Samantha Massey

> Here's our reality: Astronauts and cosmonauts, scientists and pilots, they all work together. But us down here, at the end of the day, we are just the help.
>
> Samantha Massey, Season 4, Episode 2, "Have A Nice Sol"

**Samantha Massey** is an astronaut and space worker for Helios Aerospace. Following a series of accidents and the lack of respect toward the Helios workers, Samantha began talks of unionizing with other Helios workers. With the Goldilocks window closing, she used that as leverage in her discussions. After Ed Baldwin told them of the change in their bonus structure, he supported and encouraged all of them to unionize with Samantha taking the lead.

## History

Prior to 2003, Samantha's husband filed for divorce as he wanted to have children while Samantha wanted to be on Mars.

### Season 4

On March 17, 2003, Samantha was part of the Kronos capturing mission aboard *Ranger 1*. She was working together with Tom Parker, who later died when the mission terribly failed.

Months later, Samantha and other Helios workers were grounded to more mundane responsibilities with the Asteroid Capture Program halted due to the Kronos tragedy. When others expressed some hope, Samantha shot them down and not to believe the fairy tale that was shown in the *Race to Mars* adaptation. She explains that in reality, classism exists on Happy Valley, with them simply being the "help". Massey then explained to Miles Dale, that although Tom Parker was also killed on the Kronos mission, only Grigory Kuznetsov's death was acknowledged. Later, Massey took Miles to Ilya Breshov's underground bar.

When Miles asked how much Ilya makes, she told him that he had to make plenty. After Miles asked Ilya for a job, she vouched for him, telling Ilya that Miles has access to areas of the base that most wouldn't and is able to help grow his business. Although Miles succeeded, she was disappointed when he pushed too far and tried to improve the distillator which ultimately overloaded. When Miles devised a plan to steal a compatible cooling coil from the North Koreans, Samantha backed out to keep a clean record before the Kronos accident report, in hopes to be reassigned for future space missions.

After cosmonaut Svetlana Zakharova severly injures a fellow Helios worker, Vasily Galkin, Samantha and other workers are furious that Zakharova is not facing harsh penalties for nearly killing one of their own, claiming that if the tables were turned it would be a different story. She is informed by Miles that he is planning to obtain rocks from the Martian surface to sell on Earth, and that he needs her rover access to help. She angrily refuses, leading Miles to venture onto the surface by foot. While Miles is gone, she confronts Happy Valley commander Danielle Poole alone, demanding to know why Zakharova is not being punished for her actions, calling it "not right" that Svetlana is still walking around freely, before storming out.

Back in the Helios common room, Rich Waters asks where Miles is, as the transport back to Earth that is supposed to carry the rocks is nearly ready to leave. Samantha realises it's been five hours since Miles left and goes out in a rover to look for him. Discovering him at the bottom of a crevasse after falling, he is alive, but he has a wound on his arm and communication issues. She utilises the rover's winch to help him up, before berating him for his stupidity, saying that the only reason he is alive is because of the older suit he was wearing. She stiches his arm together, and they share a moment in the rover, before Rich radios for them to return to Happy Valley.

#### Unionizing

After the Goldilocks discovery, Samatha began bringing up concerns of working around the clock with potential of no rest, but is hopeful to be re-assigned to the *Ranger* crew. Later, when they posted the new assignments, she found out she was re-assigned to the *Ranger* crew, but no longer felt the same satisfaction she thought she would have.

Samantha brought up the idea of unionizing with a limited window for Goldilocks. While Gerardo Ortiz-Niño reminded Massey how the Moon strikers ended after they were swiftly replaced, she cited that it would take longer for them to send a new team to Mars, as well as Goldilocks would be long gone by then. She warned them that they would likely be working over time with the Goldilocks operation, and that it could lead them to dying due to mistakes.

After Petros Khorenatsi was severely beat up, believing it was due to a workplace injury, Samantha rallied a group of Helios workers to go on strike. Ed interupted their meeting and informed them of their new bonus structure, which is a significant step back from the prior agreement, despite the potential wealth from Goldilocks. Ed encouraged them to listen to Samantha to unionize, leading to the group of Helios workers to begin chanting "strike".

A week later, Samantha and Helios workers met with the M-7 leaders, where they were told they were in breach of their contract. However, Samantha argued that they wouldn't achieve anything without them. Danielle tried to offer retraining so the Helios workers wouldn't be left obsolete after Goldilocks is transferred to Earth, but Samantha argued it was an empty promise.

After discovering that the M-7 members were looking to restart the cryo plant, necessary for *Rangers* fuel, they placed the base's supply of pressure suits outside Happy Valley, although the M-7 leaders managed to access the cryo plant through the grey water pipes. When other Helios workers began considering folding after this discovery, they learn that Maya Estime removed the primary gas flow regulator as they cleared out the plant just in case. However, the M-7 members attempted a work around, leading to a methane explosion at the cryo center that resulted in Nick Jennings death and injuries to 4 others.

Later, Dev Ayesa came to make peace with the Helios workers. Offering them a 40% increase in pension contributions, improved health care, shares in Helios, amnesty for their actions in the strike, and a 4 times pay increase that would give the first 100 to take up the offer over $1 million. As the Helios workers began to fold, Samantha begged for them to stand their ground, but only Samantha, Ed, and three others remained.

## Gallery

*See also: Image gallery of Samantha Massey*
Samantha on the Kronos capture missionSamantha finds MilesSamantha accepted on the Goldilocks capture mission
## See also

* Miles Dale
* Tom Parker
* Rich Waters
* Helios Aerospace
* Happy Valley

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 4, Episode 3: "The Bear Hug"
2. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 4, Episode 1: "Glasnost"
3. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 4, Episode 2: "Have A Nice Sol"
4. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 4, Episode 4: "House Divided"
5. ↑ *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 4, Episode 5: "Goldilocks"
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 4, Episode 6: "Leningrad"
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 4, Episode 7: "Crossing The Line"