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In a surprise flash-forward, the episode ends with sitting in his office. After successfully landing a SpaceX rocket, he pulls Sheldon’s old, handwritten notebook out of a drawer, implying that Sheldon’s childhood math was the secret all along.

The story begins at Medford High School, where a guest speaker from NASA, Dr. Ronald Hodges, gives a lecture about the high costs of space travel. Sheldon suggests that NASA should land their rocket boosters vertically to reuse them and save money. Dr. Hodges dismisses Sheldon as just a precocious kid, handing him a as a patronizing "participation trophy". Sheldon is deeply offended and vows to prove the "nincompoop" wrong. The Pursuit (The Modem) A Patch, a Modem, and a ZantacYoung Sheldon : S...

The stress of being ignored causes Sheldon to develop a stomach pain, which a doctor diagnoses as an ulcer. In a surprise flash-forward, the episode ends with