S05E15 · SCENE 7/23 · 05:02
Deep Space Homer · NASA Mission Control
NASA decides to find a common man

NASA decides to recruit an ordinary person as an astronaut to boost ratings.

05:02→05:44
in the episode · 0m 42s · S05E15

What happens

05:02–05:44

The NASA director suggests finding a blue-collar slob to be the next astronaut. They plan a lengthy search at taxpayer expense. They hope this will increase public interest in space travel.

WhereNASA Mission Control
DriverNASA Director
Positionact1 · setup
ThreadNASA's PR stunt

Key lines

from this scene
05:28

-How did you get this number? -Shut up!

05:39

People, our long search is over.

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Beats

05:06Need a blue-collar slob

Scene in the episode

05:02–05:44
A · Homer becomes an astronaut
B · Barney's sobriety and relapse
C · NASA's PR stunt

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