Seven years removed from the catastrophic failure of the Korean Aeronautic Space Command’s first foray into space, the crew of the Woori-ho attempts a mission to the moon. The stench of embarrassment lingers in the air around the KASC; trying to recover from the loss of the Narae-ho. That mission failed, when it exploded in a fashion similar to the ill- fated Space Shuttle Challenger launch of 1986. The fate of the Korean space program rests on the shoulders of this mission.