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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.
00:02:12Oh, God.
00:02:23So, man.
00:02:41At the preset time, I've hit the scene in the glacier.
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.
00:31:43but you can get more cameras.
00:31:51Yous.
00:31:54Engines in seven cameras.
00:32:12Now, engines at eight galas.
00:32:18Look there to the right.
00:32:21Perhaps.
00:32:34Entrance at 11 galas.
00:32:36General's unlocked.
00:32:38Move into vertical position.
00:32:52Entrance at 12 galas.
00:32:56What's going on?
00:32:57We're going down.
00:32:58Better take it.
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 galas.
00:33:16Engines at 16 galas.
00:33:27Engines at 14 galas.
00:33:31Engines at 14 galas.
00:33:36Engines at 14 galas.
00:33:37Engines at 16 galas.
00:33:38Engines at 15 galas.
00:33:39Engines at 15 galas.
00:33:39Ang DISCAN ĐŒĐœENA.
00:33:44Schtab 10 galas ŃĐș haste tiver aj NAT.
00:33:46vested a FOT in 15 galas.
00:33:47Mel stukæ” light.
00:33:48Bar it into 20 galas.
00:33:48Get him Nar statues.
00:33:54Put on your space suit, 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. Let'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.
00:35:08Gyros, unlock.
00:35:09Roger.
00:35:44How 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.
00:35:55Your what?
00:35:58A direct order from the High Command.
00:36:00And you accepted it?
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.
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.
00:36:34It's no longer top secret.
00:36:37Alpha 2, propelled by photonic energy, is now without a pilot.
00:36:42She 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 with 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.
00:38:23Do 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.
00:38:36That's just part of it.
00:38:38It's Christmas, Lucy.
00:38:59We started to land at the interplanetary base on Venus, the largest, best-equipped base, closest to Alpha 2.
00:39:07From there, Alpha 2 could be intercepted, and we hoped destroyed, by the remote-controlled atomic missiles.
00:39:28Hey, Archie, is 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 accelerated course is showing results, isn't it?
00:39:46Tell me, why is it that when he wants to protect himself, he 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, only this time it won't be for sightseeing.
00:40:03Emergency action was taken immediately by firing an atomic missile at Alpha 2 in an attempt to destroy this deadly
00:40:11mechanical monster.
00:40:128,500.
00:40:148,000 miles.
00:40:177,500.
00:40:197,000 miles.
00:40:216,500.
00:40:236,000 miles.
00:40:255,800.
00:40:275,500.
00:40:305,200.
00:40:335,000 miles.
00:40:36A full line.
00:40:37Disintegrated.
00:40:39Exactly at 5,000 miles.
00:40:44We'll have a chance to hit her, only if the electronic brain which propels her...
00:41:17has gone out of control.
00:41:20Unless we have a sudden change in the next solar system revolution, Alpha 2 will start orbiting around the Earth
00:41:27at only 3,500 miles from it.
00:41:30That means 1,500 miles within the safety limit.
00:41:36In a few days, maybe a few hours, our 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.
00:41:48Something might stop it in time.
00:41:50Maybe a miracle.
00:41:54And while we're waiting here for your miracle, I would suggest that we immediately put into operation all the means
00:42:01at 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 to reach the audio stations on the beach?
00:42:12You stand by electronic telescope number 7.
00:42:186,800.
00:42:225,700.
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.
00:42:372,200.
00:42:40I 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, that spaceship is vulnerable.
00:42:55The two photonic deflectors at both two semispheres separated 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 hunch is right, Al.
00:43:22There's still a chance.
00:43:24What chance?
00:43:26We'd have to fire on a straight line from another spaceship traveling alongside Alpha 2 at the same rate of
00:43:32speed.
00:43:33I think I've earned the right to try, sir.
00:43:35By the right.
00:43:36Because if my hunch turns out to be correct, I'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.
00:44:44Let's just go.
00:44:44Let's go.
00:44:57Don't!
00:45:15We're out of it now.
00:45:19You 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 1-3, Tango Sierra 1-3 to Bravo Zulu 8-8, over.
00:45:43Now, piloting the old atomic spaceship Tango Sierra 1-3, 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 1-3, go ahead.
00:46:18Tango Sierra 1-3, go ahead.
00:46:30Tango Sierra 1-3, go ahead.
00:46:31ote food checkâŠ
00:46:32Present inertial speed 30,000 miles.
00:46:35Coordinate 1-3 in respect to Vega.
00:46:38Estimated intersection point
00:46:40with Alpha 2
00:46:41on coordinate
00:46:424-1
00:46:43in respect to Earth
00:46:44at 18 degrees â over.
00:46:47Correct, but change approximately three degrees at intersection point with Alpha 2.
00:46:53We'll go. I'll request another route check on approach. Let's hope for the best. Radio out.
00:47:07Satellite Zulu, extra 3-4. Satellite Zulu, extra 3-4, calling Bravo Zulu 8-8. Over.
00:47:14Bravo Zulu 8-8 to satellite.
00:47:16Zulu extra 3-4. Go 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.
00:47:29Well then?
00:47:30Alpha 2 has changed her course by six degrees in respect to Vega.
00:47:35I'm afraid she'll enter orbit around the Earth before the estimated time.
00:47:41Can you ascertain her present position?
00:47:43Yes, I can. High coordinate 27 degrees.
00:47:48Movement of ellipses gradually advancing.
00:47:51Look out. It's coming towards you.
00:48:00Yes, sir.
00:48:02It will be on top of us any minute.
00:48:04What about the men, Sullivan?
00:48:07They are...
00:48:08I don't stand by, 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.
00:48:23Sullivan, save yourself.
00:48:28Sullivan!
00:48:30Sullivan!
00:48:31Sullivan!
00:48:32Sullivan!
00:48:32Sullivan!
00:48:33Can you hear me?
00:48:35Sullivan!
00:48:36Sullivan!
00:48:38Sullivan!
00:48:39Sullivan!
00:48:39Sullivan!
00:48:39Sullivan!
00:48:40Sullivan!
00:48:40Sullivan!
00:48:41Sullivan!
00:48:42Sullivan!
00:48:42Sullivan!
00:48:43Sullivan!
00:48:44Sullivan!
00:48:45Sullivan!
00:48:45Sullivan!
00:48:46Sullivan!
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.
00:49:11He is what he is, wherever he lives.
00:49:17What's he mean?
00:49:21What you're always saying, to himself, every man is a whole world.
00:49:36Commander, I've been able to locate the position of the space taxi.
00:49:40Tell it to me.
00:49:42Coordinate pi 28, eight degrees, in respect to Aldebaran.
00:49:47We're changing course and we'll try to rescue the survivors.
00:49:56Bravo Zulu 8-8 to space taxi, Bravo 9-1.
00:50:00We're coming in to rescue you.
00:50:03Be ready to bail out.
00:50:08Bravo Zulu 8-8 to space taxi, Bravo 9-1.
00:50:11Out.
00:50:12We're coming in to rescue you.
00:50:14Be ready to bail out.
00:50:16Out.
00:50:19Out.
00:50:20Out.
00:50:22Out.
00:50:33Out.
00:50:34Out.
00:50:35Out.
00:50:36Out.
00:50:37Out.
00:50:41Out.
00:50:41Out.
00:50:41Out.
00:50:42Out.
00:50:42Out.
00:50:43Out.
00:50:43Out.
00:50:45Out.
00:50:47Out.
00:50:47Out.
00:50:47Out.
00:50:48I just wanted to see you, boys.
00:50:53Barry.
00:50:55Jackson.
00:50:57I'm glad to see you.
00:51:00Go and get some rest now.
00:51:39How do you like that, Jackson?
00:51:40He called us boys.
00:51:42Yeah, and he even remembered our names.
00:51:45I didn't think he even knew.
00:51:49Sir, I'm now 7,000 miles from Alpha 2.
00:52:05In a few seconds, I'll start firing the rockets.
00:52:165,000 miles.
00:52:194,500.
00:52:224,000.
00:52:253,500.
00:52:293,000.
00:52:34It's disintegrated.
00:52:37I'll try again.
00:52:455,000.
00:52:474,500.
00:52:484,000.
00:52:503,500.
00:52:513,000.
00:52:522,500.
00:52:532,000.
00:52:541,500.
00:52:561,000.
00:52:57900.
00:52:58800.
00:52:59Going to make it?
00:53:00700.
00:53:01600.
00:53:02500.
00:53:03400.
00:53:04300.
00:53:05Do I?
00:53:10Fire another rocket.
00:53:13I'm getting near it, sir.
00:53:23It's too dangerous, Al.
00:53:25Stop.
00:53:26You'll be attracted by the Potomac Fields.
00:53:28I've located the channel.
00:53:29I'll try to break through it, Commander.
00:53:31I'm sure that I can get at least 1,500 miles away from the spaceship.
00:53:35Come back, Al.
00:53:36It's murder.
00:53:38I'm 2,000 miles away from Alpha 2 now, sir.
00:53:41Let me try.
00:53:43Al, that's an order.
00:53:44I'm sorry, sir.
00:53:45But I'm not taking orders anymore.
00:53:48It's a useless sacrifice.
00:53:50Son, I'm 1,200 miles away from you.
00:53:55I don't want to disillusion you.
00:53:57But what would be the use of living if the Earth were destroyed?
00:54:02We'd all be prisoners of space.
00:54:05With no hope of return.
00:54:09800 miles.
00:54:11Al, please!
00:54:12After 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.
00:54:48Al, please!
00:54:49You don't know what you're doing.
00:54:50Maybe not, Commander.
00:54:51No!
00:54:52But in a few seconds, I'll know for sure.
00:55:11Al has succeeded in proving the existence of a channel by the sacrifice of his own life.
00:55:18But we still haven't got a chance.
00:55:21There's nothing for us to do but follow his lead.
00:55:25But how, Lucy?
00:55:27Commander, why don't you request more spaceships equipped with missiles?
00:55:30It's too late now.
00:55:32They'd never get here in time.
00:55:35Well, then...
00:55:36Well, then...
00:55:38I don't know.
00:55:41What's that object that keeps appearing on the screen?
00:55:50It's the space taxi from the disintegrated satellite.
00:55:56It's now circling in orbit around us.
00:56:08The space taxi.
00:56:16I rode on it once with Al.
00:56:34Are you afraid, Lucy?
00:56:35Yes, for him.
00:56:39I understand.
00:56:41I love him, George.
00:56:44I 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.
00:57:17What have we been doing all these thousands of years?
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.
00:57:47Lucy.
00:57:50Take my place, will you?
00:58:17where do you think you're going out in the space taxi that's madness maybe so but it's not half
00:58:24as mad as the idea that brought us at this point you are staying here listen lucy loves you and
00:58:31lucy has been and is everything in the world that matters to me you may not understand it but for
00:58:38that very reason i will stop you from going to certain death why stop me we are all going to
00:58:44get killed anyway i'm going to stop you even if i have to use force
00:59:29it's going to make it
00:59:37it'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 every second what's he throwing out plugs transistors the spare parts from
01:00:25the mechanic's tool key
01:00:30george i'm going to make it i'll get through go on ray go on you're nearly there
01:00:50i don't have anything else to throw out get rid of everything which isn't essential quick
01:01:08the path is clear george i'm going through
01:01:37the hatch is above you right in the middle of the speed
01:01:44the hatch is above you
01:02:03ray can you hear me
01:02:07ray answer me go ahead george i'm listening get into the pilot seat and disconnect the electronic
01:02:16brain it should be on the left hand panel turn off everything else
01:02:31the pilot's still inside the hibernation cell dead disconnect all contacts on the left hand panel
01:02:54i'm standing in front of it what should i do
01:02:56i'm standing in front of it what should i do
01:03:08i'm standing in front of it what should i do
01:03:09destroy it disconnect the cables
01:03:25i can't they won't come loose
01:03:33there are emergency tools right under the footrest of the pilot's seat did you hear ray under the
01:03:39footrest all right quick you'd better hurry sir we're entering the earth's gravity zone
01:03:47our speed is increasing our speed is increasing use a pair of wire cutters
01:03:53come george now cut the wires
01:04:05i'm cutting through the last wire
01:04:16i'm cutting through the last wire
01:04:17the ray deflector has stopped
01:04:18it may be we've made it
01:04:24how can you prove that the photonic field has been disintegrated
01:04:28there's only one way of telling for certain
01:04:33we're coming in
01:04:57we're getting through it ray we're coming the nightmare is over
01:05:08hurry up ray we're coming get ready to be rescued
01:05:21we're along sergey ray bail out
01:05:32george lucy the external hatch is jammed it won't open it will never open again never
01:05:41try again ray try
01:05:42he can't open it he cut the cables there's no power inside the ship
01:05:56earth base nine earth base nine earth base nine to bravo zulu eight eight can you hear us over
01:06:05bravo zulu eight eight to earth base nine go ahead
01:06:08are you all going insane up there if you keep racing that fast you'll disintegrate
01:06:14when you reach the earth's atmosphere separate and change your course immediately
01:06:19alpha two is out of control there's a man inside
01:06:25we're going down to try to rescue him space suits on
01:06:38lucy take my place
01:06:46we'll manage
01:06:58ray ray ray
01:07:03jordan the others are coming to get you out
01:07:05i can't hold out 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
01:07:19ray you must hold out
01:07:23bravo zulu eight eight bravo zulu eight eight are you listening
01:07:28roger go ahead this is an order from the high command
01:07:32stop rescue of alpha two pilot change your course immediately or you'll soon enter the atmosphere
01:07:40repeat this is an order from the high command
01:07:43they don't know what they're talking about they don't know what would have happened if ray
01:07:50establish contact again and we'll stay as close as possible
01:07:57ray we're very close now the men are now going out too much air an orgy of air
01:08:06my thoughts are running wild talk to me lucy
01:08:24everything is spinning
01:08:29where are you lucy
01:08:34here beside you
01:08:37quick the cold wayport here
01:08:45what's the use of trying to save the world lucy
01:08:49if if i'm going to be lost myself no you can't say this way you believed more than any of
01:08:59us
01:08:59you truly believed ray
01:09:09ray ray answer me
01:09:11i believed but there's no faith that can destroy the fear of death
01:09:20okay
01:09:24good
01:09:29bye
01:09:30lucy
01:09:42Lucy, we're inside.
01:09:47Be 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 are locked.
01:10:06We're in, Lucy.
01:10:08Be ready.
01:10:11Gun tank.
01:10:18Gun tank.
01:10:18Gun tank.
01:10:18Gun tank.
01:10:31Gun tank.
01:10:35Gun tank.
01:10:36Gun tank.
01:10:37We made it, Lucy.
01:10:38Engines at maximum speed.
01:10:42Gun tank.
01:10:44Gun tank.
01:10:44Gun tank.
01:10:44Gun tank.
01:10:46Gun tank.
01:11:03Gun tank.
01:11:08Now, you're really worthy of your son, George.
01:11:18That's the Earth.
01:11:49THE END
01:12:21THE END
01:12:43THE END
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