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00:00:00This is a playback of a radio-taped report of an exclusive feature story for the Planetary
00:00:13Chronicle of New York.
00:00:15Ray Peterson reporting.
00:00:17Dateline, December 17th.
00:00:20Year, 2116.
00:00:24Spaceship, Bravo Zulu 88.
00:00:26Destiny, Galaxy M-12.
00:00:31Assignment, outer space.
00:00:34Outer space.
00:00:56The editor of my paper assigned me to cover a routine check of infraradiation flux on galaxy M-12.
00:01:13The crew members, in order to overcome the earthly gravity, have been subjected to a state of hibernation.
00:01:39That is, the human body had put through a congealing process, simulating an apparent death.
00:01:47At a pre-set time, under the impulses of an electric brain, the heart resumes its normal beat.
00:01:54The lungs begin their regular functioning.
00:01:57The blood flowing evenly again.
00:01:58In short, man is reacquiring his earthly faculties.
00:02:03the heart resumes its normal beat.
00:02:05The body Abigail has taken
00:02:28To counteract the state of weightlessness caused by lack of gravitation,
00:02:55special magnetic boots are provided to control the balance of space travelers.
00:03:25While the crew and I were still in a state of hibernation, the engineer pilot, Al, reported
00:03:37our approach to international satellite Zulu Extra 3-4.
00:03:42Bravo Zulu 8-8 calling Zulu Extra 3-4.
00:03:46Bravo Zulu 8-8 calling Zulu Extra 3-4. Over.
00:03:50Zulu Extra 3-4 to Bravo Zulu 8-8. Go ahead.
00:03:54Contact established. Hibernation period finished. Over.
00:03:58Is that you, Al? Hi, Richard. Any news to relay?
00:04:03The usual nausea when awakening, my boy.
00:04:07Bravo Zulu 8-8 has entered orbit of your satellite.
00:04:11Bravo Zulu 8-8 closing electronic brain. Over.
00:04:16Roger. Everything's in your hands again, Al.
00:04:19Thanks for nothing, pal. Hey, we got cargo aboard.
00:04:23We've already been informed. Reporter, eh? Did you wake up yet?
00:04:27No, not yet. I haven't brought him his coffee.
00:04:32Bravo Zulu 8-8 requesting your position.
00:04:34Coordinate 5-2-1. Over.
00:04:37Okay. I'll send you the reporter as soon as possible.
00:04:41Bravo Zulu 8-8 closing.
00:04:46Hello, Archie. How you feeling?
00:04:48Man, this time I had a dream. You had a dream? What about?
00:04:53I dreamt I was sleeping.
00:04:57Take over the controls while I wake up the baby.
00:05:00Ah, is it true what we took off? You're saying I'm a lullaby?
00:05:03That's right. Just call me space wet nurse.
00:05:06Next time, why don't you just bring a cow along?
00:05:08Yeah, a pacifier would do.
00:05:13Bravo Zulu 8-8 calling Extra 3-4. Over.
00:05:16Go ahead and follow Zulu 8-8.
00:05:18Bravo Zulu 8-8.
00:05:49To come out of a state of hibernation is an eerie sensation.
00:06:10I didn't know who or where I was until I heard Al's voice.
00:06:15Hi there, spaceman.
00:06:19Hello.
00:06:22This was not my first space flight.
00:06:25Previous assignments for my newspaper had sent me to the moon many times,
00:06:30but never into the vast reaches of deep space.
00:06:32I 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.
00:06:45The coffin was much too small.
00:06:55Couldn't you have found me a bigger one to sleep in?
00:06:58We didn't have one, leech.
00:07:00Why do you call me that?
00:07:04No offense, kid.
00:07:06It just means that here you're a parasite.
00:07:08Where are we now?
00:07:13Outside.
00:07:14Outside what?
00:07:16Outside everything.
00:07:20Breakfast is served.
00:07:23Bravo, Zulu 88.
00:07:24You're directly in line with us.
00:07:26We'll send you that reporter as soon as possible.
00:07:30Hey, Al.
00:07:30They're asking for the boy.
00:07:31We're off to where to start.
00:07:39Calm down, my boy.
00:07:41You'll get along fine.
00:07:42Just control your nerves.
00:07:47There.
00:07:49From now on, you'll be able to hear my instructions.
00:07:52Just remember to regulate your volume now.
00:07:55Hey.
00:07:57You're forgetting the tools of your trade.
00:07:59Hey.
00:08:01What's the matter, sonny?
00:08:17Cut it out, Al.
00:08:19Are you scared, son?
00:08:21Stop treating me like a greyhawk.
00:08:24But that's what you are, my boy.
00:08:26I took the accelerated course before I started on this trip.
00:08:29It probably was too quick.
00:08:32I'm not going to take all the air out of the decompression chamber.
00:08:35You'll have an easier exit.
00:08:37I'll give you a count from 20 to 1.
00:08:39And out you go.
00:08:41I know what to do.
00:08:43Don, you don't know anything yet.
00:08:53Don't touch the metal frame around the hatch.
00:08:55Minus 20.
00:08:57Why?
00:08:58Can you see me?
00:08:59No.
00:09:01But the first time out, they all behaved the same way.
00:09:07Minus 15.
00:09:09India, Zulu, 4-1.
00:09:11You ready?
00:09:125, 1, 2, 1.
00:09:14Wait a second.
00:09:152, 1.
00:09:16Out you go.
00:09:18Al was absolutely right.
00:09:21I was scared.
00:09:30The artificial satellite is like an island in the sky.
00:09:34In order not to disturb its calculated orbital chart, we lined up 2,000 feet parallel to it.
00:09:42The only way to get there was to float through the terrifying void between us.
00:09:47Keep talking, Al.
00:10:08What do you want to hear?
00:10:10Fairy tale?
00:10:11Explain to me what's going on.
00:10:13That's something you'll have to find out for yourself.
00:10:15You're still afraid?
00:10:17Yes.
00:10:19Of what?
00:10:20I don't know.
00:10:23You're still there?
00:10:24Say something.
00:10:26A chilly sense of emptiness.
00:10:30Do you understand me, Al?
00:10:31Sure, I understand.
00:10:34Every baptism has its mystery, even out here in space.
00:10:38I've never felt so lonely.
00:10:40Hey, Al.
00:10:47Maybe if I try to turn around.
00:10:50I did it.
00:10:51Al.
00:10:53I'm turning.
00:10:55Learn how to...
00:10:56India Zulu 4-1.
00:10:57Get back to normal position.
00:11:00You're at the end of your trip.
00:11:01Once aboard Zulu Extra 3-4, I passed through the decompression chamber.
00:11:25I now regained my normal weight because the gravitational area was similar to our Earth's.
00:11:31The reason for this being all space stations rotate around a central axis.
00:11:37In the ship's cabin, I was met by King 116, the doctor in charge of all crew members' physical and mental health.
00:11:56Take off your space suit and report to the commander.
00:12:00He's waiting for you.
00:12:04Hey, what kind of a guy is our reporter?
00:12:07He still smells earthy.
00:12:26Special correspondent Ray Peterson, reporting to the commander.
00:12:43I've heard you're rather famous on Earth.
00:12:46Well, I see my fame has reached the stars.
00:12:49Well, let me give you a bit of advice.
00:12:51Here among the stars, it is better not to be quite so cocky.
00:12:55You are only here to do a job.
00:12:58Don't worry, that's all I intend to do.
00:13:01On condition that you don't interfere with ours.
00:13:05You've arrived here at a critical moment.
00:13:07So much the better.
00:13:08Peace and tranquility don't have any news value.
00:13:20Sullivan.
00:13:21Yes, sir?
00:13:22How long would it take to reinstall the terminal stages to the spaceship that arrived from Earth just now?
00:13:26That all depends, sir.
00:13:27We only have two mechanics on board.
00:13:29Cancel all rest periods.
00:13:30The ship must be ready as soon as possible.
00:13:32I must go to base 12 on Mars.
00:13:33Yes, sir.
00:13:35You talk about Mars as if it were just down the street.
00:13:37There are no streets here.
00:13:41I firmly oppose your unwelcome visit.
00:13:46Are you trying to flatter me?
00:13:48But the high command refused to listen to me.
00:13:50It's apparent that you have quite a pull there.
00:13:52Not me.
00:13:54But my organization has.
00:13:56Don't forget, Peterson, that everything you put on your tape recorder will have to be sent by me before it's sent back to Earth.
00:14:02Here, everything is regulated by machines.
00:14:05You'll find that things are very different here.
00:14:08You may go now.
00:14:09Later on, you'll be shown to your quarters.
00:14:20Working crews ready, sir.
00:14:22Any changes?
00:14:23No, Sullivan.
00:14:40Where's everybody going?
00:14:42For a picnic?
00:14:44The working crew's leaving on a space detail.
00:14:46What if I wanted to go along?
00:14:48To get some air?
00:14:50You'd have to go and ask the commander.
00:14:52For authorization.
00:14:54Is it necessary?
00:14:55Absolutely necessary.
00:14:59Okay.
00:15:05Hoping this special detail might make a good story, I went outside, without permission, to observe and photograph it.
00:15:13This special detail was a refueling operation, one of the most dangerous and delicate operations in space flights.
00:15:20The engineers carried an enormous tube from the space station and carefully attached it to a rear valve on our ship.
00:15:27Thousands of gallons of precious neohydroxene were being pumped into our fuel tanks in order for us to go on to Mars.
00:15:38Look out, the meteorite!
00:15:42Look out!
00:15:42The meteorite!
00:15:43Suddenly, I saw a fiery ball racing toward the cosmonaut next to me.
00:15:47Dibbly, I pushed him out of the way.
00:15:49But the subsequent reaction caused me to bounce against the connection of the fuel valve, disconnecting it and letting their irreplaceable neohydroxene escape.
00:15:57Close the fuel valve!
00:16:00Close the fuel valve!
00:16:02Close the fuel valve!
00:16:03Close the fuel valve!
00:16:08Lost.
00:16:11500 gallons of hydrazine.
00:16:17Lost.
00:16:18I'm sorry.
00:16:20Furthermore, you went without my permission.
00:16:24I said I'm sorry, even though I saved a man's life.
00:16:29You didn't come here to be a hero.
00:16:30the damage you have just caused is much more serious than the mere loss of a life
00:16:37evidently commander my way of thinking must seem prehistoric to you i thought nothing was worse than
00:16:43the loss of a human being but then i only saved a number yankee one three i didn't even see his
00:16:49face maybe he hasn't got one i knew that you were going to give me trouble i see your psychologist
00:16:58too now look here peterson let's get this straight from now on you must ask permission for everything
00:17:04you do and you won't ask me for it that's an improvement you'll have to ask my second in
00:17:09command and i'm afraid you'll find that he's tougher than i am you may go now
00:17:13you may go first commander tell me one thing why do you deny me the honor of talking to you
00:17:24i'm leaving peterson
00:17:29i'm leaving peterson
00:17:36me
00:17:38me
00:17:42me
00:17:44me
00:17:49me
00:17:50me
00:17:58Hey, buddy.
00:18:02I'm King 116.
00:18:04Pardon me for not having called you by name.
00:18:07Allow me.
00:18:08India Zulu 41.
00:18:10What do you want?
00:18:12I'm looking for someone.
00:18:14Excuse me, I'm looking for a number.
00:18:17Yankee 13.
00:18:18He was injured.
00:18:19He should be around here somewhere.
00:18:21Just dismissed.
00:18:22It was nothing but simple shock.
00:18:25Have a look in the biochemical lab.
00:18:26Please excuse my curiosity, Mr. King 116.
00:18:42May I come in?
00:18:45Hey, spaceman.
00:18:54Are you addressing me?
00:18:55Yes, but you're a...
00:18:58Go on.
00:19:00You're a girl.
00:19:01And you're selling flowers, too.
00:19:04There are no flowers here.
00:19:06These are diaspora.
00:19:07Even with a name like that, they're flowers.
00:19:10They serve the purpose of changing hydrogen into breathable oxygen.
00:19:15And they're as necessary here as the air is on Earth.
00:19:18But I still say, they're flowers.
00:19:23If you like.
00:19:25Do you sell them?
00:19:27I'm afraid not.
00:19:28But maybe we can make a deal.
00:19:32What do you mean?
00:19:33Oh, you see, you won't have to send them anywhere.
00:19:37I'll pay for them.
00:19:38But then, I'll leave them here for you.
00:19:41Do you work in this section?
00:19:47Sometimes.
00:19:49But I'm really a navigator.
00:19:52When I'm not working with the astro compass, I like to substitute for the section chemist.
00:19:56But tell me, why do you want to offer them to me?
00:20:02Oh, no particular reason.
00:20:03Just to celebrate the second smiling face I've run into.
00:20:07Al's was the first.
00:20:09Now I find you.
00:20:10Speaking of you, what's your name?
00:20:13I don't mean your numbers, cereals, codes, but just your name.
00:20:17Lucy.
00:20:19Lucy.
00:20:20Do you like it?
00:20:21It's not bad.
00:20:23My uncle had a mascot with that name.
00:20:25It was quite cute.
00:20:28I liked it very much.
00:20:29It was a monkey.
00:20:32Oh, really.
00:20:33She was very cute.
00:20:34I 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.
00:20:48You know, the commander.
00:20:50My old friend.
00:20:51But doesn't the commander have a number?
00:20:54Like everybody else?
00:20:56Not for me.
00:20:58And now, if you'll forgive me, I've got work to do.
00:21:04Yankee 1-3.
00:21:05I forgot.
00:21:10Thank you, Ray.
00:21:13I really mean thanks.
00:21:22Following the order from the commander, Al came over to our ship to pilot a space taxi
00:21:27from which I could photograph a passage of asteroids.
00:21:31India's Yulu 4-1.
00:21:32We just made it.
00:21:34I bet you this was the most interesting action shot of your career.
00:21:38Yeah.
00:21:38Shooting these rocks is sure something.
00:21:41They're not rocks, my son.
00:21:43They're asteroids.
00:21:45Each of them 1,700 feet in diameter.
00:21:47The commander bawled me out for the loss of 500 gallons of hydrazine when I saved a life.
00:21:56And the girls, too.
00:21:57Ah, so you have a weakness for the weakest thing.
00:22:00And she doesn't even call him sir, just George.
00:22:03Buy all our rings around, Sally.
00:22:04They were right when they called you a meddler.
00:22:07Al, he's ashamed of that.
00:22:10Hold right now.
00:22:10I'm going to make a sharp turn.
00:22:16Who is ashamed?
00:22:18George.
00:22:18You understand him.
00:22:22Is it true that George is leaving?
00:22:24Yes.
00:22:25And Lucy, will she go with him?
00:22:27I'm sorry for you, but that's exactly what she'll do.
00:22:29Something very serious is going on.
00:22:31And all you can talk about is this nonsense.
00:22:34We're leaving for Mars.
00:22:35Wait, you too, Al?
00:22:36Yes.
00:22:38Can't you tell me more about it?
00:22:39Top secret.
00:22:39Sulu Extra 3-4 to Space Taxi Bravo 9-1.
00:22:44Hurry back to base.
00:22:45Over.
00:22:45Roger from Bravo 9-1.
00:22:49Al, can I radio my Earth base?
00:22:51Sure.
00:22:52You think you're still living back in the 21st century?
00:22:55Thanks.
00:22:56You'd better lower your head now.
00:22:57We're moving back into the satellite.
00:23:00I wanted to join this Mars expedition.
00:23:03Only an order from the high command on Earth
00:23:05could persuade the commander to take me with him.
00:23:08I don't understand.
00:23:09What's making the pilot so late?
00:23:12He promised to join us immediately, sir.
00:23:14Al's really a strange type.
00:23:16He's the best there is.
00:23:17I'm sorry to be late, sir.
00:23:26We've been waiting for you.
00:23:28The situation has become worse.
00:23:30We've got to leave immediately.
00:23:32And you haven't been able to contact Alfred 2?
00:23:34No.
00:23:35Alfred 2 does not answer.
00:23:38We think the pilot may be dead.
00:23:40This could mean the end.
00:23:49That's what I'm afraid of.
00:23:52India Zulu 4-1 wishes to speak with you, sir.
00:23:55Let him talk to the second in command.
00:23:57You take care of him, Sullivan.
00:23:59He refuses to do so.
00:24:01He says he has a very urgent communication for you.
00:24:04Send him in.
00:24:04That's all we needed.
00:24:12This inquisitive, interfering meddler.
00:24:16He's a pretty nice guy.
00:24:19Do you think so?
00:24:20This is absurd.
00:24:42Commander, you are insulting the high command.
00:24:46Absolutely against all regulations.
00:24:48Any more criticisms?
00:24:49Yes.
00:24:50So have I.
00:24:52But I keep them to myself.
00:24:58Gentlemen.
00:25:00Prepare to leave.
00:25:11Yankee 1-3.
00:25:13One moment, please.
00:25:14Yes.
00:25:18What is it, George?
00:25:20That man, Peterson, has persuaded the high command to let him come with us.
00:25:27It's an order.
00:25:28Aren't you exaggerating?
00:25:32I can't increase the crew.
00:25:35Can't you do without the radio operator?
00:25:37We'll get along just as well.
00:25:38No.
00:25:39I prefer to do without you.
00:25:40I would not want my choice influenced by opinions that are not objective.
00:25:52Anyway, I think I could get along better without a navigator than without a radio operator.
00:25:59If I weren't the navigator.
00:26:00If I weren't the navigator, then would you give up taking one with you?
00:26:06Perhaps not.
00:26:07Perhaps not.
00:26:08You see, you're not being objective.
00:26:12Besides, I don't want to be left behind, George.
00:26:15It's not that I pretend to be of more value than the high command is, but I'm not of less
00:26:21value either.
00:26:22You aren't giving me an order, are you?
00:26:23No.
00:26:24No.
00:26:25I'm just begging you.
00:26:26I understand you, George.
00:26:30I know that you always try to be worthy of your position, but you'd be better off if
00:26:36for once you tried...
00:26:37What?
00:26:38To be worthy of yourself.
00:26:40I'm sorry, George.
00:27:01Lucy's plea to the commander was effective.
00:27:12When we left the artificial satellite and returned to our spaceship, Bravo Zulu 8-8, Lucy
00:27:18was aboard and set our course for Mars.
00:27:21Is the nose still turned up?
00:27:23Don't be silly.
00:27:24The nose of the spaceship is always up, even when landing.
00:27:27He's not referring to the spaceship, Al.
00:27:29He's talking about me.
00:27:30My congratulations, Commander.
00:27:32Listen, Peterson, remember you're extraneous here, so please keep to your place.
00:27:37What place?
00:27:38I don't even have a chair to sit on.
00:27:41Look, there are two cots in there that you can use when we haven't a chance to rest.
00:27:46Oh, while the rest of you are working, I'm supposed to sleep.
00:27:49There are times when all children should go to bed.
00:27:52Yeah.
00:27:53Listen, ever since we came on this trip, you've all done your very best to make me feel like an outsider.
00:28:06My congratulations, Peterson.
00:28:08What the devil is going on?
00:28:13I don't know, sir.
00:28:14Looks like it might be a magnetic storm.
00:28:15Impossible.
00:28:16Listen to the wave boom, sir.
00:28:17Look, Captain.
00:28:18Give me its position.
00:28:19I don't know.
00:28:20What the devil is going on?
00:28:21I don't know, sir.
00:28:22Looks like it might be a magnetic storm.
00:28:23Impossible.
00:28:24Listen to the wave boom, sir.
00:28:25Look, Captain.
00:28:26Give me its position.
00:28:27Coordinate, one, one, three.
00:28:28Inertial position of object, five, one, two.
00:28:29I don't know, sir.
00:28:30What the devil is going on?
00:28:31I don't know, sir.
00:28:32Looks like it might be a magnetic storm.
00:28:33Impossible.
00:28:34Listen to the wave boom, sir.
00:28:35Look, Captain.
00:28:36Give me its position.
00:28:49Coordinate, one, one, three.
00:28:51Inertial position of object, five, one, two.
00:28:54Try to establish contact.
00:28:55It looks like a moon ship.
00:29:00Bravo, Zulu, eight, eight.
00:29:02Bravo, Zulu, eight, eight.
00:29:03To unidentified object, over.
00:29:09They're asking for help, sir.
00:29:10Switch to voice circuit.
00:29:21Metro Sierra, one, three.
00:29:23Metro Sierra, one, three.
00:29:24Metro Sierra, one, three.
00:29:25To Bravo, Zulu, eight, eight.
00:29:26Over.
00:29:27Bravo, Zulu, eight, eight.
00:29:28To Metro Sierra, one, three.
00:29:29Go ahead.
00:29:30Over.
00:29:31Tanks are exploded.
00:29:32Engines have failed.
00:29:33We're out of control and being attracted to Mars.
00:29:35Over.
00:29:37Try to get back into the orbit around Mars.
00:29:39We'll attempt rescue.
00:29:41What caused the explosion?
00:29:42Over.
00:29:43Impossible to say.
00:29:44The sudden rush of hot air overpowered us.
00:29:46The instruments have gone crazy.
00:29:48The tanks have exploded.
00:29:49The structure's melted in several places.
00:29:51What about the crew?
00:29:52Three of us left, sir.
00:29:58One dead.
00:29:59The engineer.
00:30:00Put on your spacesuits and stand by for immediate bailout as soon as you enter orbit.
00:30:04Radio out.
00:30:06Disconnect the voice circuit.
00:30:10Do you think they'll make it?
00:30:11That's what I'm checking now.
00:30:13Are you thinking the same thing I am, Al?
00:30:17They can't make it.
00:30:18Why not?
00:30:23No.
00:30:24We won't be able to make it.
00:30:26One of Mars' satellites is crossing our path.
00:30:28Driving engines again.
00:30:36David.
00:30:37David.
00:30:38David.
00:30:39Don't.
00:30:41Don't, David.
00:30:42It's suicide.
00:30:43Don't jump.
00:30:44I don't feel like ending my days in a trial.
00:30:45David, don't.
00:30:46Shut up.
00:30:47No!
00:30:48No!
00:30:49What are you doing?
00:30:50Huh?
00:30:51Can you make it?
00:30:52What are you doing?
00:30:53No.
00:30:54What are you doing?
00:30:58No.
00:30:59No.
00:31:00No!
00:31:01No!
00:31:02No!
00:31:03Oh!
00:31:04No!
00:31:05No.
00:31:06No.
00:31:07No, no.
00:31:08I'm climbing! One of my engines had started! I'm climbing!
00:31:15I'm getting lighter! I can make it! I'm getting lighter!
00:31:21I can make it!
00:31:24No!
00:31:28Start the engines to get ready for a vertical landing.
00:31:32We will fly above Phobos.
00:31:37Now...
00:31:44Engines at seven gammas.
00:31:49Now...
00:32:04Engines at eight gammas.
00:32:09Look there to the right.
00:32:13Perhaps.
00:32:15Entrance at 11 gammas.
00:32:17General's unlocked.
00:32:18Moving to vertical position.
00:32:22Engines at 12 gammas.
00:32:27What's going on?
00:32:28We're going down.
00:32:29But it's insane!
00:32:33With all stages full of fuel.
00:32:34We're like a bomb!
00:32:38We're like a bomb!
00:32:39Landing area at two degrees off our coordinates.
00:32:40Just below us.
00:32:41Engines at 14 gammas.
00:32:43Engines at 16 gammas.
00:32:44Engines at 16 gammas.
00:32:46Engines at 16 gammas.
00:32:48Engines at 16 gammas.
00:32:51Engines at 16 gammas.
00:32:55Engines at four o'er.
00:32:56Engines at four o'er.
00:32:58Engines at four o'er.
00:33:00Engines at four o'er.
00:33:05Engines at four o'er.
00:33:07Engines at four o'er.
00:33:14Agents at four, here.
00:33:29Agents at four, here.
00:33:44Put on your spacesuit, Leach. You're coming to help rescue that poor guy. The captain sits.
00:34:14Nine degrees to starboard. One more and we would have remained here forever.
00:34:35He's still alive. Let's hurry up. Captain, we're coming in.
00:34:39Lucy, keep the gyros working. As soon as they're inside, we'll get out of here.
00:34:50You stay here and look after him.
00:34:55I'll take care of the entrance.
00:35:00Gyros unlocked. Roger.
00:35:09How is it?
00:35:10Bad.
00:35:11I don't know.
00:35:12I don't know.
00:35:13I don't know.
00:35:14I don't know.
00:35:15Can't wait until we get to Mars. We're almost there anyway, aren't we?
00:35:22No.
00:35:24How is it?
00:35:25Bad.
00:35:26How is it?
00:35:38Bad.
00:35:40I think you'll hold out until we get to Mars.
00:35:42We're almost there anyway, aren't we?
00:35:44No.
00:35:45What do you mean, no?
00:35:47We've changed course.
00:35:48We're now heading for Venus.
00:35:49Your what?
00:35:52A direct order from the high command.
00:35:54And you accepted it?
00:35:56Do you realize, Commander, there's a dying man in there?
00:36:12I don't have to account to you for my actions.
00:36:14Look, Captain.
00:36:16I'm picking up an area of intense heat.
00:36:19It's almost as hot as the botanic field of the sun itself.
00:36:23Turn on the safety system.
00:36:24I think you should tell him, sir.
00:36:28It's no longer top secret.
00:36:31Alpha-2, propelled by photonic energy, is now without a pilot.
00:36:37She is floating in space and is only controlled by the electronic brain.
00:36:41The photonic heat which our radar has picked up has the power of destruction and death.
00:36:49Alpha-2 has re-entered the solar system.
00:36:52During the sun's next revolution, she will start to orbit around the Earth and will destroy it completely.
00:36:57Burning everything, burning everything and eliminating all forms of light.
00:37:01Have we any hope of stopping her?
00:37:06That's why we're going to Venus.
00:37:08It's the nearest point to the elliptical path of Alpha-2.
00:37:11We have that one chance in a million.
00:37:20Our world was in danger, about to be destroyed.
00:37:24Perhaps in a few days, maybe in a few hours.
00:37:27It was up to us, a handful of cosmonauts from Earth, millions of miles away, to try and save humanity.
00:37:35Lucy, you're crying.
00:37:46Who's the dark spots?
00:37:48Those continents?
00:37:50And there are the oceans and the trees.
00:37:54You can't see them.
00:37:56In my mind, I can't.
00:37:57I'd like to run down a road that's a lot of pine trees.
00:38:01Would you?
00:38:02Yes, and feel just once again the excitement of speed.
00:38:07But we're already running at 90,000 miles an hour.
00:38:10And we're standing still.
00:38:13That's nothing but an illusion.
00:38:18Do you know what day it is?
00:38:21Don't you know that in space we don't count the days?
00:38:24No, but do you know what date it is?
00:38:27It's the 359th of rotation around the sun.
00:38:30That's just part of it.
00:38:33It's Christmas, Lucy.
00:38:35We started to land at the interplanetary base on Venus, the largest, best-equipped base, closest to Alpha 2.
00:39:01From there, Alpha 2 could be intercepted and, we hoped, destroyed by the remote-controlled atomic missiles.
00:39:09Hey, Archie, is that the base?
00:39:25Yes, right under the protective dome.
00:39:27There's too much hydrogen in Venus's atmosphere.
00:39:29From here, it looks like the glass dome of a temple.
00:39:35You don't need a respirator inside.
00:39:36What about those plugs?
00:39:37Are they purifying filters?
00:39:38Hey, that's already the course of showing results, isn't it?
00:39:42Tell me, why is it that with him he wants to protect himself?
00:39:45He hides himself under a dome.
00:39:47Put on your helmet, kid.
00:39:48I'm going to take you on a quick tour of Venus, only this time it won't be for sightseeing.
00:39:59Emergency action was taken immediately by firing an atomic missile at Alpha 2 in an attempt to destroy this deadly mechanical monster.
00:40:078,500, 8,000 miles, 7,500, 7,000 miles, 6,500, 6,000 miles, 5,800, 5,500, 5,200, 5,000 miles.
00:40:31Hold on.
00:40:33Disintegrated.
00:40:35Exactly at 5,000 miles.
00:40:37We'll have a chance to hit her only if the electronic brain which propels her has gone out of control.
00:40:49You 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.
00:41:04We've just had the proof of it.
00:41:05It's indestructible.
00:41:06It's indestructible.
00:41:08Though one of man's dreams has finally come true, an indestructible destroyer.
00:41:14Unless 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.
00:41:26That means 1,500 miles within the safety limit.
00:41:29In a few days, maybe a few hours, our planet will become a mass of boiling mud, as it was soon after its formation.
00:41:41We mustn't give up hope.
00:41:43Something might stop it in time.
00:41:44Maybe a miracle.
00:41:46And while we're waiting here for your miracle, I would suggest that we immediately put into operation all the means at our disposal.
00:41:56They've already prepared to fire missiles from the other hemisphere.
00:41:59Meanwhile, why don't you order your men to reach the audio stations on the beach.
00:42:03You stand by electronic telescope number 7.
00:42:106,800, 5,700, 5,200, 5,000, 4,500, 4,000, 3,700, 2,900, 2,400, 2,200.
00:42:31I don't understand.
00:42:38With your permission, sir, I have an explanation.
00:42:41What is it?
00:42:42I think I've found the answer.
00:42:44Tell it to us.
00:42:45I'm sure that due to some technical error, that spaceship is vulnerable.
00:42:50The two photonic deflectors at both...
00:42:52Vulnerability?
00:42:53Two semispheres separated in their fields by a channel.
00:42:57You mean like a halved orange?
00:43:00A perfect example, my son.
00:43:02That's why a missile has gone through.
00:43:04According to you, it was the only one fired exactly into the center of the channel.
00:43:08But why did the last one disintegrate at 2,200 miles?
00:43:11Because of some imperceptible deviation.
00:43:13Perhaps it was attracted by one of the photonic fields.
00:43:16The punch is right, Al.
00:43:18There's still a chance.
00:43:20What chance?
00:43:22We'd have to fire on a straight line from another spaceship traveling alongside Alpha 2 at the same rate of speed.
00:43:29I think I've earned the right to try, sir.
00:43:31By the right.
00:43:32Because if my hunch turns out to be correct, I'd like to be the one to receive the credit.
00:43:38And if it's wrong, you want to be the one to risk it.
00:43:42There's an old atomic spaceship here, sir.
00:43:44I'll use its remote controlled missiles.
00:43:47May I go ahead, sir?
00:43:50Yes.
00:43:51And I hope you'll manage to save humanity.
00:44:03We'll take off and follow you as close as possible, Al.
00:44:06All of us.
00:44:08As if we were right there with you.
00:44:11All of us.
00:44:13Hey, Ray, now you have a chance to do a real exclusive.
00:44:22It'll be a universal scoop.
00:44:25Let's just make it a world scoop.
00:44:28Let's go.
00:44:29Let's go.
00:44:30Let's go.
00:44:35Let's go.
00:44:36Let's go.
00:44:38Let's go.
00:44:51Let's go.
00:44:56We are out of it now.
00:45:17You did very well, Peterson.
00:45:19It's not everybody that can stand 16 gammas.
00:45:22Considering the fact that I'm a parasite.
00:45:24Tango Sierra 1-3, Tango Sierra 1-3 to Bravo Zulu 8-8, over.
00:45:40Now, piloting the old atomic spaceship, Tango Sierra 1-3, flew alongside us.
00:45:47Both spaceships shut off their engines,
00:45:49and the inertial thrust allowed them to fly at fantastic speeds.
00:45:53His mission, to find the channel between the two semispheres of Alpha-2.
00:46:14Tango Sierra 1-3, go ahead.
00:46:16Everything okay, Captain?
00:46:18Perfect.
00:46:20How's the reporter?
00:46:24Doing fine.
00:46:27Requesting route checked.
00:46:29Present inertial speed, 30,000 miles.
00:46:32Coordinate 1-3 in respect to Vega.
00:46:36Estimated intersection point with Alpha-2 on Coordinate 4-1 in respect to Earth at 18 degrees.
00:46:43Over.
00:46:43Over.
00:46:44Correct.
00:46:45But change approximately 3 degrees at intersection point with Alpha-2.
00:46:51We'll go.
00:46:52I'll request another route check on approach, and let's hope for the best.
00:46:56Radio out.
00:46:56Satellite Zulu, extra 3-4.
00:47:07Satellite Zulu, extra 3-4, calling Bravo Zulu 8-8, over.
00:47:11Bravo Zulu 8-8, satellite.
00:47:14Zulu extra 3-4, go ahead.
00:47:16Captain, this is Sullivan.
00:47:17What's the trouble, Sullivan?
00:47:18About 45 seconds ago, the photonic field around spaceship Alpha-2 came into collision with the asteroids.
00:47:26Well, then?
00:47:27Alpha-2 has changed her course by 6 degrees in respect to Vega.
00:47:32I'm afraid she'll enter orbit around the Earth before the estimated time.
00:47:39Can you ascertain her present position?
00:47:42Yes, I can.
00:47:43High coordinate 27 degrees.
00:47:45Movement of ellipses gradually advancing.
00:47:49Look out.
00:47:50It's coming towards you.
00:47:58Yes.
00:47:59It will be on top of us any minute.
00:48:02What about the men, Sullivan?
00:48:04They are all on standby, sir.
00:48:08Two mechanics went out of the space taxi to Solar Mirror Foxtrot 1-2.
00:48:13I ordered them not to come back.
00:48:15Commander, see if you can save them.
00:48:20Sullivan, save yourself.
00:48:23It's too late, sir.
00:48:26Sullivan.
00:48:28Sullivan.
00:48:28Sullivan.
00:48:29Can you hear me?
00:48:32Sullivan.
00:48:34Sullivan.
00:48:35Sullivan.
00:48:35Sullivan.
00:48:45Ray.
00:48:54Ray.
00:48:56Al.
00:48:57Don't forget Sullivan and your scoop.
00:49:00Write this.
00:49:01He was never afraid.
00:49:03Since man, even in space, changes his position, but not his character.
00:49:09He is what he is, wherever he lives.
00:49:14What's he mean?
00:49:19What you're always saying.
00:49:21To himself, every man is a whole world.
00:49:25Commander, I've been able to locate the position of the space taxi.
00:49:38Tell it to me.
00:49:39Coordinate 528, 8 degrees in respect to Alderbaran.
00:49:45We're changing course and we'll try to rescue the survivors.
00:49:47Bravo Zulu, 8-8 to space taxi, Bravo 9-1.
00:49:58We're coming in to rescue you.
00:50:00Be ready to bail out.
00:50:05Bravo Zulu, 8-8 to space taxi, Bravo 9-1.
00:50:10We're coming in to rescue you.
00:50:12Be ready to bail out.
00:50:13Out.
00:50:30The commander says your boys should rest.
00:50:32No, Ray.
00:50:33Show them in here.
00:50:43I just wanted to see you, boys.
00:50:51Barry.
00:50:53Jackson.
00:50:55I'm glad to see you.
00:50:58Go and get some rest now.
00:51:13How do you like that, Jackson?
00:51:38He called us boys.
00:51:39Yeah, and he even remembered our names.
00:51:43I didn't think he even knew.
00:51:47Sir, I'm now 7,000 miles from Alpha 2.
00:52:03In a few seconds, I'll start firing the rockets.
00:52:055,000 miles.
00:52:174,500.
00:52:214,000.
00:52:233,500.
00:52:273,000.
00:52:32It's disintegrated.
00:52:33I'll try again.
00:52:435,000.
00:52:444,500.
00:52:464,000.
00:52:473,500.
00:52:483,000.
00:52:492,500.
00:52:512,000.
00:52:521,500.
00:52:541,000.
00:52:55900.
00:52:56800.
00:52:56Going to make it.
00:52:57700.
00:52:59600.
00:53:00500.
00:53:01400.
00:53:02300.
00:53:02Do it.
00:53:08Fire another rocket.
00:53:10I'm getting near it, sir.
00:53:21It's too dangerous, Al.
00:53:22Stop.
00:53:23You'll be attracted by the photonic field.
00:53:25I've located the channel.
00:53:27I'll try to break through it, Commander.
00:53:29I'm sure that I can get at least 1,500 miles away from the spaceship.
00:53:33Come back, Al.
00:53:34It's murder.
00:53:35I'm 2,000 miles away from Alpha 2 now, sir.
00:53:38Let me try.
00:53:40Al, that's an order.
00:53:41I'm sorry, sir.
00:53:43But I'm not taking orders anymore.
00:53:44It's a useless sacrifice.
00:53:48Son, I'm 1,200 miles away from it.
00:53:52I don't want to disillusion you.
00:53:55But what would be the use of living if the Earth were destroyed?
00:54:00We'd all be prisoners of space.
00:54:02With no hope of return.
00:54:07800 miles.
00:54:08Al, please.
00:54:10After 200 miles, you'll have only a very slight chance to keep on a steady course.
00:54:14That slight chance challenges me to try.
00:54:16I'll kill you.
00:54:46I don't know what you're doing.
00:54:47Maybe not, Commander.
00:54:49No.
00:54:49But in a few seconds, I'll know for sure.
00:55:08Al has succeeded in proving the existence of a channel by the sacrifice
00:55:13of his own life.
00:55:16But we still haven't got a chance.
00:55:19There's nothing for us to do but follow his lead.
00:55:22But how, Lucy?
00:55:24Commander, why don't you request more spaceships equipped with missiles?
00:55:28It's too late now.
00:55:29They'd never get here in time.
00:55:33Well, then.
00:55:33I don't know.
00:55:39What's that object that keeps appearing on the screen?
00:55:47It's the space taxi from the disintegrated satellite.
00:55:53It is now circling in orbit around us.
00:55:56It's the space taxi.
00:56:06It's the space taxi.
00:56:14I rode on it once for the hell.
00:56:15Are you afraid, Lucy?
00:56:33Yes, for him.
00:56:36I understand.
00:56:37I love him, George.
00:56:41I know.
00:56:44But love has no meaning anymore, George.
00:56:48That is.
00:56:52Perhaps it's the only thing that does matter.
00:56:55The world of human feelings has been much less explored
00:57:04than the whole of the universe put together.
00:57:11But now it's late.
00:57:14What have we been doing all these thousands of years?
00:57:19We've been congratulating ourselves on our progress
00:57:23in going faster and faster and faster
00:57:25when in reality
00:57:28we've only been getting further away from ourselves.
00:57:44Lucy.
00:57:48Take my place, will you?
00:57:53Where do you think you're going?
00:58:17Out.
00:58:18In the space taxi.
00:58:19That's madness.
00:58:20Maybe so, but it's not half as mad
00:58:22as the idea that brought us to this point.
00:58:24You are staying here.
00:58:26Listen.
00:58:27Lucy loves you.
00:58:29And Lucy has been and is
00:58:31everything in the world that matters to me.
00:58:34You may not understand it,
00:58:36but for that very reason
00:58:37I will stop you from going to certain death.
00:58:40Why stop me?
00:58:41We are all going to get killed anyway.
00:58:43I'm going to stop you
00:58:44even if I have to use force.
00:58:50He'll be what he says.
00:59:14I'm going to get killed.
00:59:15Commander, he's going to make it.
00:59:28He'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 in order to judge the distance between the two curtains of disintegration.
01:00:04Look, it's insane.
01:00:13The channel is getting down. Every second.
01:00:18What's he throwing out?
01:00:19Clubs, transistors, the spare parts from the mechanic's tool kit.
01:00:27George, I'm going to make it. I'll get through.
01:00:30Go on, Ray. Go on. You're nearly there.
01:00:48I don't have anything else to throw out.
01:00:50Get rid of everything which isn't essential. Quick.
01:00:53The path is clear. George, I'm going through.
01:01:09Don't lose time. The hatch is above you. Right in the middle of the sphere.
01:01:30Don't lose time. The hatch is above you. Right in the middle of the sphere.
01:01:37Ray, can you hear me?
01:01:50In the middle of the sphere.
01:01:51Ray, can you hear me?
01:02:09Ray, answer me.
01:02:12Go ahead, George. I'm listening.
01:02:14Get into the pilot seat.
01:02:17And disconnect the electronic brain.
01:02:20It should be on the left-hand panel.
01:02:22Turn off everything else.
01:02:33The pilot's still inside the hibernation cell.
01:02:37Dead.
01:02:38Disconnect all contacts on the left-hand panel.
01:02:40George, they're already disconnected.
01:02:53The electronic brain.
01:02:55Ray, you must disconnect the electronic brain.
01:02:58I'm standing in front of it.
01:03:09What should I do?
01:03:11Destroy it.
01:03:13Disconnect the cables.
01:03:13I can't.
01:03:30They won't come loose.
01:03:35He can cut them.
01:03:36There are emergency tools right under the footrest of the pilot's seat.
01:03:39Did you hear, Ray?
01:03:40Under the footrest.
01:03:42All right.
01:03:44Quick.
01:03:45You'd better hurry, sir.
01:03:47We're entering the Earth's gravity zone.
01:03:50Our speed is increasing.
01:03:51Use a pair of wire cutters.
01:03:55Come on, George.
01:03:57Now cut the wires.
01:03:58I'm cutting through the last wire.
01:04:19Ray's deflector has stopped.
01:04:21May be we've made it.
01:04:27How can you prove that the photonic field has been disintegrated?
01:04:31There's only one way of telling for certain.
01:04:36We're coming in.
01:04:497,000.
01:04:506,500.
01:04:546,000.
01:04:565,500.
01:04:585,000.
01:05:00We're getting through it.
01:05:02Ray, we're coming.
01:05:04The nightmare is over.
01:05:10Hurry up, Ray.
01:05:12We're coming.
01:05:12Get ready to be rescued.
01:05:13We're coming.
01:05:20We're along, Sergeant Ray.
01:05:26Bail out.
01:05:34George.
01:05:36Lucy.
01:05:37The external hatch is jammed.
01:05:39It won't open.
01:05:41It will never open again.
01:05:42Never.
01:05:43Try again, Ray.
01:05:45Try.
01:05:45Quick.
01:05:49He can't open it.
01:05:51He cut the cables.
01:05:52There's no more power inside the ship.
01:05:59Earth Base 9.
01:06:00Earth Base 9.
01:06:02Earth Base 9 to Bravo Zulu 88.
01:06:04Can you hear us?
01:06:05Over.
01:06:07Bravo Zulu 88 to Earth Base 9.
01:06:10Go ahead.
01:06:11Are you all going insane up there?
01:06:14If you keep racing that fast, you'll disintegrate when you reach the Earth's atmosphere.
01:06:18Separate and change your course immediately.
01:06:21Alpha 2 is out of control.
01:06:23There's a man inside.
01:06:28We're going down to try to rescue him.
01:06:32Space suit's on.
01:06:33Space suit.
01:06:39Lucy, take my place.
01:06:49We'll manage.
01:07:01Ray?
01:07:03Ray?
01:07:04Lucy.
01:07:05George and the others are coming to get you out.
01:07:08I can't hold out any longer.
01:07:11I can't control the oxygen flow.
01:07:13Use the regulator, Ray.
01:07:15I don't have it anymore.
01:07:18It was the last thing I threw out into space.
01:07:21Ray, you must hold out.
01:07:25Bravo, Zulu 88.
01:07:27Bravo, Zulu 88.
01:07:29Are you listening?
01:07:30Roger, go ahead.
01:07:33This is an order from the High Command.
01:07:35Stop rescue of Alpha 2 pilot.
01:07:38Change your course immediately or you'll soon enter the atmosphere.
01:07:42Repeat.
01:07:43This is an order from the High Command.
01:07:46They don't know what they're talking about.
01:07:49They don't know what would have happened if Ray...
01:07:52establish contact again.
01:07:55And we'll stay as close as possible.
01:07:59Ray, we're very close now.
01:08:02The men are now going out.
01:08:05Too much air.
01:08:06An orgy of air.
01:08:08My thoughts are running wild.
01:08:10Talk to me, Lucy.
01:08:11Lucy.
01:08:12Everything is spinning.
01:08:31Where are you, Lucy?
01:08:33Here, beside you.
01:08:40Quick, Nicole, they weren't here.
01:08:48What's the use of trying to save the world, Lucy?
01:08:51Lucy, if I'm going to be lost myself?
01:08:55No.
01:08:56You can't say this, Ray.
01:08:59You believed more than any of us.
01:09:03You truly believed, Ray.
01:09:11Ray!
01:09:12Ray, answer me!
01:09:13I believed.
01:09:15But there's no faith that can destroy the fear of death.
01:09:24Wait, wait, hang on.
01:09:32Goodbye, Lucy.
01:09:33Lucy.
01:09:33Lucy.
01:09:33Lucy.
01:09:35Lucy.
01:09:37Lucy.
01:09:39Lucy.
01:09:41Lucy, we're inside.
01:09:49Be ready to turn the ship.
01:09:51Lucy, I'll watch the gyros.
01:10:04I'll tell you when to start the engine.
01:10:06Gyros are locked.
01:10:06We're in, Lucy.
01:10:08We're in, Lucy.
01:10:09We're in, Lucy.
01:10:11Be ready.
01:10:13Gun tank.
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