I’m sure other people have talked about it at length, but I love the idea that Earth was as anxious to see if Grace made it to Rocky as Grace was to see if the beetles made it to Earth.
Like, they get the beetles and watch the videos and the one that explains why he didn’t come home and are left wondering for years if he made it in time to save his rock alien friend and its planet. They keep an eye on Erid’s sun for years and I can only imagine the collective celebration that people on earth would’ve had seeing the sun brighten because it means Grace made it.
I mean maybe humans don’t have the technology to see a sun that far away? But I like to imagine that they sent a probe or something, idk.















