Brakes

Kids & Family • TV-Y • Directed by: Space Racers • 12 minutes

Assigned to visit a unique feature of our solar system, Eagle, Hawk, and Robyn eventually reach the Oort Cloud, a vast field dotted with icy objects orbiting a great distance from the Sun. But when their engines are disabled by a Proton storm, they find themselves helplessly hurtling forward. Objects moving through space will keep on moving through space unless an outside force stops them... and the Oort Cloud is so empty, there's nothing to stop them. They try radioing for help, and getting an assist from the passing Giotto Probe, all to no avail. With some ingenuity, they figure out how to harness the carbonated thrust from a few bottles of Fizzy Fuel Pop - and even one of Hawk's burps - to change course and finally propel themselves back toward Earth.