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A brave mission across the vastness of space to explore a region never seen before. The astronauts face mystery, danger, and the wonders of the cosmos in their search for truth beyond the stars. A classic tale of courage, discovery, and the limits of humanity.
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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.
00:00:26Destination, Galaxy M12.
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
00:01:12Galaxy M12.
00:01:13The crew members, in order to overcome the earthly gravity, have been subjected to a state of
00:01:37hibernation, that is, the human body had put through a congealing process, simulating an
00:01:43apparent death.
00:01:47At a preset 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 looofing shall not be outraๆ.
00:02:04In short, man has been pressed for about 2 decades.
00:02:05In short, man has squareded for about two decades.
00:02:29To 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.
00:03:41Bravo 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.
00:03:59Is that you, Al?
00:04:00Hi, Richard.
00:04:01Any news to relay?
00:04:03The usual nausea when awakening, my boy.
00:04:07Bravo Zulu 8-8 has entered orbit of your satellite. Bravo Zulu 8-8 closing electronic brain. Over.
00:04:16Roger. Everything's in your hands again, Al.
00:04:19Thanks for nothing, pal.
00:04:21Hey, we got cargo aboard.
00:04:23We've already been informed.
00:04:25Reporter, 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.
00:04:35Coordinates 5-2-1. Over.
00:04:38Okay.
00:04:39I'll send you the reporter as soon as possible.
00:04:42Bravo Zulu 8-8 closing.
00:04:46Hello, Archie. How you feeling?
00:04:49Man, this time I had a dream.
00:04:51You 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, the true one 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, Bravo Zulu 8-8.
00:05:18Go ahead.
00:05:19Go ahead.
00:05:22Go ahead.
00:05:23Go ahead.
00:05:55To 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.
00:06:20Hello.
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.
00:06:35I feared that ten days in a cramped ship with a crew of seven men
00:06:39who would resent a reporter's questions and lack of usefulness
00:06:43might 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.
00:07:59What'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.
00:08:30It 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.
00:08:46Don'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?
00:09:11Three, five, four, two, one, wait a second, two, one, out you go.
00:09:18Al was absolutely right.
00:09:21I was scared.
00:09:29The artificial satellite is like an island in the sky.
00:09:33In 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.
00:10:45Hey, Al.
00:10:46Maybe 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.
00:12:01Hey, what kind of a guy is our reporter?
00:12:07He still smells earthy.
00:12:09Hey, how good do you get up with me?
00:12:14Hey, please.
00:12:15Hey.
00:12:15Hey.
00:12:16Hey.
00:12:17Hey.
00:12:17Hey.
00:12:18Special correspondent Ray Peterson, reporting to the commander.
00:12:43I've heard you're rather famous on Earth.
00:12:45Well, 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 were only here to do a job.
00:12:58Don't worry, that's all I intend to do.
00:13:00On condition that you don't interfere with ours.
00:13:04You've arrived here at a critical moment.
00:13:07So much the better. Peace and tranquility don't have any news value.
00:13:15Sullivan. Yes, sir?
00:13:21How long would it take to reinstall the terminal stages to the spaceship that arrived from Earth just now?
00:13:25That all depends, sir. We only have two mechanics on board.
00:13:28Cancel all rest periods. The ship must be ready as soon as possible.
00:13:31I 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.
00:13:39There are no streets here.
00:13:41I firmly oppose your unwelcome visit.
00:13:45Are you trying to flatter me?
00:13:47But the high command refused to listen to me.
00:13:50It's apparent that you have quite a pull there.
00:13:52Not me, but 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.
00:14:17Working crew is ready, sir.
00:14:22Any changes?
00:14:26No, Sullivan.
00:14:40Where is everybody going?
00:14:41For a picnic?
00:14:43The working crew is leaving on a space detail.
00:14:46What if I wanted to go along to get some air?
00:14:49You'd have to go and ask the commander for authorization.
00:14:53Is 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 neohydrazine were being pumped into our fuel tanks in order for us to go on to Mars.
00:15:42Look out! The meteorite!
00:15:43Suddenly, I saw a fiery ball racing toward the cosmonaut next to me.
00:15:46I pushed him out of the way.
00:15:48But the subsequent reaction caused me to bounce against the connection of the fuel valve, disconnecting it and letting the irreplaceable neohydrazine escape.
00:15:57Close the fuel valve!
00:16:00Lost.
00:16:01500 gallons of hydrazine.
00:16:02Lost.
00:16:03I'm sorry.
00:16:04Furthermore, you went without my permission.
00:16:06I said I'm sorry, even though I saved a man's life.
00:16:13You didn't come here to be a hero.
00:16:15The damage you have just caused is much more serious than the mere loss of the human being.
00:16:19I said I'm sorry.
00:16:22I said I'm sorry, even though I saved a man's life.
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.
00:16:32The damage you have just caused is much more serious than the mere loss of a life.
00:16:38Evidently, Commander, my way of thinking must seem prehistoric to you.
00:16:42I thought nothing was worse than the loss of a human being.
00:16:44But then I only saved a number. Yankee 1-3.
00:16:48I didn't even see his face. Maybe he hasn't got one.
00:16:55I knew that you were going to give me trouble.
00:16:57I see you're a psychologist, too.
00:16:59Now look here, Peterson. Let's get this straight.
00:17:02From now on, you must ask permission for everything you do.
00:17:05And you won't ask me for it.
00:17:06That's an improvement.
00:17:08You'll have to ask my second-in-command.
00:17:10And I'm afraid you'll find that he's tougher than I am.
00:17:13You may go now.
00:17:16You may go.
00:17:19First, Commander, tell me one thing.
00:17:21Why do you deny me the honor of talking to you?
00:17:28I'm leaving, Peterson.
00:17:29Hey, let's go.
00:17:59Buddy.
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.
00:18:15I'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.
00:18:29Mr. King 116.
00:18:42May I come in?
00:18:45Hey, spaceman.
00:18:54Are you addressing me?
00:18:56Yes, 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.
00:19:14And they're as necessary here as the air is on earth.
00:19:19But 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.
00:19:41Mm-hmm.
00:19:44Do 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.
00:20:16But 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 drift.
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.
00:28:29Try to establish contact.
00:28:30It looks like it might be a magnetic storm.
00:28:31What the devil is going on?
00:28:32What the devil is going on?
00:28:33I don't know, sir.
00:28:34Looks like it might be a magnetic storm.
00:28:35Impossible.
00:28:36Listen to the wave boom, sir.
00:28:37Look, Captain.
00:28:38Give me its position.
00:28:39Coordinate, one, one, one, three.
00:28:41Inertial position of object, five, one, two.
00:28:54Try to establish contact.
00:28:55It looks like a moon ship.
00:29:00Bravo Zulu 8-8.
00:29:02Bravo Zulu 8-8 to unidentified object.
00:29:04Over.
00:29:09They're asking for help, sir.
00:29:10Switch to voice circuit.
00:29:21Metro Sierra 1-3.
00:29:23Metro Sierra 1-3 to Bravo Zulu 8-8.
00:29:26Over.
00:29:27Bravo Zulu 8-8 to Metro Sierra 1-3.
00:29:29Go ahead.
00:29:30Over.
00:29:31Tanks are exploded.
00:29:32Engines have failed.
00:29:33We are 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.
00:29:40What 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.
00:30:00The engineer.
00:30:01Put on your space suits and stand by for immediate bailout as soon as you enter orbit.
00:30:04Radio out.
00:30:07Disconnect the voice circuit.
00:30:10Do you think they'll make it?
00:30:12That's what I'm checking now.
00:30:14Are you thinking the same thing I am, Al?
00:30:18They can't make it.
00:30:19Why not?
00:30:24No.
00:30:25We won't be able to make it.
00:30:26One of Mars satellites is crossing our path.
00:30:29Driving engines again.
00:30:37David.
00:30:38David.
00:30:43David.
00:30:44Don't.
00:30:46Don't, David.
00:30:47It's suicide.
00:30:48Don't jump.
00:30:49I don't feel like ending my days in a trial.
00:30:56David, don't.
00:31:03What are you doing?
00:31:05Did you make it?
00:31:10I'm climbing.
00:31:12One of my engines had started.
00:31:14I'm climbing.
00:31:18It's lighter.
00:31:19I can make it.
00:31:20I'm getting lighter.
00:31:21I can make it.
00:31:25No!
00:31:27No!
00:31:29It's on the engines to get ready for a vertical landing.
00:31:35We will fly above Phobos.
00:31:37No!
00:31:38It's on the engines.
00:31:45No!
00:31:47No!
00:31:48No!
00:31:49No!
00:31:50No!
00:31:52No!
00:31:54No!
00:31:56No!
00:31:58No!
00:31:59No!
00:32:00No!
00:32:01No!
00:32:02No!
00:32:03Now,
00:32:07Entrance at 8 gammas.
00:32:11Look there to the right.
00:32:14Perhaps.
00:32:28Entrance at 11 gammas.
00:32:30General's unlocked.
00:32:32Move into vertical position.
00:32:45Engine 12 gammas.
00:32:49What's going on?
00:32:50We're going down, Parasite.
00:32:52But it's insane.
00:32:53With all stages full of fuel.
00:32:55We're like a bomb.
00:32:57Landing area at 2 degrees off our coordinate.
00:33:01Just as always.
00:33:03Entrance at 14 gammas.
00:33:09Entrance at 16 gammas.
00:33:11Entrance at 16.
00:33:21Entrance at 4 bien.
00:33:29Entrance at 4 mirrors.
00:33:30Entrance at 4.
00:33:32Put on your space suit, Leach.
00:33:50You're coming to help rescue that poor guy.
00:33:53The captain sits.
00:34:02Nine degrees to starboard.
00:34:17One more and we would have remained here forever.
00:34:32He's still alive.
00:34:36Let's hurry up.
00:34:37Captain, we're coming in.
00:34:40Lucy, keep the gyros working.
00:34:43As soon as they're inside, we'll get out of here.
00:34:51You stay here and look after him.
00:34:56I'll take care of the entrance.
00:34:57Gyros unlocked.
00:35:03Roger.
00:35:03Roger.
00:35:27How 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?
00:35:55Do 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?
00:37:03That's why we're going to Venus.
00:37:07It's the nearest point to the elliptical path of Alpha-2.
00:37:11We have that one chance in a minute.
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.
00:37:29A 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.
00:44:23It'll be a universal scoop.
00:44:26Let's just make it a world scoop.
00:44:30Let's go.
00:44:31Let's go.
00:44:32Let's go.
00:44:33Let's go.
00:44:35Let's go.
00:44:42Let'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.
00:48:56Now.
00:48:57Don't forget Sullivan and your scoop.
00:49:00Write this.
00:49:01He was never afraid.
00:49:04Since man, even in space, changes his position but not his character.
00:49:09He is what he is, wherever he lives.
00:49:12What's he mean?
00:49:18What you're always saying.
00:49:21To himself, every man is a whole world.
00:49:33Commander.
00:49:35I've been able to locate the position of the space taxi.
00:49:38Tell it to me.
00:49:40Coordinate pi 28 8 degrees in respect to Alderbaran.
00:49:45We're changing course and we'll try to rescue the survivors.
00:49:53Bravo 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.
00:50:01Bravo 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.
00:50:14Out.
00:50:14The commander says you boys should rest.
00:50:32No way.
00:50:33Show them in here.
00:50:34I just wanted to see you boys.
00:50:50Barry.
00:50:52Jackson.
00:50:55I'm glad to see you.
00:50:58Go and get some rest now.
00:50:59Go and get some rest.
00:51:29How do you like that, Jackson?
00:51:38He called us bored, he said.
00:51:40Yeah, 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.
00:51:59In a few seconds, I'll start firing the rockets.
00:52:145,000 miles.
00:52:174,500.
00:52:214,000.
00:52:233,500.
00:52:273,000.
00:52:29It's disintegrated.
00:52:35I'll try again.
00:52:425,000.
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.
00:52:58600.
00:53:00500.
00:53:01400.
00:53:02300.
00:53:032,1.
00:53:08Fire another rocket.
00:53:11I'm getting near it, sir.
00:53:12It'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.
00:53:34I'm 2,000 miles away from Alpha 2 now, sir.
00:53:38Let me try.
00:53:40Now, that's an order.
00:53:41I'm sorry, sir.
00:53:43But I'm not taking orders anymore.
00:53:45It's a useless sacrifice.
00:53:48Son, I'm 1,200 miles away from it.
00:53:51I 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.
00:54:03With 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.
00:54:16Now, 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.
00:55:33What's that object that keeps appearing on the screen?
00:55:48It's the space taxi from the disintegrated satellite.
00:55:51It's now circling in orbit around us.
00:56:05The space taxi.
00:56:06I wrote on it once for the hell.
00:56:15I wrote on it once for the hell.
00:56:15Are you afraid, Lucy?
00:56:33Yes, for him.
00:56:34I understand.
00:56:38I love him, George.
00:56:41I know.
00:56:44But love has no meaning anymore, George.
00:56:48That is.
00:56:48Perhaps it's the only thing that does matter.
00:56:59The 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?
00:57:18We've been congratulating ourselves on our progress
00:57:23in going faster and faster and faster.
00:57:27When in reality,
00:57:29we've only been getting further away from ourselves.
00:57:44Lucy.
00:57:48Take my place, will you?
00:57:49Take my place, will you?
00:57:50Take my place, will you?
00:57:50Take my place, former Jimmy.
00:57:53Bye-bye.
00:57:54Bye-bye.
00:57:54where do you think you're going out in the space taxi that's madness maybe so but it's not half
00:58:22as mad as the idea that brought us to this point you are staying here listen lucy loves you and lucy
00:58:29has been and is everything in the world that matters to me you may not understand it but for
00:58:36that very reason i will stop you from going to certain death why stop me we are all going to
00:58:42get killed anyway i'm going to stop you even if i have to use force
00:58:47so
00:58:54What's the matter?
00:59:24He's going to make it.
00:59:28He's picked up the photonic field alongside the channel.
00:59:50To find my way through the channel, I had to throw to the right and left any loose objects
00:59:57in a space taxi in order to judge the distance between the two curtains of disintegration.
01:00:03Look, it's insane.
01:00:13The channel is getting down.
01:00:16Every second.
01:00:18What's he throwing out?
01:00:19Clubs.
01:00:20Transistors.
01:00:21The spare parts from the mechanic's tool kit.
01:00:25George!
01:00:26I'm going to make it!
01:00:27I'll get through!
01:00:28Go on, Ray.
01:00:29Go on.
01:00:30You're nearly there.
01:00:35I don't have anything else to throw out.
01:00:50Get rid of everything which isn't essential.
01:00:52Quick!
01:00:53The path is clear!
01:00:54George!
01:00:55I'm going through!
01:00:59The path is clear!
01:01:00George!
01:01:01I'm going through!
01:01:06The path is clear!
01:01:07The path is clear!
01:01:08George!
01:01:09I'm going through!
01:01:13The path is clear!
01:01:14Great, hurry!
01:01:15Don't lose time!
01:01:16The hatch is above you.
01:01:17Right in the middle of the sphere.
01:01:19The Hatch is above you, right in the middle of the sphere.
01:01:49Ray, can you hear me?
01:02:09Ray, answer me.
01:02:12Go ahead, George. I'm listening.
01:02:14Get into the pilot seat and disconnect the electronic brain.
01:02:19It 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.
01:02:49George, 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.
01:03:52Use a pair of wire cutters.
01:03:55Come, George.
01:03:57Now cut the wires.
01:03:58I'm cutting through the last wire.
01:04:10I'm cutting through the last wire.
01:04:19Ray's deflector has stopped.
01:04:23Maybe we've made it.
01:04:25How can you prove that the prothonic field has been disintegrated?
01:04:31There's only one way of telling for certain.
01:04:36We're coming in.
01:04:38We'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.
01:05:24We're alongside you, Ray.
01:05:26Bail out.
01:05:26George.
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.
01:05:44Try 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.
01:05:54Earth Base Nine.
01:06:01Earth Base Nine.
01:06:02Earth Base Nine to Bravo Zulu 8-8.
01:06:04Can you hear us?
01:06:05Over.
01:06:07Bravo Zulu 8-8 to Earth Base Nine.
01:06:10Go ahead.
01:06:12Are you all going insane up there?
01:06:14If you keep racing that fast, you'll disintegrate when you reach the Earth's atmosphere.
01:06:17Separate 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.
01:06:39Lucy.
01:06:41Take my place.
01:06:42Take my place.
01:06:42We'll manage you.
01:07:02Ray?
01:07:03Ray?
01:07:04Lucy.
01:07:05George and the others are coming to get you out.
01:07:08I can't hold on any longer.
01:07:09I 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.
01:07:22You must hold out.
01:07:25Bravo Zulu 8-8.
01:07:27Bravo Zulu 8-8.
01:07:29Are you listening?
01:07:31Roger.
01:07:32Go ahead.
01:07:33This is an order from the High Command.
01:07:35Stop rescue of Alpha 2 pilot.
01:07:37Change 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...
01:07:52...establish contact again.
01:07:54And we'll stay as close as possible.
01:07:59Ray.
01:07:59We're very close now.
01:08:02The men's now going out.
01:08:05Too much air.
01:08:06An archie of air.
01:08:08My thoughts are running wild.
01:08:10Talk to me, Lucy.
01:08:11Lucy.
01:08:11Everything is spinning.
01:08:31Where are you, Lucy?
01:08:36Here.
01:08:37Beside you.
01:08:38What's the use of trying to save the world, Lucy?
01:08:52If I'm going to be lost myself.
01:08:56No.
01:08:57You can't say this, Ray.
01:08:59You believed more than any of us.
01:09:02You truly believed, Ray.
01:09:05Ray, Ray, after me.
01:09:14I believed.
01:09:15But there's no faith...
01:09:18...that can destroy...
01:09:20...the fear of death.
01:09:24Ray, Ray, hang on.
01:09:32Goodbye, Lucy.
01:09:33Lucy.
01:09:35Lucy, we're inside.
01:09:49Be ready to turn the ship.
01:09:50Lucy, I'll watch the gyros.
01:10:04I'll tell you when to start the engine.
01:10:06Gyros unlocked.
01:10:09We're in, Lucy.
01:10:11Be ready.
01:10:14Contact.
01:10:14We made it, Lucy.
01:10:41Engines at maximum speed.
01:10:42At maximum speed.
01:11:12You're really worth it, you see, George.
01:11:21Thanks, dear.
01:11:42THE END
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