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00:00:00This is a playback of a radio taped report of an exclusive feature story for the Planetary
00:00:15Chronicle of New York. Ray Peterson reporting. Dateline December 17th. Year 2116. Spaceship
00:00:26Bravo Zulu 88. Destiny Galaxy M12. Assignment outer space.
00:00:56The editor of my paper assigned me to cover a routine check of infraradiation flux on galaxy
00:01:14M12.
00:01:21The crew members, in order to overcome the earthly gravity, have been subjected to a
00:01:39state of hibernation. That is, the human body had put through a congealing process simulating
00:01:44an apparent death. At a preset time, under the impulses of an electric brain, the heart
00:01:54resumes its normal beat. The lungs begin their regular functioning. The blood flowing evenly
00:02:00in short, man is reacquiring his earthly faculties.
00:02:07That is a great thing to do with the idea of doing so. That is a great view.
00:02:08That is what I shared with you for the greatest energy of life. Do not do not do not do
00:02:17that. You know what I am playing for a whole?
00:02:18That is what I was doing for you. I am remembering who you are.
00:02:19That is the guy who joined the other field of life, which is retultural, on the other field.
00:02:22That is how it is. That is what I am doing for you.
00:02:24That is a great view. You see I am getting 시간 for you.
00:02:25This is what I am doing. You see I am doing, you see I am getting my genius.
00:02:27That is the man from the lake to the vino and the운aco.
00:02:29You see I am moving. You see me a kind of a friend of my family.
00:02:32To counteract the state of weightlessness caused by lack of gravitation, special magnetic
00:02:58boots are provided to control the balance of space travelers.
00:03:28While the crew and I were still in a state of hibernation, the engineer pilot, Al, reported
00:03:39our approach to international satellite Zulu Extra 3-4.
00:03:43Bravo Zulu 8-8 calling Zulu Extra 3-4. Bravo Zulu 8-8 calling Zulu Extra 3-4, over.
00:03:51Zulu Extra 3-4 to Bravo Zulu 8-8, go ahead.
00:03:55Contact established, hibernation period finished, over.
00:04:00Is that you, Al?
00:04:01Hi, Richard.
00:04:02Any news to relay?
00:04:04The usual nausea when awakening, my boy.
00:04:08Bravo Zulu 8-8 has entered orbit of your satellite.
00:04:12Bravo Zulu 8-8 closing electronic brain, over.
00:04:16Roger. Everything's in your hands again, Al.
00:04:19Thanks for nothing, pal.
00:04:22Hey, we got cargo aboard.
00:04:25We've already been informed.
00:04:27Reporter, eh?
00:04:28Did you wake up yet?
00:04:29Oh, not yet.
00:04:30I haven't brought him his coffee.
00:04:33Bravo Zulu 8-8 requesting your position.
00:04:36Coordinates pi 2-1, over.
00:04:39Okay.
00:04:40I'll send you the reporter as soon as possible.
00:04:43Bravo Zulu 8-8 closing.
00:04:47Hello, Archie.
00:04:48How are you feeling?
00:04:50Man, this time I had a dream.
00:04:52You had a dream?
00:04:53What about?
00:04:54I dreamt I was sleeping.
00:04:57Take over the controls while I wake up the baby.
00:05:01Ah, this is true when we took off, you sang him a lullaby?
00:05:05That's right.
00:05:06Just call me space wet nurse.
00:05:08Next time, why don't you just bring a cow along?
00:05:10Yeah, a pacifier would do.
00:05:15Bravo Zulu 8-8 calling extra 3-4.
00:05:17Over.
00:05:18Go ahead, Bravo Zulu 8-8.
00:05:40To come out of a state of hibernation, he is an eerie sensation.
00:06:09I didn't know who or where I was until I heard Al's voice.
00:06:16Hi there, spaceman.
00:06:18Hello.
00:06:23This was not my first space flight.
00:06:26Previous assignments for my newspaper had sent me to the moon many times,
00:06:31but never into the vast reaches of deep space.
00:06:34I feared that ten days in a cramped ship with a crew of seven men who would resent a reporter's questions and lack of usefulness might make me an unpopular passenger.
00:06:49The coffin was much too small.
00:06:56Couldn't you have found me a bigger one to sleep in?
00:06:59We didn't have one, leech.
00:07:02Why do you call me that?
00:07:05No offense, kid.
00:07:07It just means that here, you're a parasite.
00:07:12Where are we now?
00:07:14Outside.
00:07:15Outside what?
00:07:16Outside everything.
00:07:21Breakfast is served.
00:07:23Bravo Zulu 8-8, you're directly in line with us.
00:07:26We'll send you that reporter as soon as possible.
00:07:30Hey, Al, they're asking for the boy.
00:07:35Hey!
00:07:36Hey, Al!
00:07:37Al, what's happening?
00:07:38We're off to a bad start.
00:07:40Calm down, my boy.
00:07:41You'll get along fine.
00:07:42Just control your nerves.
00:07:48There.
00:07:49From now on, you'll be able to hear my instructions.
00:07:53Just remember to regulate your volume now.
00:07:56Hey!
00:07:58You're forgetting the tools of your trade.
00:08:00What's the matter, Sonny?
00:08:17Cut it out, Al.
00:08:19Are you scared, Son?
00:08:22Stop treating me like a greenhorn.
00:08:24That's what you are, my boy.
00:08:26I took the accelerated course before I started on the street,
00:08:29before I started on this trip it probably was too quick I'm not going to
00:08:35take all the air out of the decompression chamber you'll have an
00:08:37easier exit I'll give you a count from 20 to 1 and out you go I know what to do
00:08:44son you don't know anything yet
00:08:50don't touch the metal frame around the hatch minus 20 why can't you see me no
00:09:03but the first time out they all behaved the same way minus 15
00:09:11India Zulu 4-1 you ready 5-1 wait a second 2-1 out you go
00:09:19Al was absolutely right I was scared
00:09:24the artificial satellite is like an island in the sky
00:09:35in order not to disturb its calculated orbital chart
00:09:39we lined up 2,000 feet parallel to it
00:09:43the only way to get there was to float through the terrifying void between us
00:10:09keep talking Al what do you want to hear fairy tale
00:10:13explain to me what's going on that's something you'll have to find out for yourself
00:10:17you're still afraid yes
00:10:19of what I don't know
00:10:23you're still there say something
00:10:27a chilly sense of emptiness do you understand me Al
00:10:33sure I understand every baptism has its mystery
00:10:38even out here in space
00:10:40I've never felt so lonely
00:10:42hey Al maybe if I try to turn around
00:10:50I did it Al I'm turning
00:10:56India Zulu 4-1 get back to normal position
00:11:01you're at the end of your trip
00:11:03once aboard Zulu extra 3-4
00:11:24I passed through the decompression chamber
00:11:27I now regained my normal weight
00:11:30because the gravitational area was similar to our Earth's
00:11:33the reason for this being
00:11:35all space stations rotate around a central axis
00:11:39in the ship's cabin
00:11:52I was met by King 116
00:11:54the doctor in charge of all crew members physical and mental health
00:11:58take off your space suit and report to the commander
00:12:02he's waiting for you
00:12:03hey what kind of a guy is our reporter
00:12:09he still smells earthy
00:12:28special correspondent Ray Peterson reporting to the commander
00:12:42I've heard you're rather famous on Earth
00:12:47well I see my fame has reached the stars
00:12:51but let me give you a bit of advice
00:12:52here among the stars
00:12:54it is better not to be quite so cocky
00:12:57you are only here to do a job
00:13:00don't worry that's all I intend to do
00:13:02on condition that you don't interfere with ours
00:13:06you've arrived here at a critical moment
00:13:09so much the better
00:13:10peace and tranquility don't have any news value
00:13:13Sullivan
00:13:23yes sir
00:13:24how long would it take to reinstall the terminal stages
00:13:26to the spaceship that arrived from Earth just now
00:13:28that all depends sir
00:13:29we only have two mechanics on board
00:13:30cancel all rest periods
00:13:32the ship must be ready as soon as possible
00:13:33I must go to base 12 on Mars
00:13:35yes sir
00:13:36you talk about Mars as if it were just down the street
00:13:39there are no streets here
00:13:42I firmly oppose your unwelcome visit
00:13:47are you trying to flatter me
00:13:50but the high command refused to listen to me
00:13:52it's apparent that you have quite a pull there
00:13:54not me
00:13:55but my organization has
00:13:58don't forget Peterson
00:13:59that everything you put on your tape recorder
00:14:02will have to be sent by me
00:14:03before it's sent back to Earth
00:14:04here everything is regulated by machines
00:14:07you'll find that things are very different here
00:14:10you may go now
00:14:11later on you'll be shown to your quarters
00:14:13working crews ready sir
00:14:23any changes
00:14:25no Sullivan
00:14:29where's everybody going
00:14:43for a picnic
00:14:44the working crew's leaving on a space detail
00:14:48what if I wanted to go along
00:14:50to get some air
00:14:51you'd have to go and ask the commander
00:14:53for authorization
00:14:55is it necessary
00:14:57absolutely necessary
00:14:58okay
00:15:02hoping this special detail might make a good story
00:15:10I went outside without permission
00:15:12to observe and photograph it
00:15:15this special detail was a refueling operation
00:15:18one of the most dangerous and delicate operations in space flights
00:15:22the engineers carried an enormous tube from the space station
00:15:26and carefully attached it to a rear valve on our ship
00:15:29thousands of gallons of precious neo-hydroxene
00:15:35were being pumped into our fuel tanks
00:15:37in order for us to go on to Mars
00:15:40look out the meteorite
00:15:45suddenly I saw a fiery ball racing toward the cosmonaut next to me
00:15:49typically I pushed him out of the way
00:15:51but the subsequent reaction
00:15:52caused me to bounce against the connection of the fuel valve
00:15:55disconnecting it
00:15:57and letting their irreplaceable neo-hydroxene escape
00:15:59close the fuel valves
00:16:09exposed
00:16:12lost
00:16:13500 gallons of hydrazine
00:16:16lost I'm sorry furthermore you went without my permission I said I'm sorry even though I saved
00:16:29a man's life you didn't come here to be a hero the damage you have just caused is much more serious
00:16:37than the mere loss of a life evidently commander my way of thinking must seem prehistoric to you
00:16:43I thought nothing was worse than the loss of a human being but then I only saved a number
00:16:48Yankee one three I didn't even see his face maybe he hasn't got one
00:16:53I knew that you were going to give me trouble I see you're a psychologist too now look here
00:17:02Peterson let's get this straight from now on you must ask permission for everything you do
00:17:06and you won't ask me for it that's an improvement you'll have to ask my second in command and I'm
00:17:12afraid you'll find that he's tougher than I am you may go now you may go first commander tell me one
00:17:22thing why do you deny me the honor of talking to you I'm leaving Peters
00:17:31hey
00:17:41I'm King 116.
00:17:45Pardon me for not having called you by name.
00:17:49Allow me.
00:17:51India, South Africa.
00:17:53India, South Africa.
00:17:55India, South Africa.
00:17:57India, South Africa.
00:17:59India, South Africa.
00:18:01I'm King 116.
00:18:03I'm King 116.
00:18:05I'm King 116.
00:18:07I'm King 116.
00:18:09Allow me. India, Zulu, 41.
00:18:12What do you want?
00:18:14I'm looking for someone.
00:18:16Excuse me, I'm looking for a number.
00:18:18Yankee 1-3.
00:18:20He was injured.
00:18:21He should be around here, somewhere.
00:18:23Just dismissed.
00:18:24It was nothing but simple shock.
00:18:26Have a look in the biochemical lab.
00:18:29Please excuse my curiosity,
00:18:31Mr. King 116.
00:18:39May I come in?
00:18:45Hey, spaceman.
00:18:56Are you addressing me?
00:18:58Yes, but you're a...
00:19:00Go on.
00:19:01You're a girl.
00:19:03And you're selling flowers, too.
00:19:06There are no flowers here.
00:19:07These are diaspora.
00:19:09Even with a name like that, they're flowers.
00:19:12They serve the purpose of changing hydrogen into breathable oxygen
00:19:16and are as necessary here as the air is on Earth.
00:19:21But I still say they're flowers.
00:19:24If you like.
00:19:26Do you sell them?
00:19:28I'm afraid not.
00:19:30But maybe we can make a deal.
00:19:32What do you mean?
00:19:34Oh, you see.
00:19:36You won't have to send them anywhere.
00:19:38I'll pay for them.
00:19:40But then, I'll leave them here.
00:19:42For you.
00:19:46Do you work in this section?
00:19:48Sometimes.
00:19:50But I'm really a navigator.
00:19:53When I'm not working with the astro compass,
00:19:56I like to substitute for the section chemist.
00:20:01But tell me, why do you want to offer them to me?
00:20:03Oh, no particular reason.
00:20:05Just to celebrate the second smiling face I've run into.
00:20:08Al's was the first.
00:20:10Now I find you.
00:20:12Speaking of you, what's your name?
00:20:14I don't mean your numbers, serials, codes,
00:20:17but just your name.
00:20:19Lucy.
00:20:20Lucy.
00:20:21Do you like it?
00:20:22It's not bad.
00:20:24My uncle had a mascot with that name.
00:20:27It was quite cute.
00:20:29I liked it very much.
00:20:31It was a monkey.
00:20:33Oh, really.
00:20:34She was very cute.
00:20:35I meant it as a compliment.
00:20:37Very flattering, Mr. Peterson.
00:20:40Do you know my name, too?
00:20:43Of course.
00:20:45I've already heard about you from George.
00:20:49You know, the commander.
00:20:51My old friend.
00:20:52But doesn't the commander have a number like everybody else?
00:20:57Not for me.
00:20:58And now, if you'll forgive me, I've got work to do.
00:21:03Yankee 1-3.
00:21:04I forgot.
00:21:05Thank you, Ray.
00:21:06I really mean thanks.
00:21:08Thanks.
00:21:09Following the order from the commander, Al came over to our ship to pilot a space taxi from which I could photograph a passage of asteroids.
00:21:23India Zulu 4-1, we just made it.
00:21:24I bet you this was the most interesting action shot of your career.
00:21:25Yeah, shooting these rocks is sure something.
00:21:26They're not rocks, my son.
00:21:27They're asteroids, each of them 1,700 feet in diameter.
00:21:30The commander bawled me out for the loss of 500 gallons of hydrazine when I saved a life, and a girl's, too.
00:21:37Ha!
00:21:38So you have a weakness for the weakest sex.
00:21:39And she doesn't even call him Sir, just George.
00:21:40Buy all our rigs around Saturn.
00:21:41They were right there.
00:21:42I bet you this was the most interesting action shot of your career.
00:21:43I bet you this was the most interesting action shot of your career.
00:21:44Yeah, shooting these rocks is sure something.
00:21:45They're not rocks, my son.
00:21:46They're asteroids.
00:21:47Each of them 1,700 feet in diameter.
00:21:52The commander bawled me out for the loss of 500 gallons of hydrazine when I saved a life, and a girl's, too.
00:21:59Ha!
00:22:00So you have a weakness for the weakest sex.
00:22:02And she doesn't even call him Sir, just George.
00:22:05Why all our rigs around Saturn?
00:22:06They were right when they called you a meddler.
00:22:08Well, he's ashamed of that.
00:22:11Hold right now.
00:22:12I'm going to make a sharp turn.
00:22:18Who is ashamed?
00:22:19George.
00:22:20You understand him.
00:22:22Is it true that George is leaving?
00:22:25Yes.
00:22:26And Lucy, will she go with him?
00:22:28I'm sorry for you, but that's exactly what she'll do.
00:22:31Something very serious is going on.
00:22:33And all you can talk about is this nonsense.
00:22:35We're leaving for Mars.
00:22:36Wait.
00:22:37You too, Al?
00:22:38Yes.
00:22:39Can't you tell me more about it?
00:22:40Top secret.
00:22:41Sulu extra 3-4 to space taxi Bravo 9-1.
00:22:45Hurry back to base.
00:22:46Over.
00:22:47Roger from Bravo 9-1.
00:22:50Al, can I radio my Earth base?
00:22:53Sure.
00:22:54You think you're still living back in the 21st century?
00:22:56Thanks.
00:22:57You better lower your head now.
00:22:59We're moving back into the satellite.
00:23:01I wanted to join this Mars expedition.
00:23:04Only an order from the High Command on Earth could persuade the commander to take me with him.
00:23:09I don't understand.
00:23:11What's making the pilot so late?
00:23:13He promised to join us immediately, sir.
00:23:15Al's really a strange type.
00:23:17He's the best there is.
00:23:27I'm sorry to be late, sir.
00:23:28We've been waiting for you.
00:23:30The situation has become worse.
00:23:32We've got to leave immediately.
00:23:34And you haven't been able to contact Alfred 2?
00:23:36No.
00:23:37Alfred 2 does not answer.
00:23:40We think the pilot may be dead.
00:23:49This could mean the end.
00:23:51That's what I'm afraid of.
00:23:53India Zulu 4-1 wishes to speak with you, sir.
00:23:57Let him talk to the second in command.
00:23:59You take care of him, Sullivan.
00:24:01He refuses to do so.
00:24:03He says he has a very urgent communication for you.
00:24:05Send him in.
00:24:10That's all we needed.
00:24:14This inquisitive, interfering meddler.
00:24:17He's a pretty nice guy.
00:24:20Do you think so?
00:24:40This is absurd.
00:24:44Commander, you are insulting the high command.
00:24:47Absolutely against all regulations.
00:24:49Any more criticisms?
00:24:51Yes.
00:24:52So have I.
00:24:53But I keep them to myself.
00:25:00Gentlemen, prepare to leave.
00:25:10Yankee 1-3.
00:25:11One moment, please.
00:25:12Yes.
00:25:13What is it, George?
00:25:16That man, Peterson, has persuaded the high command to let him come with us.
00:25:29It's an order.
00:25:30Aren't you exaggerating?
00:25:32I can't increase the crew.
00:25:35Can't you do without the radio operator?
00:25:38We'll get along just as well.
00:25:39No.
00:25:40I prefer to do without you.
00:25:44Me?
00:25:45I would not want my choice influenced by opinions that are not objective.
00:25:50Anyway, I think I could get along better without a navigator than without a radio operator.
00:25:56If I weren't the navigator, then would you give up taking one with you?
00:26:09Perhaps not.
00:26:10You see, you're not being objective.
00:26:14Besides, I don't want to be left behind, George.
00:26:17It's not that I'd pretend to be of more value than the high command is.
00:26:21But I'm not of less value either.
00:26:23You aren't giving me an order, are you?
00:26:25No, I'm just begging you.
00:26:30I understand you, George.
00:26:32I know that you always try to be worthy of your position.
00:26:36But you'd be better off if for once you tried...
00:26:39What?
00:26:40To be worthy of yourself.
00:26:42I'm sorry, George.
00:26:57Lucy's plea to the commander was effective.
00:27:14When we left the artificial satellite and returned to our spaceship, Bravo Zulu 8-8, Lucy was aboard and set our course for Mars.
00:27:22Is the nose still turned up?
00:27:25Don't be silly.
00:27:26The nose of a spaceship is always up, even when landing.
00:27:29He's not referring to the spaceship, Al. He's talking about me.
00:27:32My congratulations, Commander.
00:27:34Listen, Peterson. Remember you're extraneous here. So please keep to your place.
00:27:39What place?
00:27:40I don't even have a chair to sit on.
00:27:44Look, there are two cots in there that you can use when we haven't a chance to rest.
00:27:48Oh, while the rest of you are working, I'm supposed to sleep.
00:27:52There are times when all children should go to bed.
00:27:54Yeah.
00:28:01Listen, ever since we came on this trip, you've all done your very best to make me feel like an outsider.
00:28:08My congratulations, Peterson.
00:28:24What the devil is going on?
00:28:30I don't know, sir. Looks like it might be a magnetic storm.
00:28:33Impossible.
00:28:34Listen to the wave boom, sir.
00:28:37Look, Captain.
00:28:39Give me its position.
00:28:51Coordinate 113.
00:28:53Inertial position of object 512.
00:28:56Try to establish contact. It looks like a moon ship.
00:29:03Bravo Zulu 8-8.
00:29:04Bravo Zulu 8-8 to unidentified object. Over.
00:29:09They're asking for help, sir.
00:29:12Switch to voice circuit.
00:29:24Metro Sierra 1-3. Metro Sierra 1-3 to Bravo Zulu 8-8. Over.
00:29:29Bravo Zulu 8-8 to Metro Sierra 1-3. Go ahead. Over.
00:29:33Tanks are exploded. Engines have failed.
00:29:35We are out of control and being attracted to Mars. Over.
00:29:39Try to get back into the orbit around Mars. We'll attempt rescue.
00:29:43What caused the explosion? Over.
00:29:46Impossible to say. A sudden rush of hot air overpowered us.
00:29:49The instruments have gone crazy. The tanks have exploded.
00:29:52The structure's melted in several places.
00:29:54What about the crew?
00:29:55Three of us left, sir.
00:30:00One dead. The engineer.
00:30:03Put on your spacesuits and stand by for immediate bailout as soon as you enter orbit.
00:30:07Radio out.
00:30:09Disconnect the voice circuit.
00:30:12Do you think they'll make it?
00:30:14That's what I'm checking now.
00:30:16Are you thinking the same thing I am now?
00:30:20They can't make it.
00:30:21Why not?
00:30:26No.
00:30:27We won't be able to make it.
00:30:28One of Mars' satellites is crossing our path.
00:30:31Driving engines again.
00:30:33David.
00:30:34David.
00:30:35David.
00:30:36David.
00:30:37Don't.
00:30:38Don't.
00:30:39Don't, David.
00:30:40It's suicide.
00:30:41Don't jump.
00:30:42I don't feel like ending my days in a trap.
00:30:46David, don't.
00:30:47Don't.
00:30:48David.
00:30:49Don't drive.
00:30:50Don't drive.
00:30:51Don't drive.
00:30:52David.
00:30:53Don't.
00:30:54Don't drive!
00:30:55Don't drive!
00:30:56Don't drive!
00:30:57I don't feel like ending my days in a trap.
00:30:58David, don't!
00:31:00Don't drive!
00:31:01Don't drive!
00:31:05What are you doing?
00:31:07Can you make it?
00:31:11I'm climbing.
00:31:13One of my engines has started.
00:31:16I'm climbing!
00:31:20I'm getting lighter! I can make it!
00:31:22I'm getting lighter!
00:31:24I can make it!
00:31:27No!
00:31:32Start the engines to get ready for a vertical landing.
00:31:37We will fly above Bobos.
00:31:46Now, engines at seven gammas.
00:32:05Now, engines at eight gammas.
00:32:13Look there to the right.
00:32:17Perhaps.
00:32:30Engines at 11 gammas.
00:32:32The gyros are not moving to vertical position.
00:32:46Engines at 12 gammas.
00:32:51What's going on?
00:32:52We're going down.
00:32:53I don't think.
00:32:54But it's insane.
00:32:55With all stages full of fuel, we're like a bomb.
00:33:00Landing area at two degrees off our coordinates.
00:33:03Just lower.
00:33:04Just lower.
00:33:05Engines at 14 gammas.
00:33:12Engines at 16 gammas.
00:33:23Engines at 4 RPM.
00:33:24Can you hear me?
00:33:25Get out!
00:33:27Get out!
00:33:28Get out!
00:33:31Let me hear you!
00:33:32And I'm on a gun!
00:33:34Get out!
00:33:35Nine degrees to Star Wars.
00:34:05One more and we would have remained here forever.
00:34:24He's still alive.
00:34:25Let's hurry up.
00:34:26Captain, we're coming in.
00:34:29Lucy, keep the gyros working.
00:34:32As soon as they're inside, we'll get out of here.
00:34:35You stay here and look after it.
00:34:45I'll take care of the entrance.
00:34:51Gyros unlocked!
00:34:52Roger!
00:35:05How is it?
00:35:27Bad.
00:35:28I think you'll hold out until we get to Mars.
00:35:31We're almost there anyway, aren't we?
00:35:33No.
00:35:34What do you mean, no?
00:35:36We've changed course.
00:35:37We're now heading for Venus.
00:35:38Your what?
00:35:41A direct order from the High Command.
00:35:43And you accepted it?
00:35:44Do you realize, Commander, there's a dying man in there?
00:36:01I don't have to account to you for my actions.
00:36:03Look, Captain.
00:36:05I'm picking up an area of intense heat.
00:36:07It's almost as hot as the photonic field of the sun itself.
00:36:12Turn on the safety system.
00:36:14I think you should tell him, sir.
00:36:17It's no longer top secret.
00:36:20Alpha 2, propelled by photonic energy, is now without a pilot.
00:36:26She is floating in space and is only controlled by the electronic brain.
00:36:30The photonic heat, which our radar has picked up, has the power of destruction and death.
00:36:38Alpha 2 has re-entered the solar system.
00:36:41During the sun's next revolution, she will start to orbit around the Earth and will destroy it completely.
00:36:47Burning everything and eliminating all forms of life.
00:36:50Have we any hope of stopping her?
00:36:54That's why we're going to Venus.
00:36:56Venus, it's the nearest point to the elliptical path of Alpha 2.
00:37:01We have but one chance in a million.
00:37:09Our world was in danger, about to be destroyed.
00:37:13Perhaps in a few days, maybe in a few hours.
00:37:16It was up to us, a handful of cosmonauts from Earth,
00:37:20millions of miles away, to try and save humanity.
00:37:25Lucy.
00:37:26You're crying.
00:37:35Those dark spots.
00:37:37Those continents.
00:37:39And there are the oceans.
00:37:41And the trees.
00:37:43You can't see them.
00:37:45In my mind, I can.
00:37:46I'd like to run down a road that's loud with pine trees.
00:37:50Would you?
00:37:52Yes, and feel just once again the excitement of speed.
00:37:55But we're already running at 90,000 miles an hour.
00:37:59And we're standing still.
00:38:02That's nothing but an illusion.
00:38:04Do you know what day it is?
00:38:10Don't you know that in space we don't count the days?
00:38:13No, but do you know what date it is?
00:38:16It's the 359th of rotation around the sun.
00:38:20That's just part of it.
00:38:22It's Christmas, Lucy.
00:38:24We started to land at the interplanetary base on Venus, the largest, best equipped base, closest to Alpha 2.
00:38:50From there, Alpha 2 could be intercepted, and we hoped destroyed, by the remote-controlled atomic missiles.
00:38:58Hey, Archie, is that the base?
00:39:14Yes, right under the protective dome.
00:39:16There's too much hydrogen in Venus's atmosphere.
00:39:21From here, it looks like the glass dome of a temple.
00:39:24You don't need a respirator inside.
00:39:25What about those plugs? Are they purifying filters?
00:39:27Hey, that's already the course of showing results, isn't it?
00:39:31Tell me, why is it that when he wants to protect himself, he hides himself under a dome?
00:39:36Put on your helmet, kid.
00:39:39I'm going to take you on a quick tour of Venus, only this time it won't be for sightseeing.
00:39:43Emergency action was taken immediately by firing an atomic missile at Alpha 2 in an attempt to destroy this deadly mechanical monster.
00:39:568,500, 8,000 miles, 7,500, 7,000 miles, 6,500, 6,000 miles, 5,800, 5,500, 5,200, 5,000 miles.
00:40:18We'll have a chance to hit her only if the electronic brain which propels her has gone out of control.
00:40:36You see, the two photonic generators, which are moving gyroscopically at each end of the spaceship, are creating around Alpha 2 an invisible sphere of heat, which radiates up to 5,000 miles.
00:40:53We've just had the proof of it.
00:40:54It's indestructible.
00:40:57Though one of man's dreams has finally come true, an indestructible destroyer.
00:41:05Unless we have a sudden change in the next solar system revolution, Alpha 2 will start orbiting around the Earth at only 3,500 miles from it.
00:41:16That means 1,500 miles within the safety limit.
00:41:19In a few days, maybe a few hours, our planet will become a mass of boiling mud, as it was soon after its formation.
00:41:31We mustn't give up hope. Something might stop it in time.
00:41:35Maybe a miracle.
00:41:39And while we're waiting here for your miracle, I would suggest that we immediately put into operation all the means at our disposal.
00:41:46They've already prepared to fire missiles from the other hemisphere.
00:41:50Meanwhile, why don't you order your men to reach the audio stations on the beach?
00:41:58You stand by electronic telescope number 7.
00:42:026,800.
00:42:075,700.
00:42:095,200.
00:42:115,000.
00:42:134,500.
00:42:144,000.
00:42:153,700.
00:42:162,900.
00:42:182,400.
00:42:202,200.
00:42:26I don't understand.
00:42:28With your permission, sir, I have an explanation.
00:42:30What is it?
00:42:31I think I've found the answer.
00:42:33Tell it to us.
00:42:35I'm sure that due to some technical error, that spaceship is vulnerable.
00:42:39The two photonic deflectors at both her ability?
00:42:43Two semispheres separated in their fields by a channel.
00:42:47You mean like a halved orange?
00:42:49A perfect example, my son.
00:42:51That's why a missile has gone through.
00:42:54According to you, it was the only one fired exactly into the center of the channel.
00:42:58But why did the last one disintegrate at 2,200 miles?
00:43:01Because of some imperceptible deviation.
00:43:03Perhaps it was attracted by one of the photonic fields.
00:43:05The hunch is right, Al.
00:43:08There's still a chance.
00:43:10What chance?
00:43:13We'd have to fire on a straight line from another spaceship traveling alongside Alpha 2 at the same rate of speed.
00:43:19I think I've earned the right to try, sir.
00:43:21Why the right?
00:43:22Because if my hunch turns out to be correct, I'd like to be the one to receive the credit.
00:43:28And if it's wrong, you want to be the one to risk it?
00:43:32There's an old atomic spaceship here, sir.
00:43:35I'll use its remote-controlled missiles.
00:43:38May I go ahead, sir?
00:43:43Yes.
00:43:46And I hope you'll manage to save humanity.
00:43:49We'll take off and follow you as close as possible, Al.
00:43:56All of us.
00:43:59As if we were right there with you.
00:44:02All of us.
00:44:08Hey, Ray.
00:44:09Now you have a chance to do a real exclusive.
00:44:13It'll be a universal scoop.
00:44:17Let's just make it a world scoop.
00:44:19It's all.
00:44:35I don't know.
00:44:38It's all.
00:44:42It's all.
00:44:43Let's get you done!
00:45:01We're out of it now.
00:45:06You did very well, Peterson.
00:45:08It's not everybody that can stand 16 gammas.
00:45:11Considering the fact that I'm a parasite.
00:45:14Tango Sierra 1-3, Tango Sierra 1-3 to Bravo Zulu, 8-8, over.
00:45:30Now, piloting the old atomic spaceship, Tango Sierra 1-3,
00:45:34flew alongside us.
00:45:36Both spaceships shut off their engines,
00:45:38and the inertial thrust allowed them to fly at fantastic speeds.
00:45:43His mission, to find the channel between the two semispheres of Alpha 2.
00:45:48Tango Sierra 1-3, go ahead.
00:45:56Tango Scylla, Tango Scylla 1-3, go ahead.
00:46:01Tango Scylla 1-3, go ahead.
00:46:04Go ahead.
00:46:05Everything okay, Captain?
00:46:08Perfect.
00:46:09How's the reporter?
00:46:13Doing fine.
00:46:16Requesting route check.
00:46:18Present inertial speed, 30,000 miles.
00:46:21Coordinate 1, 3 in respect to Vega.
00:46:25Estimated interception point with Alpha 2
00:46:28on coordinate 4, 1 in respect to Earth at 18 degrees.
00:46:32Over.
00:46:33Correct, but change approximately 3 degrees
00:46:36at intersection point with Alpha 2.
00:46:40We'll go.
00:46:41I'll request another route check on approach,
00:46:43and let's hope for the best.
00:46:45Radio out.
00:46:53Satellite Zulu extra 3, 4.
00:46:56Satellite Zulu extra 3, 4, calling Bravo Zulu 8, over.
00:47:00Bravo Zulu 8, 8 to satellite.
00:47:03Zulu extra 3, 4.
00:47:04Go ahead.
00:47:05Captain, this is Sullivan.
00:47:06What's the trouble, Sullivan?
00:47:07About 45 seconds ago, the photonic field around
00:47:11spaceship Alpha 2 came into collision with the asteroids.
00:47:15Well then?
00:47:16Alpha 2 has changed her course by 6 degrees in respect to Vega.
00:47:20I'm afraid she'll enter orbit around the Earth before the estimated time.
00:47:28Can you ascertain her present position?
00:47:30Yes, I can.
00:47:32High coordinate 27 degrees.
00:47:34Movement of ellipses gradually advancing.
00:47:37Look out.
00:47:38No, it's coming towards you.
00:47:47Yes, sir.
00:47:49It will be on top of us any minute.
00:47:51What about the men, Sullivan?
00:47:53They are all on standby, sir.
00:47:57Two mechanics went out of the space taxi to Solar Mirror,
00:47:59Foxtrot 1-2.
00:48:02I ordered them not to come back.
00:48:04Commander, see if you can save them.
00:48:09Sullivan, save yourself.
00:48:12It's too late, sir.
00:48:15Sullivan?
00:48:17Sullivan?
00:48:19Can you hear me?
00:48:21Sullivan?
00:48:23Sullivan?
00:48:24Sullivan?
00:48:43Ray?
00:48:44Al?
00:48:45Don't forget Sullivan and your scoop.
00:48:48Write this.
00:48:49He was never afraid.
00:48:52Since man, even in space, changes his position but not his character.
00:48:57He is what he is, wherever he lives.
00:49:02What's he mean?
00:49:07What you're always saying.
00:49:09To himself, every man is a whole world.
00:49:22Commander, I've been able to locate the position of the space taxi.
00:49:27Tell it to me.
00:49:29Coordinate pi 28 eight degrees in respect to Aldebaran.
00:49:33We're changing course and we'll try to rescue the survivors.
00:49:42Bravo Zulu 8-8 to space taxi Bravo 9-1.
00:49:47We're coming in to rescue you. Be ready to bail out.
00:49:53Out.
00:49:56The commander says you boys should rest.
00:49:59No rain.
00:50:01I'm going to go out.
00:50:03I'll go out.
00:50:19The commander says you boys should rest.
00:50:20No way. Show them in here.
00:50:34I just wanted to see you boys.
00:50:39Barry. Jackson.
00:50:43I'm glad to see you.
00:50:46Go and get some rest now.
00:50:50I'll watch you then.
00:51:03I'm glad to see you.
00:51:07How do you like that, Jackson?
00:51:27He called us boys.
00:51:29Yeah, and he even remembered our names.
00:51:32I didn't think he even knew.
00:51:33Sir, I'm now 7,000 miles from Alpha 2.
00:51:52In a few seconds, I'll start firing the rockets.
00:52:035,000 miles, 4,500, 4,000, 3,500, 3,000.
00:52:20It's disintegrated.
00:52:24I'll try again.
00:52:255,000, 4,500, 4,000, 3,000, 2,500, 2,000, 1,500, 1,000,
00:52:44900, 800, going to make it, 700, 600, 500, 400, 300, 200.
00:52:52Fire another rocket.
00:52:59I'm getting near it, sir.
00:53:10It's too dangerous, Al.
00:53:11Stop.
00:53:12You'll be attracted by the botanic fields.
00:53:14I've located the channel.
00:53:16I'll try to break through it, Commander.
00:53:18I'm sure that I can get at least 1,500 miles away from the spaceship.
00:53:21Come back, Alton.
00:53:23It's murder.
00:53:24I'm 2,000 miles away from Alpha 2 now, sir.
00:53:27Let me try.
00:53:29Al, that's an order.
00:53:30I'm sorry, sir.
00:53:32But I'm not taking orders anymore.
00:53:34It's a useless sacrifice.
00:53:37Son, I'm 1,200 miles away from you.
00:53:40I don't want to disillusion you, but what would be the use of living if the Earth were destroyed?
00:53:49We'd all be prisoners of space, with no hope of return.
00:53:56800 miles.
00:53:57Al, please.
00:53:59After 200 miles, you'll have only a very slight chance to keep on a steady course.
00:54:02That slight chance challenges me to try.
00:54:05Let's go.
00:54:06Let's go.
00:54:07Al, you don't know what you're doing.
00:54:36Maybe not, Commander, but in a few seconds, I'll know for sure.
00:54:57Al has succeeded in proving the existence of a channel by the sacrifice of his own life,
00:55:05but we still haven't got a chance.
00:55:08There's nothing for us to do but follow his lead.
00:55:11But how, Lucy?
00:55:13Commander, why don't you request more spaceships equipped with missiles?
00:55:17It's too late now. They'd never get here in time.
00:55:21Well, then...
00:55:24I don't know.
00:55:27What's that object that keeps appearing on the screen?
00:55:37It's the space taxi from the disintegrated satellite.
00:55:42It's now circling in orbit around us.
00:55:54The space taxi.
00:55:55I rode on it once with Al.
00:56:02Are you afraid, Lucy?
00:56:04Yes, for him.
00:56:05I understand.
00:56:06I love him, George.
00:56:07I know.
00:56:08But love has no meaning anymore, George.
00:56:11Does it?
00:56:12No.
00:56:13No.
00:56:14No.
00:56:15No.
00:56:16No.
00:56:17No.
00:56:18No.
00:56:19No.
00:56:20No.
00:56:21No.
00:56:22No.
00:56:23No.
00:56:24No.
00:56:25No.
00:56:26No.
00:56:27No.
00:56:28No.
00:56:29No.
00:56:30No.
00:56:31No.
00:56:33No.
00:56:36No.
00:56:37But love has no meaning anymore, George.
00:56:38Does it?
00:56:41No.
00:56:42No.
00:56:43No.
00:56:44No.
00:56:45No.
00:56:46No.
00:56:47Me, George.
00:56:48No.
00:56:49No.
00:56:50No.
00:56:51No.
00:56:52No.
00:56:53No.
00:56:54No.
00:56:55No.
00:56:56No.
00:56:57No.
00:56:58No.
00:56:59No.
00:57:00No.
00:57:01But now it's late.
00:57:04What have we been doing all these thousands of years?
00:57:09We've been congratulating ourselves on our progress
00:57:12and going faster and faster and faster,
00:57:16when in reality, we've only been getting further away
00:57:21from ourselves.
00:57:31Lucy, take my place, will you?
00:58:01Where do you think you're going?
00:58:05Out, in the space taxi.
00:58:07That's madness.
00:58:09Maybe so, but it's not half as mad as the idea
00:58:11that brought us to this point.
00:58:12You are staying here.
00:58:14Listen.
00:58:15Lucy loves you.
00:58:17And Lucy has been and is everything in the world
00:58:20that matters to me.
00:58:22You may not understand it, but for that very reason,
00:58:25I will stop you from going to certain death.
00:58:28Why stop me?
00:58:29We are all going to get killed anyway.
00:58:31I'm going to stop you even if I have to use force.
00:58:59I'm going to stop you.
00:59:00I'm going to stop you, Mr.
00:59:23It's picked up the botanic field alongside the channel.
00:59:41To find my way through the channel, I had to throw to the right and left any loose objects in a space taxi
00:59:48in order to judge the distance between the two curtains of disintegration.
00:59:53Look, it's insane.
01:00:02The channel is getting down. Every second.
01:00:07What's he throwing out?
01:00:08Clugs, transistors, the spare parts from the mechanic's toolkit.
01:00:16George, I'm going to make it. I'll get through.
01:00:20Go on, Ray. Go on.
01:00:23You're nearly there.
01:00:37I don't have anything else to throw out.
01:00:39Get rid of everything which isn't essential. Quick!
01:00:41Quick!
01:00:55The path is clear. George! I'm going through!
01:01:11Go on, Ray.
01:01:12Hurry!
01:01:13Don't lose time. The hatch is above you. Right in the middle of the sphere.
01:01:26You're gonna be here.
01:01:28They're all to have to be in the middle of the sphere.
01:01:29You're gonna be on the ground.
01:01:30Right in the middle of the sphere.
01:01:32I know you're gonna get in the middle of the sphere.
01:01:36I know when you're going to be on the floor.
01:01:38If your hands are going through, I think you're going to go ahead and wait for your hands.
01:01:41Ray, can you hear me?
01:01:58Ray, answer me.
01:02:01Go ahead, George.
01:02:02I'm listening.
01:02:03Get into the pilot seat and disconnect the electronic brain.
01:02:09It should be on the left-hand panel.
01:02:11Turn off everything else.
01:02:22The pilot's still inside the hibernation cell.
01:02:26Dead.
01:02:27Disconnect all contacts on the left-hand panel.
01:02:39George, they're already disconnected.
01:02:42The electronic brain.
01:02:44Ray, you must disconnect the electronic brain.
01:02:56I'm standing in front of it.
01:02:58What should I do?
01:03:00Destroy it.
01:03:02Disconnect the cables.
01:03:03I can't.
01:03:19They won't come loose.
01:03:24He can cut them.
01:03:25There are emergency tools right under the footrest of the pilot's seat.
01:03:28Did you hear, Ray?
01:03:29Under the footrest.
01:03:31All right.
01:03:33Quick.
01:03:34He'd better hurry, sir.
01:03:36We're entering the Earth's gravity zone.
01:03:39Our speed is increasing.
01:03:41Use a pair of wire cutters.
01:03:43Take them, George.
01:03:46Now, I'll cut the wires.
01:03:57I'm cutting through the last wire.
01:04:00The ray's deflector has stopped.
01:04:10Maybe we've made it.
01:04:16How can you prove that the photonic field has been disintegrated?
01:04:20There's only one way of telling for certain.
01:04:22We're coming in.
01:04:26We're coming in.
01:04:377,000.
01:04:396,500.
01:04:426,000.
01:04:455,500.
01:04:475,000.
01:04:49We're getting through it.
01:04:51Ray, we're coming.
01:04:53The nightmare is over.
01:04:59Hurry up, Ray.
01:05:01We're coming.
01:05:01Get ready to be rescued.
01:05:13We're along, Sergeant Ray.
01:05:15Bail out.
01:05:15George, Lucy.
01:05:25The external hatch is jammed.
01:05:28It won't open.
01:05:30It will never open again.
01:05:31Never.
01:05:33Try again, Ray.
01:05:34Try.
01:05:35Quick.
01:05:38He can't open it.
01:05:39He cut the cables.
01:05:41There's no more power inside the ship.
01:05:48Earth Base Nine.
01:05:50Earth Base Nine.
01:05:51Earth Base Nine to Bravo Zulu 8-8.
01:05:53Can you hear us?
01:05:54Over.
01:05:56Bravo Zulu 8-8 to Earth Base Nine.
01:05:59Go ahead.
01:06:01Are you all going insane up there?
01:06:02If you keep racing that fast, you'll disintegrate when you reach the Earth's atmosphere.
01:06:07Separate and change your course immediately.
01:06:10Alpha Two is out of control.
01:06:12There's a man inside.
01:06:17We're going down to try to rescue him.
01:06:21Space suit's on.
01:06:29Lucy.
01:06:30Take my place.
01:06:31We'll manage.
01:06:51Ray?
01:06:52Ray?
01:06:53Lucy.
01:06:54George and the others are coming to get you out.
01:06:57I can't hold on any longer.
01:06:58I can't control the oxygen flow.
01:07:02Use the regulator, Ray.
01:07:04I don't have it anymore.
01:07:07It was the last thing I threw out into space.
01:07:10Ray.
01:07:11You must hold out.
01:07:14Bravo Zulu 8-8.
01:07:16Bravo Zulu 8-8.
01:07:18Are you listening?
01:07:20Roger.
01:07:21Go ahead.
01:07:21This is an order from the High Command.
01:07:24Stop rescue of Alpha Two pilot.
01:07:27Change your course immediately or you'll soon enter the atmosphere.
01:07:31Repeat.
01:07:32This is an order from the High Command.
01:07:35They don't know what they're talking about.
01:07:38They don't know what would have happened if Ray...
01:07:41Establish contact again.
01:07:43And we'll stay as close as possible.
01:07:48Ray.
01:07:49We're very close now.
01:07:51The men are now going out.
01:07:54Too much air.
01:07:55An orgy of air.
01:07:57My thoughts are running wild.
01:07:59Talk to me, Lucy.
01:08:00Lucy.
01:08:00Everything is spinning.
01:08:20Where are you, Lucy?
01:08:25Here.
01:08:26Beside you.
01:08:27What's the use of trying to save the world, Lucy?
01:08:41If I'm going to be lost myself.
01:08:45No.
01:08:46You can't say this, Ray.
01:08:48You believed more than any of us.
01:08:52Truly believed, Ray.
01:08:57Ray, Ray, answer me.
01:09:03I believed.
01:09:05But there's no faith
01:09:06that can destroy
01:09:08the fear of death.
01:09:13Ray, hang on.
01:09:21Goodbye, Lucy.
01:09:22Lucy.
01:09:22Goodbye, Lucy.
01:09:27Lucy, we're inside.
01:09:38Be ready to turn the ship.
01:09:39Lucy, I'll lock the gyros.
01:09:53I'll tell you when to start the engine.
01:09:55Gyros unlocked.
01:09:58We're in, Lucy.
01:09:59Be ready.
01:10:03Contact.
01:10:03We've made it, Lucy.
01:10:16The engine's at maximum speed.
01:10:29We've made it, Lucy.
01:10:29The engine's at maximum speed.
01:10:31The engine's at maximum speed.
01:10:31I wish.
01:10:32Now, you're really worthy of it.
01:11:02That's the earth.
01:11:32You're really worthy of it.
01:12:02You're really worthy of it.
01:12:32You're really worthy of it.
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