▁ident ifies ▁herself ▁as ▁Mel anie ▁St ap les , ▁daughter ▁of ▁NASA ▁Scient ist ▁Ned ▁St ap les . ▁The ▁gang ▁checks ▁out ▁her ▁father ' s ▁demonstr ation ▁where ▁he ▁un ve ils ▁a ▁large ▁robot ic ▁dog , ▁" M ech a ▁M utt ", ▁equ ipped ▁to ▁travel ▁over ▁Mars ▁terrain . ▁ ▁Sud den ly , ▁Me cha ▁M utt ▁goes ▁ro gue ▁and ▁starts ▁firing ▁las ers ▁out ▁at ▁the ▁audience . ▁Security ▁goes ▁after ▁the ▁robot ▁leaving ▁a ▁per plex ed ▁Dr . ▁St ap les ▁to ▁face ▁anxious ▁rep or ters ▁who ▁bl ame ▁the ▁mal function ▁on ▁the ▁" Space ▁Spect er ". ▁Mel anie ▁explains ▁to ▁the ▁gang ▁that ▁the ▁Space ▁Spect er ▁is ▁an ▁old ▁legend ▁about ▁a ▁ship ▁that ▁lost ▁control ▁while ▁pil oting ▁through ▁some ▁space ▁mist . ▁A ▁spirit ▁attached ▁itself ▁to ▁the ▁ship ▁when ▁it ▁land ed ▁on ▁Earth ▁and ▁now ▁any time ▁something ▁goes ▁wrong ▁at ▁NASA , ▁they ▁bl ame ▁the ▁supposed ▁spect er . ▁The ▁group ▁spl its ▁up ▁to ▁talk ▁to ▁the ▁other ▁two ▁people ▁who ▁worked ▁on ▁Me cha ▁M utt ▁besides ▁Mel anie ' s ▁father . ▁ ▁Fred , ▁D aph ne , ▁and ▁Mel anie ▁talk ▁to ▁Lab ▁Ass istant ▁Ir v , ▁who ▁has ▁a ▁des k ▁covered ▁in ▁food ▁wra ppers ▁and ▁stick y ▁hands . ▁Ir v ▁claims ▁to ▁have ▁no ▁idea ▁why ▁the ▁machine ▁went ▁cra zy ▁having ▁done ▁a ▁di agnostic ▁test ▁on ▁it ▁just