Romilly:
Of all these anomalies, the most significant is this: out near Saturn, a disturbance of space-time.
Cooper:
It's a wormhole?
Romilly:
Appeared 48 years ago.
Cooper:
And, it leads where?
Dr. Brand:
Another galaxy.
Cooper:
A wormhole's not a naturally occurring phenomenon...
Brand:
Someone placed it there.
Cooper:
"They."
Brand:
And whoever they are, they appear to be looking out for us. That wormhole, lets us travel to other stars. Came along right as we needed it.
Doyle:
They've put potentially habitable worlds right within our reach. Twelve, in fact, from our initial probes.
Cooper:
You send probes into that?
Doyle:
Mm-hm.
Dr. Brand:
We sent *people* into it. Ten years ago.
Cooper:
The Lazarus missions.
Dr. Brand:
Twelve possible worlds, twelve Ranger launches, carrying the bravest humans ever to live. Led by the remarkable Dr. Mann.
Doyle:
Each person's landing pod had enough life support for two years, but they could use hibernation to stretch that, making observations on organics over a decade or more. Their mission was to assess their world, and if it showed potential, then they could send out a signal, bed down for the long nap, wait to be rescued.
Cooper:
And what if the world didn't show promise?
Doyle:
Hence the bravery.
