“To leave NASA was a huge emotional thing for Ed,” Kinnaman says.

But decades of history can’t be that easily erased. Ed’s unhappiness and the ballsy curveball he threw at his former workplace would suggest that he’s ready to put NASA in the rearview. stunned as they watched the announcement on TV. Then this opportunity opened up, and it was both he gets to go on the adventure that he always dreamt up, and at the same time, kind of stick it to the people that he felt betrayed him.”Įd didn’t even give his colleagues at NASA any notice of his move to Helios, leaving Margo, Dani & Co. Him and Molly, they both felt like it was the end of the road, and the pencil pushers had taken over. “I loved it,” Kinnaman says of the twist. Viewers didn’t get to see Karen present the new gig to Ed before the big reveal, but his portrayer Joel Kinnaman imagines that the astronaut’s “response would’ve been, ‘Well, f–k yeah!'” As the episode came to a close, Dev stood on a televised stage with Karen - who had also been offered a job at Helios - and announced that not only would Ed be leading their Mars mission, but that they would be launching off two years before NASA and the Soviet Union. That gave Karen an idea: She pitched Dev on Ed as Helios’ commander. Silo Recap: Extinguishers of the Flame - What New Intel Did Juliette Gather?ĭisillusioned and angry with NASA, a drunken Ed showed up at his ex-wife Karen’s house, bemoaning how he had nothing to show for his career at NASA. Instead, Danielle would lead the Mars flight, and future astronaut selections would be made by a committee. But Ed’s celebration was short-lived because when Margo learned what had happened, she reversed the decision. So when Margo was away, Molly told Ed that she had selected him for the job. (Ed’s age is also creeping up there.) Molly argued that she had final say and took umbrage with Margo’s interference.

Molly wanted Ed because of his experience and ability to improvise in the moment, while Margo favored Danielle for her more scientific background. But Helios needed someone to command its mission to Mars, and it found its leader in a surprising name: Ed Baldwin.Įd had his heart set on shepherding NASA’s first Mars mission, but Molly and Margo weren’t seeing eye-to-eye on the choice between Ed and Danielle.

The race to Mars got some new competition in the latest episode of For All Mankind, when Helios boss Dev Ayesa bought Karen’s company Polaris and entered the fray with the intention of righting her damaged ship for space travel. Warning: The following contains spoilers for For All Mankind Season 3, Episode 2.

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