TEXT: Scene: Howard's laboratory. The phone rings. Howard puts it on speaker. Howard: Howard Wolowitz. Voice: Hey, Howard. Dave Roeger here at NASA. We need to talk about your upcoming mission. Howard: Yes, yes, I've been doing my push-ups. I'm still stuck at nine, but that's going all the way down with no one holding me. Roeger: That's great, uh, but that's not why I called. We've run into a bit of a snafu. Your Soyuz capsule failed the pressurization test, so bottom line, mission's been scrubbed. Howard (Picks up receiver): You're kidding. So what does that mean? Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Boy, I got to tell you, I'm really disappointed. This was my dream ever since I was a little kid. Okay, well, uh, thanks for the call. Yep, you, too. (Puts down phone.) Yes! Thank you! Oh! Oh! I'm not gonna die in space! I'm gonna die the way God intended, in my late 50s, with a heart full of pastrami. Credits sequence. Scene: A suit shop. Sheldon (off): I'm going to need a larger shirt. This one's a little tight under the arms. Assistant: Okay. Leonard: Do you think maybe it's tight because you're wearing long underwear? Sheldon: Yes, of course that's why it's tight. Leonard: All right, let me rephrase the question. Why are you wearing long underwear? Sheldon: You're kidding. Shouldn't the question be why aren't you? Leonard: No, it should be: why are you? Sheldon: Leonard, these rental tuxedos have been worn by hundreds of sweaty strangers. I don't like my own sweat touching my skin, how do you think I feel about theirs? Assistant: Why don't you slip this on? Sheldon: Said the hangman offering a noose. Raj: Well, that
SUMMARY:
Howard receives a call from NASA saying that his mission to the International Space Station has been cancelled due to problems with the Soyuz capsule during a pressurization test. He is ecstatic as he has actually become terrified of possibly dying in space and looks forward to his wedding. However, he later receives another call from NASA saying that he will be sent to space after all as they want his telescope on the International Space Station, though his launch date will be pushed up to the Friday before his wedding. He decides to talk to Bernadette's father to postpone the wedding. To his surprise, Mike strongly approves of him going to space and reveals that he did not think that he was suitable for Bernadette until he heard about the space mission. He also tries to assuage Howard's fear of dying in space, mentioning that Bernadette can always find someone else if he doesn't return. Meanwhile, Leonard and Penny decide to take their "beta test" relationship to the next level by having sex. However, Leonard accidentally proposes to Penny during sex as a result of which Penny becomes extremely upset. After unsuccessfully trying to pacify her, he leaves her apartment. Later, when the couple meet each other in the apartment stairwell, Penny says no to Leonard's wedding proposal, though they will still date. Elsewhere, Amy tries to use transference to increase Sheldon's feelings for her by making him happy using his love for various other topics (his mother's cooking, video games etc.). Amy's actions seem to work on Sheldon who is not happy about it but makes no attempt to stop her.