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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.
00:31:50No.
00:31:53No.
00:31:57No!
00:32:09No!
00:32:10No!
00:32:11No!
00:32:12No!
00:32:13No!
00:32:13Entrance at 8 galas.
00:32:17Look there to the right.
00:32:21Perhaps.
00:32:34Entrance at 11 galas.
00:32:36Gyrals are locked.
00:32:38Move into vertical position.
00:32:52Engines at 12 galas.
00:32:55Engines at 12 galas.
00:32:56What's going on?
00:32:57We're going down.
00:32:58But it's insane.
00:33:00With all stages full of fuel.
00:33:02We're like a bomb.
00:33:05Landing area at 2 degrees off our coordinate.
00:33:08Just lowers.
00:33:09Engines at 14 galas.
00:33:16Engines at 2.
00:33:26Engines at 1.
00:33:27Engines at 4 ABS.
00:33:36He's on the road.
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.
00:34:46Lucy, 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.
00:35:09I'll take care of the entrance.
00:35:13I'll take care of the entrance.
00:35:15I'll take care of the entrance.
00:35:17I'll take care of the entrance.
00:35:22I'll take care of the entrance.
00:35:23I'll take care of the entrance.
00:35:24I'll take care of the entrance.
00:35:27I'll take care of the entrance.
00:35:28I'll take care of the entrance.
00:35:28I'll take care of the entrance.
00:35:31I'll take care of the entrance.
00:35:32I'll take care of the entrance.
00:35:36I'll take care of the entrance.
00:35:43how is it bad i think you hold out till we get to mars we're almost there anyway aren't we
00:35:50no what do you mean no we've changed course we're now heading for venus you're what
00:35:58a direct order from the high command and you accepted it
00:36:15do you realize commander there's a dying man in there i don't have to account to you for my
00:36:20actions look captain i'm picking up an area of intense heat it's almost as hot as the botanic
00:36:27field of the sun itself turn on the safety system i think you should tell him sir it's no longer
00:36:35top
00:36:35secret alpha 2 propelled by photonic energy is now without a pilot she is floating in space and is
00:36:44only controlled by the electronic brain the photonic heat which our radar has picked up
00:36:50has the power of destruction and death alpha 2 has re-entered the solar system during the sun's
00:36:59next revolution she will start to orbit around the earth and will destroy it completely burning
00:37:04everything and eliminating all forms of life have we any hope of stopping her
00:37:11that's why we're going to venus it'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 perhaps in a few days maybe in a few hours it
00:37:33was
00:37:33up to us a handful of cosmonauts from earth millions of miles away to try and save humanity
00:37:53those continents and there are the oceans and the trees you can't see them in my mind i can i'd
00:38:03like to run down a road that's loud pine trees would you yes and feel just once again the excitement
00:38:10of 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.
00:38:36That'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, 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? Are 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,
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 has gone out of control.
00:40:53You 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 at 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,
00:41:40our planet will become a mass of boiling mud,
00:41:43as 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,
00:41:57I would suggest that we immediately put into operation all 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 to reach the audio stations on the beach?
00:42:13You stand by electronic telescope number 7.
00:42:176,800.
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.
00:42:361,500.
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.
00:43:20Which 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.
00:43:35Why 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.
00:43:49I'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.
00:44:56Let's go.
00:45:03Let's go.
00:45:11Let's go.
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.
00:45:28Tango 013. Tango 013 to Bravo Zulu 88. Over.
00:45:43Al, 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. Over.
00:46:46Correct.
00:46:47But change approximately three 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. 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.
00:47:28Well then?
00:47:29Alpha 2 has changed her course by 6 degrees in respect to Vega.
00:47:35I'm afraid she'll enter orbit around the Earth before the estimated time.
00:47:42Can you ascertain her present position?
00:47:44Yes, 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?
00:48:06They 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!
00:48:31Sullivan!
00:48:32Can you hear me?
00:48:35Sullivan!
00:48:37Sullivan!
00:48:41Sullivan!
00:48:41Sullivan!
00:48:58Ray, don't forget Sullivan and your scoop.
00:49:02Write this.
00:49:04He was never afraid.
00:49:06Since man, even in space, changes his position but not his character.
00:49:11He is what he is, wherever he lives.
00:49:16What's he mean?
00:49:21What you're always saying.
00:49:23To himself, every man is a whole world.
00:49:35Commander, I've been able to locate the position of the space taxi.
00:49:40Tell it to me.
00:49:42Coordinate pi 28, 8 degrees.
00:49:45In 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.
00:50:12We're coming in to rescue you.
00:50:14Be ready to bail out.
00:50:16Out.
00:50:32The commander says you boys should rest.
00:50:34No, Ray.
00:50:35Show 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.
00:51:02Oh, man.
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.
00:52:184,500.
00:52:224,000.
00:52:253,500.
00:52:293,000.
00:52:445,000.
00:52:464,500.
00:52:484,000.
00:52:503,500.
00:52:513,000.
00:52:522,000.
00:52:541,500.
00:52:561,000.
00:52:571,000.
00:52:591,000.
00:53:00700.
00:53:01600.
00:53:02500.
00:53:03400.
00:53:04300.
00:53:062,100.
00:53:10Fire another rocket.
00:53:13I'm getting near it, sir.
00:53:24It's too dangerous, Al. Stop.
00:53:26You'll be attracted by the Potomac Field.
00:53:28I've located the channel. I'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. It's murder.
00:53:38I'm 2,000 miles away from Alpha 2 now, sir. Let me try.
00:53:43Al, that's an order.
00:53:44I'm sorry, sir. But 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.
00:54:05No 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.
00:54:47I'll try.
00:54:49don't know what you're doing maybe not command oh but in a few seconds i'll know for sure
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 there's nothing for us to do but follow his
00:55:24lead
00:55:24but how lucid commander why don't you request more spaceships equipped with missiles it's too late
00:55:31now they'd never get here in time well then i don't know what's that object that keeps appearing
00:55:43on the screen it's the space taxi from the disintegrated satellite
00:55:56is now circling in orbit around us
00:56:07the space taxi
00:56:16i wrote on it once with al
00:56:33are you afraid lucy yes for him
00:56:38i understand i love him george i know
00:56:46but love has no meaning anymore george does 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 we'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
00:57:35we've been getting further away from us
00:57:47lucy
00:57:50take my place will you
00:58:17where do you think you're going
00:58:19out 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
00:58:28listen 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 beds
00:58:42why stop me we are all going to get killed anyway i'm going to stop you even if i have
00:58:48to use force
00:58:51you
00:58:53i'm
00:59:04i'm
00:59:05i'm
00:59:08i'm
00:59:10i'm
00:59:13i'm
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
01:00:01in the space taxi in order to judge the distance between the two curtains of disintegration.
01:00:07Look, it's insane.
01:00:15The channel is getting down.
01:00:18Every second.
01:00:21What's he throwing out?
01:00:22Clugs, transistors, the spare parts from the mechanic's toolkit.
01:00:30George, I'm going to make it.
01:00:31I'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.
01:00:53Get rid of everything which isn't essential.
01:00:55Quick.
01:00:56Quick.
01:00:58Quick.
01:00:59Quick.
01:01:01Quick.
01:01:01Quick.
01:01:02Quick.
01:01:04Quick.
01:01:05Quick.
01:01:07Quick.
01:01:08The path is clear.
01:01:10George, I'm going through.
01:01:33Ray, hurry.
01:01:35Don't lose time.
01:01:37The hatch is above you, right in the middle of the sphere.
01:02:03Ray, can you hear me?
01:02:07Ray, answer me.
01:02:09Go ahead, George.
01:02:10I'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.
01:02:49The electronic brain.
01:02:52Ray, you must disconnect the electronic brain.
01:03:04I'm standing in front of it.
01:03:06What should I do?
01:03:08Destroy it.
01:03:10Disconnect the cables.
01:03:13Disconnect the cables.
01:03:26I can't.
01:03:27They 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.
01:03:36Did you hear, Ray?
01:03:38Under the footrest.
01:03:39All right.
01:03:41Quick.
01:03:43You'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.
01:03:53Get them, 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.
01:04:20Maybe 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.
01:04:467,000.
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.
01:05:33The 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 more power inside the ship.
01:05:56Earth 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.
01:06:15Separate and change your course immediately.
01:06:18Alpha 2 is out of control.
01:06:21There's a man inside.
01:06:25We're going down to try to rescue him.
01:06:30Space suit's on.
01:06:37Lucy.
01:06:39Take my place.
01:06:46We'll manage you.
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 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.
01:07:18Ray.
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.
01:07:46They 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.
01:07:57We're very close now.
01:08:00The 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.
01:08:24Everything is spinning.
01:08:28Where are you, Lucy?
01:08:33Here.
01:08:34Beside you.
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.
01:09:01You truly believed, Ray.
01:09:08Ray.
01:09:09Ray.
01:09:10Answer me.
01:09:11I believed.
01:09:13But there's no faith.
01:09:16That can destroy...
01:09:18The fear of death.
01:09:21Ray.
01:09:22Ray.
01:09:22Hang on.
01:09:29Goodbye, Lucy.
01:09:42Lucy.
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.
01:10:37We've made it, Lucy.
01:10:38Engines at maximum speed.
01:10:41We're in, Lucy.
01:10:42We're in, Lucy.
01:11:09Now, you're really worthy of your seat, George.
01:11:18That's the Earth.
01:11:20That's the Earth.
01:11:20That's the Earth.
01:11:28The End
01:11:57The End
01:12:31The End
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