Finally, the phrase is an invitation: to value ingenuity both on-screen and off; to recognize that preserving stories requires technical skill, communal effort, and ethical reflection; and to see how, in any environment—Martian plain or internet sprawl—human connection is the ultimate resource. Whether you’re rooting for an astronaut to survive with potatoes or for a film to survive the churn of the web, both quests ask the same thing: how badly do we want to keep the light on?