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00:00:17This is a playback of a radio-taped report of an exclusive feature story for the Planetary Chronicle of New
00:00:25York.
00:00:25Ray Peterson reporting. Dateline, December 17th. Year, 2116. Spaceship, Bravo Zulu 88. Destiny, Galaxy M12. Assignment, outer space.
00:01:15The editor of my paper assigned me to cover a routine check of infraradiation flux on Galaxy M12.
00:01:42The crew members, in order to overcome the earthly gravity, have been subjected to a state of hibernation.
00:01:47That is, the human body put through a congealing process, simulating an apparent death.
00:01:57At a preset time, under the impulses of an electric brain, the heart resumes its normal beat.
00:02:03The lungs begin their regular functioning, the blood flowing evenly again.
00:02:08In short, man is reacquiring his earthly faculties.
00:02:20The human body put through a
00:03:00To counteract the state of weightlessness caused by lack of gravitation, special magnetic
00:03:05boots are provided to control the balance of space travelers.
00:03:40While the crew and I were still in a state of hibernation, the engineer pilot, Al, reported
00:03:46our approach to international satellite Zulu Extra 3-4.
00:03:51Bravo Zulu 8-8 calling Zulu Extra 3-4. Bravo Zulu 8-8 calling Zulu Extra 3-4, over.
00:04:00Zulu Extra 3-4 to Bravo Zulu 8-8, go ahead.
00:04:03Contact established, hibernation period finished, over.
00:04:08Is that you, Al?
00:04:09Hi, Richard.
00:04:10Any news to relay?
00:04:12The usual nausea when awakening, my boy.
00:04:16Bravo Zulu 8-8 has entered orbit of your satellite.
00:04:20Bravo Zulu 8-8 closing electronic brain, over.
00:04:25Roger. Everything's in your hands again, Al.
00:04:28Thanks for nothing, pal.
00:04:30Hey, we got cargo aboard.
00:04:32We've already been informed.
00:04:34Reporter, eh?
00:04:35Did you wake up yet?
00:04:36No, not yet.
00:04:38I haven't brought him his coffee.
00:04:41Bravo Zulu 8-8 requesting your position.
00:04:44Coordinates 5-2-1, over.
00:04:47Okay.
00:04:48I'll send you the reporter as soon as possible.
00:04:51Bravo Zulu 8-8 closing.
00:04:55Hello, Archie.
00:04:56How are you feeling?
00:04:58Man, this time I had a dream.
00:05:00You had a dream?
00:05:01What about?
00:05:02I dreamt I was sleeping.
00:05:06Take over the controls while I wake up the baby.
00:05:09Ah, this is true when we took off.
00:05:11You sang him a lullaby?
00:05:13That's right.
00:05:13Just call me space wetteners.
00:05:16Next time, why don't you just bring a cow along?
00:05:18Yeah, a pacifier would do.
00:05:22Bravo Zulu 8-8 calling extra 3-4.
00:05:25Over.
00:05:25Go ahead, Bravo Zulu 8-8.
00:06:14To come out of a state of hibernation is an eerie sensation.
00:06:19I didn't know who or where I was until I heard Al's voice.
00:06:23Hi there, spaceman.
00:06:29Hello.
00:06:31This was not my first space flight.
00:06:34Previous assignments for my newspaper had sent me to the moon many times,
00:06:38but never into the vast reaches of deep space.
00:06:44I feared that ten days in a cramped ship with a crew of seven men
00:06:48who would resent a reporter's questions and lack of usefulness
00:06:52might make me an unpopular passenger.
00:06:56The coffin was much too small.
00:07:04Couldn't you have found me a bigger one to sleep in?
00:07:07We didn't have one, leech.
00:07:11Why do you call me that?
00:07:13No offense, kid.
00:07:15It just means that here you're a parasite.
00:07:20Where are we now?
00:07:21Outside.
00:07:23Outside what?
00:07:24Outside everything.
00:07:29Breakfast is served.
00:07:31Bravo Zulu 8-8.
00:07:33You're directly in line with us.
00:07:35We'll send you that reporter as soon as possible.
00:07:38Hey, Al.
00:07:39They're asking for the boy.
00:07:43Hey!
00:07:43Hey, Al!
00:07:44Al, what's happening?
00:07:46We're off to a bad start.
00:07:48Calm down, my boy.
00:07:49You'll get along fine.
00:07:51Just control your nerves.
00:07:56There.
00:07:58From now on, you'll be able to hear my instructions.
00:08:00Just remember to regulate your volume now.
00:08:04Hey!
00:08:05You're forgetting the tools of your trade.
00:08:24What's the matter, sonny?
00:08:26Cut it out, Al.
00:08:28Are you scared, son?
00:08:30Stop treating me like a greenhorn.
00:08:33But that's what you are, my boy.
00:08:35I took the accelerated course before I started on this trip.
00:08:38It probably was too quick.
00:08:41I'm not going to take all the air out of the decompression chamber.
00:08:44You'll have an easier exit.
00:08:45I'll give you a count from 20 to 20.
00:08:47I'll give you one.
00:08:48And out you go.
00:08:49I know what to do.
00:08:52Son, you don't know anything yet.
00:09:01Don't touch the metal frame around the hatch.
00:09:04Minus 20.
00:09:05Why?
00:09:06Can you see me?
00:09:08No.
00:09:10But the first time out, they all behave the same way.
00:09:15Minus 15.
00:09:17India Zulu 41.
00:09:20You ready?
00:09:20Five.
00:09:21One.
00:09:22Wait a second.
00:09:23Two.
00:09:24One.
00:09:25Out you go.
00:09:26Al was absolutely right.
00:09:29I was scared.
00:09:38The artificial satellite is like an island in the sky.
00:09:42In order not to disturb its calculated orbital chart,
00:09:46we lined up 2,000 feet parallel to it.
00:09:50The only way to get there was to float through the terrifying void between us.
00:10:15Keep talking, Al.
00:10:17What do you want to hear?
00:10:19Fairytale?
00:10:20Explain to me what's going on.
00:10:21That's something you'll have to find out for yourself.
00:10:24You're still afraid?
00:10:26Yes.
00:10:28Of what?
00:10:29I don't know.
00:10:31You still there?
00:10:33Say something.
00:10:35A chilly sense of emptiness.
00:10:37Do you understand me, Al?
00:10:40Sure, I understand.
00:10:42Every baptism has its mystery, even out here in space.
00:10:47I've never felt so lonely.
00:10:53Hey, Al.
00:10:55Maybe if I try to turn around.
00:10:58I did it!
00:11:00Al!
00:11:02I'm turning!
00:11:04India Zulu 4-1, get back to normal position.
00:11:08You're at the end of your trip.
00:11:28Once aboard Zulu Extra 3-4, I passed through the decompression chamber.
00:11:33I now regained my normal weight, because the gravitational area was similar to our Earth's.
00:11:39The reason for this being, all space stations rotate around a central axis.
00:11:56In the ship's cabin, I was met by King 116,
00:12:00the doctor in charge of all crew members' physical and mental health.
00:12:06Take off your space suit and report to the commander.
00:12:08He's waiting for you.
00:12:12Hey, what kind of a guy is our reporter?
00:12:15He still smells earthy.
00:12:45Special correspondent Ray Peterson, reporting to the commander.
00:12:51I've heard you're rather famous on Earth.
00:12:53Well, I see my fame has reached the stars.
00:12:57Well, let me give you a bit of advice.
00:12:59Here among the stars, it is better not to be quite so cocky.
00:13:03You are only here to do a job.
00:13:06Don't worry, that's all I intend to do.
00:13:09On condition that you don't interfere with ours.
00:13:12You've arrived here at a critical moment.
00:13:15So much the better.
00:13:16Peace and tranquility don't have any news value.
00:13:28Sullivan.
00:13:29Yes, sir?
00:13:30How long would it take to reinstall the terminal stages to the spaceship that arrived from Earth just now?
00:13:34That all depends, sir.
00:13:35We only have two mechanics on board.
00:13:37Cancel all rest periods.
00:13:38The ship must be ready as soon as possible.
00:13:39I must go to base 12 on Mars.
00:13:41Yes, sir.
00:13:42You talk about Mars as if it were just down the street.
00:13:47There are no streets here.
00:13:49I firmly oppose your unwelcome visit.
00:13:54Are you trying to flatter me?
00:13:56But the High Command refused to listen to me.
00:13:58It's apparent that you have quite a pull there.
00:14:00Not me.
00:14:01But my organization has.
00:14:04Don't forget, Peterson,
00:14:05that everything you put on your tape recorder will have to be sent by me before it's sent back to
00:14:10Earth.
00:14:10Here everything is regulated by machines.
00:14:13You'll find that things are very different here.
00:14:16You may go now.
00:14:17Later on you'll be shown to your quarters.
00:14:28Working crews ready, sir.
00:14:30Any changes?
00:14:34No, Sullivan.
00:14:48Where is everybody going?
00:14:49For a picnic?
00:14:51The working crew is leaving on a space detail.
00:14:54What if I wanted to go along?
00:14:56To get some air?
00:14:57You'd have to go and ask the commander.
00:15:00For authorization.
00:15:01Is it necessary?
00:15:03Absolutely necessary.
00:15:04Yes, sir.
00:15:07Okay.
00:15:13Hoping this special detail might make a good story,
00:15:16I went outside without permission to observe and photograph it.
00:15:20This special detail was a refueling operation.
00:15:24One of the most dangerous and delicate operations in space flight.
00:15:28The engineers carried an enormous tube from the space station
00:15:32and carefully attached it to a rear valve on our ship.
00:15:38Thousands of gallons of precious neohydrazine were being pumped into our fuel tanks in order for us to go on
00:15:45to Mars.
00:15:49Look out! The meteorite!
00:15:51Suddenly, I saw a fiery ball racing toward the cosmonaut next to me.
00:15:55I pushed him out of the way.
00:15:56But the subsequent reaction caused me to bounce against the connection of the fuel valve.
00:16:01Disconnecting it and letting the irreplaceable neohydrazine escape.
00:16:08Close the fuel valve!
00:16:15Lost.
00:16:18500 gallons of hydrazine.
00:16:25Lost.
00:16:26I'm sorry.
00:16:28Furthermore, you went without my permission.
00:16:31I said I'm sorry, even though I saved a man's life.
00:16:36You didn't come here to be a hero.
00:16:40The damage you have just caused is much more serious than the mere loss of a life.
00:16:45Evidently, Commander, my way of thinking must seem prehistoric to you.
00:16:49I thought nothing was worse than the loss of a human being.
00:16:51But then I only saved a number.
00:16:53Yankee 1-3.
00:16:55I didn't even see his face.
00:16:57Maybe he hasn't got one.
00:17:02I knew that you were going to give me trouble.
00:17:04I see you're a psychologist, too.
00:17:07Now, look here, Peterson. Let's get this straight.
00:17:09From now on, you must ask permission for everything you do.
00:17:12And you won't ask me for it.
00:17:14That's an improvement.
00:17:15You'll have to ask my second-in-command.
00:17:17And I'm afraid you'll find that he's tougher than I am.
00:17:20You may go now.
00:17:23You may go.
00:17:26First, Commander, tell me one thing.
00:17:29Why do you deny me the honor of talking to you?
00:17:35I'm leaving, Peterson.
00:18:05Hey, buddy.
00:18:09I'm King-116.
00:18:12Pardon me for not having called you by name.
00:18:15Allow me. India Zulu 41.
00:18:17What do you want?
00:18:19I'm looking for someone.
00:18:21Excuse me, I'm looking for a number.
00:18:24Yankee 1-3.
00:18:25He was injured.
00:18:27He should be around here, somewhere.
00:18:28Just dismissed.
00:18:30It was nothing but simple shock.
00:18:32Have a look in the biochemical lab.
00:18:34Please excuse my curiosity, Mr. King-116.
00:18:50May I come in?
00:18:52Hey, spaceman.
00:19:01Are you addressing me?
00:19:03Yes, but you're a...
00:19:05Go on.
00:19:07You're a girl.
00:19:09And you're selling flowers, too.
00:19:12There are no flowers here.
00:19:13These are diaspora.
00:19:15Even with a name like that, they're flowers.
00:19:17They serve the purpose of changing hydrogen into breathable oxygen, and they're as necessary here.
00:19:24And they carry it on Earth.
00:19:27You can still see the flowers.
00:19:30If you like.
00:19:32You sell them?
00:19:34I'm afraid not.
00:19:36Maybe we can make a deal.
00:19:39What do you mean?
00:19:41I'm asleep.
00:19:42You won't have to send them anywhere.
00:19:51You work in this section?
00:19:55Sometimes.
00:19:57But I'm really a navigator.
00:20:00When I'm not working with the astro compass, I like to substitute for the section chemist.
00:20:06But tell me, why do you want to offer them to me?
00:20:09Oh, no particular reason.
00:20:11It wasn't just to celebrate the second smiling face I've run into.
00:20:14Al's was the first.
00:20:16Now I find you.
00:20:17Speaking of you, what's your name?
00:20:20I don't mean your numbers, cereals, codes.
00:20:23But just your name.
00:20:25Lucy.
00:20:26Lucy.
00:20:27Do you like it?
00:20:28It's not bad.
00:20:30My uncle had a mascot with that name.
00:20:33It was quite cute.
00:20:35I liked it very much.
00:20:37It was a monkey.
00:20:39Oh, really.
00:20:40She was very cute.
00:20:41I meant it as a compliment.
00:20:44Very flattering, Mr. Peterson.
00:20:47Do you know my name, too?
00:20:50Of course.
00:20:53I've already heard about you from George.
00:20:55You know, the commander.
00:20:57My old friend.
00:20:59But doesn't the commander have a number like everybody else?
00:21:03Not for me.
00:21:05And now, if you'll forgive me, I've got work to do.
00:21:11Yankee 1-3.
00:21:15I forgot.
00:21:17Thank you, Ray.
00:21:21I really mean thanks.
00:21:29Following the order from the commander, Al came over to our ship to pilot a space taxi from which I
00:21:35could photograph a passage of asteroids.
00:21:38India's Yulu 4-1.
00:21:40We just made it.
00:21:42I bet you this was the most interesting action shot of your career.
00:21:45Yeah, shooting these rocks is sure something.
00:21:48They're not rocks, my son.
00:21:50They're asteroids.
00:21:52Each of them 1,700 feet in diameter.
00:21:58The commander bawled me out for the loss of 500 gallons of hydrazine when I saved a life.
00:22:03And the girls, too.
00:22:04Ah, so you have a weakness for the weaker sex.
00:22:08And she doesn't even call him sir, just George.
00:22:10By all our rings around Saturday, they were right when they called you a meddler.
00:22:14Al, he's ashamed of that.
00:22:17Hold right now, I'm gonna make a sharp turn.
00:22:24Who is ashamed?
00:22:25George.
00:22:25You understand him.
00:22:29Is it true that George is leaving?
00:22:31Yes.
00:22:32And Lucy, will she go with him?
00:22:34I'm sorry for you, but that's exactly what she'll do.
00:22:37Something very serious is going on.
00:22:39And all you can talk about is nonsense.
00:22:41We're leaving for Mars.
00:22:42We? You too, Al?
00:22:45Can't you tell me more about it?
00:22:46Top secret.
00:22:47Sulu extra 3-4 to space taxi Bravo 9-1.
00:22:51Hurry back to base, over.
00:22:53Roger from Bravo 9-1.
00:22:57Al, can I radio my Earth base?
00:22:59Sure.
00:23:00You think you're still living back in the 21st century?
00:23:02Thanks.
00:23:03You better lower your head now, we're moving back into the satellite.
00:23:07I wanted to join this Mars expedition.
00:23:10Only an order from the High Command on Earth could persuade the Commander to take me with him.
00:23:15I don't understand.
00:23:17What's making the pilot so late?
00:23:19He promised to join us immediately, sir.
00:23:22Al's really a strange type.
00:23:23He's the best there is.
00:23:32I'm sorry to be late, sir.
00:23:33We've been waiting for you.
00:23:35The situation has become worse.
00:23:37We've got to leave immediately.
00:23:39And you haven't been able to contact Alfred 2?
00:23:41No.
00:23:43Alfred 2 does not answer.
00:23:45We think the pilot may be dead.
00:23:54This could mean the end.
00:23:57That's what I'm afraid of.
00:23:59India Zulu 4-1 wishes to speak with you, sir.
00:24:03Let him talk to the second in command.
00:24:05You take care of him, Sullivan.
00:24:06He refuses to do so.
00:24:08He says he has a very urgent communication for you.
00:24:11Send him in.
00:24:18That's all we needed.
00:24:20This inquisitive, interfering meddler.
00:24:23He's a pretty nice guy.
00:24:27Do you think so?
00:24:48This is absurd.
00:24:50Commander, you are insulting the high command.
00:24:53Absolutely against all regulations.
00:24:55Any more criticisms?
00:24:57Yes.
00:24:58So have I.
00:24:59But I keep them to myself.
00:25:06Gentlemen.
00:25:07Prepare to leave.
00:25:19Yankee 1-3.
00:25:20One moment, please.
00:25:21Yes.
00:25:25What is it, George?
00:25:31That man, Peterson, has persuaded the high command to let him come with us.
00:25:35It's an order.
00:25:36Aren't you exaggerating?
00:25:39I can't increase the crew.
00:25:42Can't you do without the radio operator?
00:25:44We'll get along just as well.
00:25:46No.
00:25:49I prefer to do without you.
00:25:52Me?
00:25:55I would not want my choice influenced by opinions that are not objective.
00:26:01Anyway, I think I could get along better without a navigator than without a radio operator.
00:26:07If I weren't the navigator, then would you give up taking one with you?
00:26:15Perhaps not.
00:26:17You see, you're not being objective.
00:26:20Besides, I don't want to be left behind, George.
00:26:23It's not that I'd pretend to be of more value than the high command is.
00:26:27But I'm not of less value either.
00:26:29You aren't giving me an order, are you?
00:26:32No.
00:26:33I'm just begging you.
00:26:36I understand you, George.
00:26:38I know that you always try to be worthy of your position.
00:26:42But you'd be better off if for once you tried...
00:26:46to be worthy of yourself.
00:26:59I'm sorry, George.
00:27:17Lucy's plea to the commander was effective.
00:27:19When we left the artificial satellite and returned to our spaceship, Bravo Zulu 8-8,
00:27:26Lucy was aboard and set our course for Mars.
00:27:29Is the nose still turned up?
00:27:31Don't be silly.
00:27:32The nose of a spaceship is always up, even when landing.
00:27:35He's not referring to the spaceship, Al.
00:27:37He's talking about me.
00:27:38My congratulations, Commander.
00:27:41Listen, Peterson.
00:27:42Remember you're extraneous here, so please keep to your place.
00:27:45What place?
00:27:48I don't even have a chair to sit on.
00:27:50Look, there are two cots in there that you can use when we haven't a chance to rest.
00:27:55Oh, while the rest of you are working, I'm supposed to sleep.
00:27:58There are times when all children should go to bed.
00:28:01Yeah.
00:28:07Listen, ever since we came on this trip, you've all done your very best to make me feel like an
00:28:13outsider.
00:28:14My congratulations, Peterson.
00:28:34What the devil is going on?
00:28:36I don't know, sir.
00:28:37Looks like it might be a magnetic storm.
00:28:40Listen to the wave boom, sir.
00:28:43Look, Captain.
00:28:54Give me its position.
00:28:56Coordinate 113.
00:28:59Inertial position of object 512.
00:29:02Try to establish contact.
00:29:03It looks like a moon ship.
00:29:08Bravo Zulu 8-8.
00:29:10Bravo Zulu 8-8 to unidentified object.
00:29:12Over.
00:29:16They're asking for help, sir.
00:29:18They're asking for help, sir.
00:29:18Switch to voice circuit.
00:29:29Metro Sierra 1-3.
00:29:31Metro Sierra 1-3 to Bravo Zulu 8-8.
00:29:34Over.
00:29:35Bravo Zulu 8-8 to Metro Sierra 1-3.
00:29:38Go ahead.
00:29:38Over.
00:29:38Tanks are exploded.
00:29:40Engines have failed.
00:29:41We're out of control and being attracted to Mars.
00:29:43Over.
00:29:45Try to get back into the orbit around Mars.
00:29:47We'll attempt rescue.
00:29:49What caused the explosion?
00:29:50Over.
00:29:51Impossible to say.
00:29:52A sudden rush of hot air overpowered us.
00:29:55The instruments have gone crazy.
00:29:56The tanks have exploded.
00:29:58The structure's melted in several places.
00:29:59What about the crew?
00:30:01Three of us left, sir.
00:30:06One dead.
00:30:08Engineer.
00:30:09Put on your space suits and stand by for immediate bailout as soon as you enter orbit.
00:30:13Radio out.
00:30:15Disconnect the voice circuit.
00:30:18Do you think they'll make it?
00:30:20That's what I'm checking now.
00:30:22Are you thinking the same thing I am now?
00:30:25No.
00:30:26They can't make it.
00:30:27Why not?
00:30:31No.
00:30:32We won't be able to make it.
00:30:34One of Mars satellites is crossing our path.
00:30:37Driving engines again.
00:30:44David.
00:30:45David.
00:30:50David.
00:30:52Don't.
00:30:53Don't, David.
00:30:54It's suicide.
00:30:55Don't jump.
00:30:57I don't feel like ending my days in a trap.
00:31:03David, don't.
00:31:10What are you doing?
00:31:12Can you make it?
00:31:17I'm climbing.
00:31:19One of my engines has started.
00:31:21I'm climbing.
00:31:25I'm getting lighter.
00:31:26I can make it.
00:31:27I'm getting lighter.
00:31:29I can make it.
00:31:31No!
00:31:36It's on the engines to get ready for a vertical landing.
00:31:41We will fly above Bobos.
00:31:43Or, I can always jump.
00:31:50No.
00:31:53No.
00:31:56No.
00:32:12Now, engines at eight gammas.
00:32:17Look there to the right.
00:32:21Perhaps.
00:32:35Entrance at 11 gammas.
00:32:37Gyrals are locked.
00:32:38Move into vertical position.
00:32:52Entrance at 12 gammas.
00:32:56What's going on?
00:32:57We're going down.
00:32:58Better take.
00:32:59But it's insane.
00:33:00With all stages full of fuel, we're like a bomb.
00:33:05Landing area at two degrees off our coordinates, just below us.
00:33:10Engines at 14 galmas.
00:33:16Engines at 16 galmas.
00:33:26Engines at 14 galmas.
00:33:35Engines at 14 galmas.
00:33:54Put on your spacesuit, Leach.
00:33:56You're coming to help rescue that poor guy.
00:33:59The captain sits.
00:34:20Nine degrees to starboard.
00:34:23One more and we would have remained here forever.
00:34:41He's still alive.
00:34:42Let's hurry up.
00:34:43Captain, we're coming in.
00:34:47Lucy, keep the gyros working.
00:34:49As soon as they're inside, we'll get out of here.
00:34:57You stay here and look after him.
00:35:02I'll take care of the entrance.
00:35:07Gyros unlocked.
00:35:09Roger.
00:35:43How is it?
00:35:44Bad.
00:35:46I think you'll hold out till we get to Mars.
00:35:48We're almost there anyway, aren't we?
00:35:50No.
00:35:51What do you mean, no?
00:35:53We've changed course.
00:35:54We're now heading for Venus.
00:35:55You're what?
00:35:58A direct order from the High Command.
00:36:00And you accepted it?
00:36:02No.
00:36:04No.
00:36:15Do you realize, Commander, there's a dying man in there?
00:36:18I don't have to account to you for my actions, people.
00:36:20Look, Captain.
00:36:22I'm picking up an area of intense heat.
00:36:25It's almost as hot as the photonic field of the sun itself.
00:36:29Turn on the safety system.
00:36:31I think you should tell him, sir.
00:36:33It's no longer top secret.
00:36:37Alpha 2, propelled by photonic energy, is now without a pilot.
00:36:43She is floating in space and is only controlled by the electronic brain.
00:36:47The photonic heat which our radar has picked up has the power of destruction and death.
00:36:55Alpha 2 has re-entered the solar system.
00:36:58During the sun's next revolution, she will start to orbit around the Earth and will destroy it completely.
00:37:04Burning everything and eliminating all forms of light.
00:37:07Have we any hope of stopping her?
00:37:11That's why we're going to Venus.
00:37:14It's the nearest point to the elliptical path of Alpha 2.
00:37:18We have but one chance in a million.
00:37:26Our world was in danger, about to be destroyed.
00:37:30Perhaps in a few days, maybe in a few hours, it was up to us.
00:37:34A handful of cosmonauts from Earth, millions of miles away, to try and save humanity.
00:37:43Lucy, you're crying.
00:37:51Dark spots.
00:37:53Those continents.
00:37:55And there are the oceans.
00:37:56And the trees.
00:37:59You can't see them.
00:38:00In my mind, I can.
00:38:02I'd like to run down a road that's loud pine trees.
00:38:06Would you?
00:38:08Yes, and feel just once again the excitement of speed.
00:38:12But we're already running at 90,000 miles an hour.
00:38:15And we're standing still.
00:38:18That's nothing but an illusion.
00:38:22Do you know what day it is?
00:38:25Don't you know that in space we don't count the days?
00:38:28No, but do you know what date it is?
00:38:31It's the 359th of rotation around the sun.
00:38:35That's just part of it.
00:38:38It's Christmas, Lucy.
00:38:59We started to land at the interplanetary base on Venus,
00:39:02the largest, best-equipped base, closest to Alpha 2.
00:39:07From there, Alpha 2 could be intercepted and, we hoped, destroyed
00:39:11by the remote-controlled atomic missiles.
00:39:28Hey, Archie.
00:39:29Is that the base?
00:39:30Yes, right under the protective dome.
00:39:32There's too much hydrogen in Venus's atmosphere.
00:39:37From here, it looks like the glass dome of a temple.
00:39:39You don't need a respirator inside.
00:39:41What about those plugs?
00:39:42Are they purifying filters?
00:39:43Hey, that's already the course of showing results, isn't it?
00:39:46Tell me, why is it that when he wants to protect himself,
00:39:49he hides himself under a dome?
00:39:51Put on your helmet, kid.
00:39:54I'm going to take you on a quick tour of Venus,
00:39:56only this time it won't be for sightseeing.
00:40:03Emergency action was taken immediately by firing an atomic missile at Alpha 2
00:40:08in an attempt to destroy this deadly mechanical monster.
00:40:128,500, 8,000 miles, 7,500, 7,000 miles, 6,500, 6,000 miles, 5,800, 5,500, 5
00:40:31,200, 5,000 miles.
00:40:44We'll have a chance to hit her only if the electronic brain which propels her
00:40:51has gone out of control.
00:40:52You see, the two photonic generators which are moving gyroscopically at each end of the spaceship
00:40:58are creating around Alpha 2 an invisible sphere of heat
00:41:03which radiates up to 5,000 miles.
00:41:08We've just had the proof of it.
00:41:10It's indestructible.
00:41:12Though one of man's dreams has finally come true,
00:41:16an indestructible destroyer.
00:41:20Unless we have a sudden change in the next solar system revolution,
00:41:25Alpha 2 will start orbiting around the Earth
00:41:28at only 3,500 miles from it.
00:41:31That means 1,500 miles within the safety limit.
00:41:36In a few days, maybe a few hours,
00:41:40our planet will become a mass of boiling mud
00:41:44as it was soon after its formation.
00:41:46We mustn't give up hope.
00:41:47Something might stop it in time.
00:41:50Maybe a miracle.
00:41:54And while we're waiting here for your miracle,
00:41:57I would suggest that we immediately put into operation
00:42:00all the means at our disposal.
00:42:02They've already prepared to fire missiles from the other hemisphere.
00:42:05Meanwhile, why don't you order your men
00:42:07to reach the audio stations on the beach?
00:42:13You stand by electronic telescope number 7.
00:42:176,800.
00:42:235,700.
00:42:245,200.
00:42:265,000.
00:42:284,500.
00:42:294,000.
00:42:303,700.
00:42:322,900.
00:42:332,400.
00:42:352,200.
00:42:41I don't understand.
00:42:42With your permission, sir, I have an explanation.
00:42:45What is it?
00:42:46I think I've found the answer.
00:42:48Tell it to us.
00:42:50I'm sure that due to some technical error,
00:42:52that spaceship is vulnerable.
00:42:55The two photonic deflectors at both two semispheres
00:42:58separated in their fields by a channel.
00:43:01You mean like a halved orange?
00:43:03A perfect example, my son.
00:43:06That's why a missile has gone through.
00:43:08According to you, it was the only one fired exactly into the center of the channel.
00:43:12But why did the last one disintegrate at 2,200 miles?
00:43:15Because of some imperceptible deviation.
00:43:17Perhaps it was attracted by one of the photonic fields.
00:43:20The crunch is right, Al.
00:43:21Well, there's still a chance.
00:43:24What chance?
00:43:26We'd have to fire on a straight line from another spaceship
00:43:30traveling alongside Alpha 2 at the same rate of speed.
00:43:33I think I've earned the right to try, sir.
00:43:35Why the right?
00:43:36Because if my hunch turns out to be correct,
00:43:39I'd like to be the one to receive the credit.
00:43:42And if it's wrong, you want to be the one to risk it.
00:43:46There's an old atomic spaceship here, sir.
00:43:48I'll use its remote-controlled missiles.
00:43:52May I go ahead, sir?
00:43:57Yes.
00:43:59And I hope you'll manage to save humanity.
00:44:07We'll take off and follow you as close as possible, Al.
00:44:10All of us.
00:44:13As if we were right there with you.
00:44:16All of us.
00:44:22Hey, Ray.
00:44:23Now you have a chance to do a real exclusive.
00:44:27It'll be a universal scoop.
00:44:30Let's just make it a world scoop.
00:44:43Let's go.
00:44:44Let's go.
00:45:15We're out of it now.
00:45:20You did very well, Peterson.
00:45:22It's not everybody that can stand 16 gammas.
00:45:25Considering the fact that I'm a parasite.
00:45:27Tango Sierra 13, Tango Sierra 13 to Bravo Zulu, 8-8, over.
00:45:43Now, piloting the old atomic spaceship, Tango Sierra 13, flew alongside us.
00:45:49Both spaceships shut off their engines, and the inertial thrust allowed them to fly at fantastic speeds.
00:45:56His mission, to find the channel between the two semispheres of Alpha 2.
00:46:16Tango Sierra 13, go ahead.
00:46:19Everything okay, Captain?
00:46:21Perfect.
00:46:23How's the reporter?
00:46:26Doing fine.
00:46:30Requesting route check.
00:46:32Present inertial speed, 30,000 miles.
00:46:35Coordinate 1, 3 in respect to Vega.
00:46:38Estimated intersection point with Alpha 2 on coordinate 4, 1 in respect to Earth at 18 degrees.
00:46:46Over.
00:46:46Correct, but change approximately 3 degrees at intersection point with Alpha 2.
00:46:53We'll go.
00:46:54I'll request another route check on approach.
00:46:57Let's hope for the best.
00:46:58Radio out.
00:47:07Satellite Zulu, extra 3-4.
00:47:09Satellite Zulu, extra 3-4, calling Bravo Zulu, 8-8, over.
00:47:14Bravo Zulu, 8-8, satellite.
00:47:16Zulu, extra 3-4.
00:47:18Go ahead.
00:47:19Captain, this is Sullivan.
00:47:20What's the trouble, Sullivan?
00:47:21About 45 seconds ago, the photonic field around spaceship Alpha 2 came into collision with the asteroids.
00:47:28Well then?
00:47:29Alpha 2 has changed her course by 6 degrees in respect to Vega.
00:47:34I'm afraid she'll enter orbit around the Earth before the estimated time.
00:47:41Can you ascertain her present position?
00:47:44Yes, I can.
00:47:45High coordinate 27 degrees.
00:47:48Movement of ellipses gradually advancing.
00:47:51Look out.
00:47:52It's coming towards you.
00:48:00Yes, sir.
00:48:02It will be on top of us any minute.
00:48:05What about the men, Sullivan?
00:48:06They are all on standby, sir.
00:48:10Two mechanics went out of the space taxi to Solar Mirror Foxtrot 1-2.
00:48:15I ordered them not to come back.
00:48:18Commander, see if you can save them.
00:48:22Sullivan, save yourself.
00:48:25It's too late, sir.
00:48:28Sullivan.
00:48:30Sullivan.
00:48:31Can you hear me?
00:48:35Sullivan.
00:48:36Sullivan.
00:48:38Sullivan.
00:48:38Sullivan.
00:48:58Ray, don't forget Sullivan and your scoop, write this, he was never afraid, since man,
00:49:07even in space, changes his position, but not his character, he is what he is, wherever
00:49:14he lives. What's he mean? What you're always saying, to himself, every man is a whole world.
00:49:37Commander, I've been able to locate the position of the space taxi. Tell it to me.
00:49:42Coordinate pi 28 8 degrees, in respect to Aldebaran. We're changing course and we'll try to rescue the survivors.
00:49:56Bravo Zulu 8 8 to space taxi, Bravo 9 1. We're coming in to rescue you. Be ready to bail
00:50:04out.
00:50:08Out.
00:50:08Bravo Zulu 8 8 to space taxi, Bravo 9 1. We're coming in to rescue you. Be ready to bail
00:50:15out. Out.
00:50:17Out.
00:50:32The commander says your boys should rest. No, Ray. Show them in here.
00:50:48I just wanted to see you boys.
00:50:53Mary.
00:50:55Jackson.
00:50:57I'm glad to see you.
00:51:00Go and get some rest now.
00:51:06Go and get some rest now.
00:51:11Go and get some rest.
00:51:15Go.
00:51:15Go.
00:51:17And click.
00:51:27Go.
00:51:39how do you like that jackson he called us boys yeah and he even remembered our names i didn't think
00:51:46he even knew sir i'm now 7 000 miles from alpha 2
00:52:05in a few seconds i'll start firing the rockets
00:52:17five thousand miles four thousand five hundred
00:52:23four thousand three thousand five hundred
00:52:30three thousand
00:52:34it's disintegrated i'll try again
00:52:45five thousand forty five hundred four thousand three five hundred three thousand twenty five hundred
00:52:53two thousand fifteen hundred one thousand nine hundred eight hundred going to make it
00:52:59seven hundred six hundred five hundred four hundred three hundred two one
00:53:10fire another rocket
00:53:13i'm getting near it sir
00:53:24it's too dangerous al stop you'll be attracted by the photonic field i've located the channel
00:53:29i'll try to break through it commander i'm sure that i can get at least a thousand five hundred
00:53:33miles away from the spaceship come back out it's murder i'm two thousand miles away from alpha two
00:53:40now sir let me try now that's an order i'm sorry sir but i'm not taking orders anymore
00:53:48it's a useless sacrifice
00:53:50son i'm one thousand two hundred miles away from you
00:53:55i don't want to disillusion you but what would be the use of living if the earth were destroyed
00:54:02we'd all be prisoners of space with no hope of return
00:54:09800 miles al please after 200 miles you'll have only a very slight chance to keep on a steady course
00:54:16that slight chance challenges me to try
00:54:48you know you don't know what you're doing maybe not commanding oh but in a few seconds i'll know for
00:54:54sure
00:54:54you don't know what you want to do
00:55:11al has succeeded in proving the existence of a channel by the sacrifice
00:55:17of his own life but we still haven't got a chance
00:55:20us there's nothing for us to do but follow his lead but how lucid
00:55:27commander why don't you request more spaceships equipped with missiles it's too late now they'd never
00:55:32get here in time well then i don't know what's that object that keeps appearing on the screen
00:55:50it's the space taxi from the disintegrated satellite
00:55:55is now circling in orbit around us
00:56:08the space taxi
00:56:16i wrote on it once with al
00:56:33are you afraid lucy yes for him
00:56:39i understand i love him george i know
00:56:46but love has no meaning anymore george
00:56:50does it
00:56:55perhaps it's the only thing that does matter
00:57:02the world of human feelings has been much less explored than the whole of the universe put together
00:57:14but now it's late what have we been doing all these thousands of years
00:57:20years
00:57:22we've been congratulating ourselves on our progress in going faster and faster and faster
00:57:29when in reality we've only been getting further away from ourselves
00:57:47so
00:57:47so
00:57:47so
00:57:50take my place will you
00:58:17where do you think you're going out in the space taxi that's madness
00:58:23maybe so but it's not half as mad as the idea that brought us to this point you are staying
00:58:27here
00:58:29listen lucy loves you and lucy has been and is everything in the world that matters to me
00:58:36you may not understand it but for that very reason i will stop you from going to certain
00:58:41death why stop me we are all going to get killed anyway i'm going to stop you even if i
00:58:48have to
00:58:48use force
00:59:25commander
00:59:29he's going to make it
00:59:37he's picked up the botanic field alongside the channel
00:59:55to find my way through the channel i had to throw to the right and left any loose objects in
01:00:01the space
01:00:01taxi in order to judge the distance between the two curtains of disintegration look it's insane
01:00:15the channel is getting down
01:00:18every second
01:00:21what's he throwing out
01:00:22plugs transistors the spare parts from the mechanics toolkit
01:00:30george i'm going to make it i'll get through
01:00:33go on ray
01:00:35go on
01:00:37you're nearly there
01:00:50i don't have anything else to throw out
01:00:52get rid of everything which isn't essential
01:00:54quick
01:00:55go on
01:01:07the path is clear
01:01:09george i'm going through
01:01:12go on
01:01:13go on
01:01:14go on
01:01:16go on
01:01:17go on
01:01:19go on
01:01:19go on
01:01:25go on
01:01:33ready
01:01:33hurry
01:01:34hurry
01:01:35don't lose time
01:01:37the hatch is above you
01:01:38right in the middle of the sphere
01:01:39go on
01:01:43go on
01:01:44go on
01:01:46go on
01:01:47go on
01:01:48go on
01:01:50go on
01:01:51go on
01:02:02Ray, can you hear me?
01:02:07Ray, answer me.
01:02:09Go ahead, George. I'm listening.
01:02:12Get into the pilot seat.
01:02:14And disconnect the electronic brain.
01:02:17It should be on the left-hand panel.
01:02:20Turn off everything else.
01:02:30The pilot's still inside the hibernation cell.
01:02:34Dead.
01:02:35Disconnect all contacts on the left-hand panel.
01:02:47George, they're already disconnected.
01:02:50The electronic brain.
01:02:53Ray, you must disconnect.
01:02:55The electronic brain.
01:03:04I'm standing in front of it.
01:03:06What should I do?
01:03:09Destroy it.
01:03:10Disconnect the cables.
01:03:26I can't.
01:03:28They won't come loose.
01:03:32He can cut them.
01:03:33There are emergency tools right under the footrest of the pilot's seat.
01:03:37Did you hear, Ray?
01:03:38Under the footrest.
01:03:39All right.
01:03:41Quick.
01:03:43He'd better hurry, sir.
01:03:44We're entering the Earth's gravity zone.
01:03:47Our speed is increasing.
01:03:50Use a pair of wire cutters.
01:03:53Come, George.
01:03:54Now cut the wires.
01:04:05I'm cutting through the last wire.
01:04:14I'm cutting through the last wire.
01:04:16The ray's deflector has stopped.
01:04:21The ray's deflector has stopped.
01:04:21Maybe we've made it.
01:04:25How can you prove that the photonic field has been disintegrated?
01:04:27There's only one way of telling for certain.
01:04:33We're coming in.
01:04:467,000.
01:04:486,500.
01:04:516,000.
01:04:535,500.
01:04:565,000.
01:04:57We're getting through it.
01:05:00Ray, we're coming.
01:05:01The nightmare is over.
01:05:08Hurry up, Ray.
01:05:09We're coming.
01:05:10Get ready to be rescued.
01:05:21We're along, Sergeant Ray.
01:05:23Bail out.
01:05:32George.
01:05:33Lucy.
01:05:34The external hatch is jammed.
01:05:36It won't open.
01:05:38It will never open again.
01:05:40Never.
01:05:41Try again, Ray.
01:05:42Try.
01:05:43Quick.
01:05:46He can't open it.
01:05:48He cut the cables.
01:05:50There's no power inside the ship.
01:05:56Earth Base 9.
01:05:58Earth Base 9.
01:05:59Earth Base 9 to Bravo Zulu 8-8.
01:06:02Can you hear us?
01:06:03Over.
01:06:05Bravo Zulu 8-8 to Earth Base 9.
01:06:08Go ahead.
01:06:09Are you all going insane up there?
01:06:11If you keep racing that fast, you'll disintegrate when you reach the Earth's atmosphere.
01:06:16Separate and change your course immediately.
01:06:19Alpha 2 is out of control.
01:06:21There's a man inside.
01:06:25We're going down to try to rescue him.
01:06:29Space suit's on.
01:06:37Lucy.
01:06:39Take my place.
01:06:47We'll manage.
01:06:59Ray.
01:07:00Ray.
01:07:01Lucy.
01:07:03George and the others are coming to get you out.
01:07:05I can't hold on any longer.
01:07:08I can't control the oxygen flow.
01:07:10Use the regulator, Ray.
01:07:13I don't have it anymore.
01:07:15It was the last thing I threw out into space.
01:07:18Ray.
01:07:19You must hold out.
01:07:23Bravo Zulu 8-8.
01:07:24Bravo Zulu 8-8.
01:07:26Are you listening?
01:07:28Roger.
01:07:29Go ahead.
01:07:30This is an order from the high command.
01:07:32Stop rescue of Alpha 2 pilot.
01:07:35Change your course immediately, or you'll soon enter the atmosphere.
01:07:39Repeat.
01:07:40This is an order from the high command.
01:07:43They don't know what they're talking about.
01:07:47They don't know what would have happened if Ray...
01:07:50Establish contact again.
01:07:52And we'll stay as close as possible.
01:07:56Ray, we're very close now.
01:07:59The men are now going out.
01:08:02Too much air.
01:08:04An orgy of air.
01:08:06My thoughts are running wild.
01:08:08Talk to me, Lucy.
01:08:10Lucy.
01:08:12Lucy.
01:08:13Lucy.
01:08:15Lucy.
01:08:17Lucy.
01:08:21Lucy.
01:08:21Lucy.
01:08:22Lucy.
01:08:45What's the use of trying to save the world, Lucy?
01:08:49If I'm going to be lost myself.
01:08:53No.
01:08:54You can't say this, Ray.
01:08:57You believed more than any of us.
01:09:00You truly believed, Ray.
01:09:08Ray.
01:09:09Ray, answer me.
01:09:11I believed, but there's no faith that can destroy the fear of death.
01:09:21Ray.
01:09:22Ray, hang on.
01:09:29Good-bye, Lucy.
01:09:38Lucy.
01:09:42Lucy, we're inside.
01:09:46Be ready to turn the ship.
01:10:00Lucy, unlock the gyros.
01:10:02I'll tell you when to start the engine.
01:10:03Gyros unlocked.
01:10:06We're in, Lucy.
01:10:08Be ready.
01:10:11Gun tank.
01:10:36We made it, Lucy.
01:10:38Engines at maximum speed.
01:10:40We made it, Lucy.
01:10:41We made it, Lucy.
01:10:42We made it, Lucy.
01:10:49We made it.
01:10:51To our own craft.
01:10:55gentlemen, such as the leader went and felt upset...
01:11:03Look!
01:11:08Now, you're really worthy of your son, George.
01:11:18That's the earth.
01:11:33That's the earth.
01:12:03That's the earth.
01:12:34That's the earth.
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