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00:00:15This is a playback of a radio-taped report of an exclusive feature story for the Planetary
00:00:21Chronicle of New York.
00:00:24Ray Peterson reporting.
00:00:25Dateline, December 17th, year 2116.
00:00:32Spaceship, Bravo Zulu 88.
00:00:36Destiny, Galaxy M12.
00:00:40Assignment, outer space.
00:01:13The editor of my paper assigned me to cover a routine check of infraradiation flux on Galaxy M12.
00:01:40The crew members, in order to overcome the earthly gravity, have been subjected to a state of hibernation.
00:01:46That is, the human body put through a congealing process, simulating an apparent death.
00:01:55At a preset time, under the impulses of an electric brain, the heart resumes its normal beat.
00:02:01The lungs begin their regular functioning.
00:02:04The blood flowing evenly again.
00:02:05In short, man is reacquiring his earthly faculties.
00:02:18The blood flowing Site into laughter.
00:02:26At a站むgus, his age packed right into the on-law's riding engine.
00:02:29Anything else?
00:02:30Thank you, O'Sha.
00:02:31It was reality.
00:02:31I knew the path he was nice.
00:02:32The clues of everybody came out and said what?
00:02:33Well, my friends, now it was nicely cuffed.
00:02:34She known her behind the broken Niye.
00:02:58To counteract the state of weightlessness caused by lack of gravitation, special magnetic
00:03:03boots are provided to control the balance of space travelers.
00:03:38While the crew and I were still in a state of hibernation, the engineer pilot, Al, reported
00:03:44our approach to international satellite Zulu Extra 3-4.
00:03:49Bravo Zulu 8-8 calling Zulu Extra 3-4.
00:03:54Bravo Zulu 8-8 calling Zulu Extra 3-4, over.
00:03:58Zulu Extra 3-4 to Bravo Zulu 8-8, go ahead.
00:04:01Contact established, hibernation period finished, over.
00:04:06Is that you, Al?
00:04:07Hi, Richard.
00:04:08Any news to relay?
00:04:10The usual nausea when awakening, my boy.
00:04:14Bravo Zulu 8-8 has entered orbit of your satellite.
00:04:18Bravo Zulu 8-8 closing electronic brain.
00:04:22Over.
00:04:23Roger.
00:04:24Everything's in your hands again, Al.
00:04:26Thanks for nothing, pal.
00:04:28Hey, we got cargo aboard.
00:04:30We've already been informed.
00:04:32Reporter, eh?
00:04:33Did you wake up yet?
00:04:34No, not yet.
00:04:36I haven't brought him his coffee.
00:04:39Bravo Zulu 8-8 requesting your position.
00:04:42Coordinates 5-2-1, over.
00:04:45Okay.
00:04:46I'll send you the reporter as soon as possible.
00:04:49Bravo Zulu 8-8 closing.
00:04:53Hello, Archie.
00:04:55How are you feeling?
00:04:56Man, this time I had a dream.
00:04:58You had a dream?
00:04:59What about?
00:05:00I dreamt I was sleeping.
00:05:04Take over the controls while I wake up the baby.
00:05:08Ah, is it true when we took off, you sang him a lullaby?
00:05:11That's right.
00:05:12Just call me space wet nurse.
00:05:13Next time, why don't you just bring a cow along?
00:05:16Yeah, a pacifier would do.
00:05:20Bravo Zulu 8-8 calling extra 3-4.
00:05:23Over.
00:05:24Go ahead, Bravo Zulu 8-8.
00:05:52Drive geeseam.
00:05:55Hit the scene.
00:05:56Hit the scene.
00:06:00Hit the scene.
00:06:01Hit the scene.
00:06:12Get the scene.
00:06:12After green, way outfield mad Christopher Desruk,
00:06:12To come out of a state of tą natur isißiar.
00:06:13of hibernation is an eerie sensation. I didn't know who or where I was until I heard Al's
00:06:21voice. Hi there, spaceman. Hello. This was not my first space flight. Previous assignments
00:06:33for my newspaper had sent me to the moon many times, but never into the vast reaches of
00:06:39deep space. I feared that ten days in a cramped ship with a crew of seven men who would resent
00:06:47a reporter's questions and lack of usefulness might make me an unpopular passenger. The
00:06:55coffin was much too small. Couldn't you have found me a bigger one to sleep in? We didn't
00:07:06have one, leech. Why do you call me that? No offense, kid. It just means that here you're
00:07:14a parasite. Where are we now? Outside. Outside what? Outside everything. Breakfast is served. Bravo,
00:07:30Zulu 88. You're directly in line with us. We'll send you that reporter as soon as possible. Hey,
00:07:37Al. They're asking for the boy. Hey. Hey, Al. Al, what's happening? We're off to bad start. Calm down,
00:07:47my boy. You'll get along fine. Just control your nerves. There. From now on, you'll be able to hear my
00:07:58instructions. Just remember to regulate your volume now. Hey, you're forgetting the tools of your trade.
00:08:22What's the matter, Sonny? Cut it out, Al. Are you scared, son? Stop treating me like a greenhorn. But that's
00:08:31what you are,
00:08:32my boy. I took the accelerated course before I started on this trip. It probably was too quick.
00:08:39I'm not going to take all the air out of the decompression chamber. You'll have an easier exit.
00:08:43I'll give you a count from 20 to 1. And out you go. I know what to do.
00:08:50Son, you don't know anything yet.
00:08:59Don't touch the metal frame around the hatch. Minus 20. Why? Can you see me?
00:09:07No. But the first time out, they all behaved the same way. Minus 15.
00:09:16India Zulu 4-1. You ready? 5-1. Wait a second. 2-1. Out you go.
00:09:24Al was absolutely right. I was scared.
00:09:36The artificial satellite is like an island in the sky. In order not to disturb its calculated orbital
00:09:43chart, we lined up 2,000 feet parallel to it. The only way to get there was to float through
00:09:51the
00:09:52terrifying void between us.
00:10:13Keep talking, Al. What do you want to hear? Fairy tale? Explain to me what's going on.
00:10:19That's something you'll have to find out for yourself. Are you still afraid?
00:10:24Yes. Of what? I don't know.
00:10:29You still there? Say something. A chilly sense of emptiness. Do you understand me, Al?
00:10:38Sure, I understand. Every baptism has its mystery, even out here in space.
00:10:45I've never felt so lonely.
00:10:51Hey, Al. Maybe if I try to turn around.
00:10:56I did it! Al! I'm turning!
00:11:02India Zulu 4-1, get back to normal position. You're at the end of your trip.
00:11:09India Zulu 4-1, get back to normal position.
00:11:26Once aboard Zulu Extra 3-4, I passed through the decompression chamber.
00:11:32I now regained my normal weight, because the gravitational area was similar to our Earth's.
00:11:38The reason for this being, all space stations rotate around a central axis.
00:11:54In the ship's cabin, I was met by King 116, the doctor in charge of all crew members' physical and
00:12:02mental health.
00:12:04I'm not sure what's going on.
00:12:04Take off your space suit and report to the commander. He's waiting for you.
00:12:10Hey, what kind of a guy is our reporter?
00:12:13He still smells earthy.
00:12:43It's a very famous documentary.
00:12:44The Kennertons
00:12:44opponent Ray Peterson, reporting to the commander.
00:12:49I've heard you're rather famous
00:12:50on Earth. Well, I see
00:12:52my fame has reached the stars.
00:12:55Well, let me give you a bit of advice.
00:12:57Here among the stars,
00:12:58it is better not to be quite
00:13:00so cocky. You are only
00:13:02here to do a job.
00:13:04Don't worry, that's all I intend to do.
00:13:07On condition that
00:13:08you don't interfere with ours.
00:13:11You've arrived here at a critical
00:13:12moment. So much the better.
00:13:14Peace and tranquility don't have any news value.
00:13:26Sullivan. Yes, sir?
00:13:28How long would it take to reinstall the terminal stages
00:13:30to the spaceship that arrived from Earth just now?
00:13:32That all depends, sir. We only have two mechanics
00:13:34on board. Cancel all rest periods.
00:13:36The ship must be ready as soon as possible.
00:13:37I must go to base 12 on Mars. Yes, sir.
00:13:41You talk about Mars
00:13:42as if it were just down the street.
00:13:45There are no streets here.
00:13:47I firmly oppose your
00:13:50unwelcome visit.
00:13:52Are you trying to flatter me?
00:13:54But the high command refused to listen to me.
00:13:56It's apparent that you have quite a pull there.
00:13:58Not me.
00:14:00But my organization has.
00:14:02Don't forget, Peterson,
00:14:04that everything you put on your tape recorder
00:14:06will have to be sent by me
00:14:07before it's sent back to Earth.
00:14:08Here, everything is regulated by machines.
00:14:11You'll find that things are very different here.
00:14:14You may go now.
00:14:15Later on, you'll be shown to your quarters.
00:14:26Working crew is ready, sir.
00:14:28Any changes?
00:14:32No, Sullivan.
00:14:46Where is everybody going?
00:14:47For a picnic?
00:14:49The working crew is leaving on a space detail.
00:14:52What if I wanted to go along
00:14:54to get some air?
00:14:56You'd have to go and ask the commander
00:14:57for authorization.
00:14:59Is it necessary?
00:15:01Absolutely necessary.
00:15:05Okay.
00:15:11Hoping this special detail
00:15:13might make a good story,
00:15:14I went outside, without permission,
00:15:16to observe and photograph it.
00:15:19This special detail
00:15:20was a refueling operation.
00:15:22One of the most dangerous
00:15:24and delicate operations in space flights.
00:15:27The engineers carried an enormous tube
00:15:29from the space station
00:15:30and carefully attached it
00:15:32to a rear valve on our ship.
00:15:36Thousands of gallons
00:15:37of precious neo-hydrozyme
00:15:39were being pumped into our fuel tanks
00:15:41in order for us to go on to Mars.
00:15:47Look out!
00:15:48The meteorite!
00:15:49Suddenly,
00:15:50I saw a fiery ball
00:15:51racing toward the cosmonaut next to me.
00:15:53Intentatively,
00:15:53I pushed him out of the way.
00:15:54But the subsequent reaction
00:15:56caused me to bounce
00:15:57against the connection
00:15:58of the fuel valve,
00:15:59disconnecting it
00:16:00and letting the irreplaceable
00:16:02neo-hydrozyme escape.
00:16:06Close the fuel valve!
00:16:13Lost!
00:16:16Five hundred gallons of hydrozyme.
00:16:23Lost.
00:16:24I'm sorry.
00:16:26Furthermore,
00:16:27you went without my permission.
00:16:29I said I'm sorry,
00:16:31even though I saved a man's life.
00:16:34You didn't come here
00:16:35to be a hero.
00:16:38The damage you have just caused
00:16:39is much more serious
00:16:41than the mere loss of a life.
00:16:44Evidently, Commander,
00:16:44my way of thinking
00:16:45must seem prehistoric to you.
00:16:47I thought nothing was worse
00:16:48than the loss of a human being.
00:16:50But then I only saved a number.
00:16:52Yankee one-three.
00:16:53I didn't even see his face.
00:16:55Maybe he hasn't got one.
00:17:00I knew that you were going
00:17:01to give me trouble.
00:17:03I see you're a psychologist, too.
00:17:05Now look here, Peterson.
00:17:06Let's get this straight.
00:17:07From now on,
00:17:08you must ask permission
00:17:09for everything you do.
00:17:10And you won't ask me for it.
00:17:12That's an improvement.
00:17:13You'll have to ask
00:17:14my second-in-command.
00:17:15And I'm afraid you'll find
00:17:16that he's tougher than I am.
00:17:18You may go now.
00:17:21You may go.
00:17:24First, Commander,
00:17:25tell me one thing.
00:17:27Why do you deny me
00:17:28the honor of talking to you?
00:17:33I'm leaving, Peterson.
00:17:46Hey.
00:18:04Hey, buddy.
00:18:07I'm King 116.
00:18:10Pardon me for not having called you by name.
00:18:13Allow me.
00:18:14India Zuru 41.
00:18:16What do you want?
00:18:18I'm looking for someone.
00:18:19Excuse me.
00:18:21I'm looking for a number.
00:18:22Yankee 1-3.
00:18:23He was injured.
00:18:25He should be around here somewhere.
00:18:27Just dismissed.
00:18:28It was nothing but simple shock.
00:18:30Have a look in the biochemical lab.
00:18:32Please excuse my curiosity, Mr. King 116.
00:18:47May I come in?
00:18:50Hey, spaceman.
00:18:59Are you addressing me?
00:19:01Yes, but you're a...
00:19:04Go on.
00:19:05You're a girl.
00:19:07And you're selling flowers, too.
00:19:09There are no flowers here.
00:19:11These are diasporas.
00:19:13Even with a name like that, they're flowers.
00:19:16They serve the purpose of changing hydrogen into breathable oxygen and are as necessary here as the air is on
00:19:24Earth.
00:19:25But I still say, they're flowers.
00:19:28If you like.
00:19:31Do you sell them?
00:19:32I'm afraid not.
00:19:34But maybe we can make a deal.
00:19:37What do you mean?
00:19:39Oh, you see, you won't have to send them anywhere.
00:19:42I'll pay for them.
00:19:44But then, I'll leave them here for you.
00:19:49Do you work in this section?
00:19:53Sometimes.
00:19:55But I'm really a navigator.
00:19:58When I'm not working with the astro compass, I like to substitute for the section chemist.
00:20:04But tell me, why do you want to offer them to me?
00:20:07Oh, no particular reason.
00:20:09Just to celebrate the second smiling face I've run into.
00:20:12Al's was the first.
00:20:14Now I find you.
00:20:16Speaking of you, what's your name?
00:20:18I don't mean your numbers, serials, codes.
00:20:21But just your name.
00:20:23Lucy.
00:20:25Lucy.
00:20:26Do you like it?
00:20:27It's not bad.
00:20:28My uncle had a mascot with that name.
00:20:31It was quite cute.
00:20:33I liked it very much.
00:20:35It was a monkey.
00:20:37Oh, really.
00:20:38She was very cute.
00:20:40I meant it as a compliment.
00:20:42Very flattering, Mr. Peterson.
00:20:45Do you know my name, too?
00:20:48Of course.
00:20:51I've already heard about you from George.
00:20:53You know, the commander.
00:20:55My old friend.
00:20:57But doesn't the commander have a number like everybody else?
00:21:01Yes, not for me.
00:21:04And now, if you'll forgive me, I've got work to do.
00:21:09Yankee 1-3.
00:21:13I forgot.
00:21:15Thank you, Ray.
00:21:19I really mean thanks.
00:21:27Following the order from the commander, Al came over to our ship to pilot a space taxi
00:21:33from which I could photograph a passage of asteroids.
00:21:36India's Yulu 4-1.
00:21:38We just made it.
00:21:40I bet you this was the most interesting action shot of your career.
00:21:43Yeah, shooting these rocks is sure something.
00:21:46They're not rocks, my son.
00:21:49They're asteroids.
00:21:50Each of them 1,700 feet in diameter.
00:21:56The commander bawled me out for the loss of 500 gallons of hydrazine when I saved a life.
00:22:01And a girl's, too.
00:22:03Ah, so you have a weakness for the weakest sex.
00:22:06And she doesn't even call him sir.
00:22:07Just George.
00:22:08By all our rich around Saturday.
00:22:10And they were right when they called you a meddler.
00:22:13Al, he's ashamed of that.
00:22:15Hold right now.
00:22:16I'm going to make a sharp jerk.
00:22:22Who is ashamed?
00:22:23George.
00:22:24You understand him.
00:22:27Is it true that George is leaving?
00:22:29Yes.
00:22:30And Lucy, will she go with him?
00:22:32I'm sorry for you, but that's exactly what she'll do.
00:22:35Something very serious is going on.
00:22:37And all you can talk about is this nonsense.
00:22:38We're leaving for Mars.
00:22:40We?
00:22:41You too, Al?
00:22:42Yes.
00:22:43Can't you tell me more about it?
00:22:44Top secret.
00:22:45Sulu Extra 3-4 to Space Taxi Bravo 9-1.
00:22:49Hurry back to base.
00:22:50Over.
00:22:51Roger from Bravo 9-1.
00:22:55Al, can I radio my Earth base?
00:22:57Sure.
00:22:58You think you're still living back in the 21st century?
00:23:00Thanks.
00:23:01You better lower your head now.
00:23:03We're moving back into the satellite.
00:23:05I wanted to join this Mars expedition.
00:23:08Only an order from the high command on Earth could persuade the commander to take me with him.
00:23:13I don't understand.
00:23:15What's making the pilot so late?
00:23:17He promised to join us immediately, sir.
00:23:20Al's really a strange type.
00:23:21He's the best there is.
00:23:30I'm sorry to be late, sir.
00:23:32We've been waiting for you.
00:23:33The situation has become worse.
00:23:35We've got to leave immediately.
00:23:37And you haven't been able to contact Alfred 2?
00:23:40No.
00:23:41Alfred 2 does not answer.
00:23:43We think the pilot may be dead.
00:23:52This could mean the end.
00:23:55That's what I'm afraid of.
00:23:57India Zulu 4-1 wishes to speak with you, sir.
00:24:01Let him talk to the second in command.
00:24:03You take care of him, Sullivan.
00:24:04He refuses to do so.
00:24:06He says he has a very urgent communication for you.
00:24:09Send him in.
00:24:16That's all we needed.
00:24:18This inquisitive, interfering meddler.
00:24:21He's a pretty nice guy.
00:24:25Do you think so?
00:24:46This is absurd.
00:24:48Commander, you are insulting the high command.
00:24:51Absolutely against all regulations.
00:24:53Any more criticisms?
00:24:55Yes.
00:24:56So have I.
00:24:57But I keep them to myself.
00:25:04Gentlemen, prepare to leave.
00:25:17Yankee, 1-3.
00:25:18One moment, please.
00:25:20Yes.
00:25:23What is it, George?
00:25:29That man, Peterson, has persuaded the high command to let him come with us.
00:25:33It's an order.
00:25:34Aren't you exaggerating?
00:25:37I can't increase the crew.
00:25:41Can't you do without the radio operator?
00:25:43We'll get along just as well.
00:25:44No.
00:25:47I prefer to do without you.
00:25:50Me?
00:25:53I would not want my choice influenced by opinions that are not objective.
00:25:59Anyway, I think I could get along better without a navigator than without a radio operator.
00:26:05If I weren't the navigator, then would you give up taking one with you?
00:26:13Perhaps not.
00:26:15Perhaps not.
00:26:15You see, you're not being objective.
00:26:18Besides, I don't want to be left behind, George.
00:26:21It's not that I'd pretend to be of more value than the high command is.
00:26:25But I'm not of less value either.
00:26:27You aren't giving me an order, are you?
00:26:30No.
00:26:31I'm just begging you.
00:26:34I understand you, George.
00:26:36I know that you always try to be worthy of your position.
00:26:40But you'd be better off if for once you tried...
00:26:43What?
00:26:44To be worthy of yourself.
00:26:57I'm sorry, George.
00:27:15Lucy's plea to the commander was effective.
00:27:17When we left the artificial satellite and returned to our spaceship, Bravo Zulu 8-8,
00:27:24Lucy was aboard and set our course for Mars.
00:27:27Is the nose still turned up?
00:27:29Don't be silly.
00:27:30The nose of a spaceship is always up, even when landing.
00:27:33He's not referring to the spaceship, Al.
00:27:35He's talking about me.
00:27:36My congratulations, Commander.
00:27:39Listen, Peterson.
00:27:40Remember you're extraneous here.
00:27:42So please keep to your place.
00:27:44What place?
00:27:46I don't even have a chair to sit on.
00:27:48Look, there are two cots in there that you can use when we haven't a chance to rest.
00:27:53Oh, while the rest of you are working, I'm supposed to sleep.
00:27:56There are times when all children should go to bed.
00:27:59Yeah.
00:28:05Listen, ever since we came on this trip, you've all done your very best to make me feel like an
00:28:11outsider.
00:28:13My congratulations, Peterson.
00:28:33What the devil is going on?
00:28:34I don't know, sir.
00:28:35Looks like it might be a magnetic storm.
00:28:37Impossible.
00:28:38Listen to the wave boom, sir.
00:28:41Look, Captain.
00:28:52Give me its position.
00:28:55Coordinate 113.
00:28:57Inertial position of object 512.
00:29:00Try to establish contact.
00:29:01It looks like a moonship.
00:29:06Bravo Zulu 8-8.
00:29:08Bravo Zulu 8-8.
00:29:09To unidentified object.
00:29:10Over.
00:29:15They're asking for help, sir.
00:29:16Switch to voice circuit.
00:29:20Over.
00:29:28Metro Sierra 1-3.
00:29:29Metro Sierra 1-3.
00:29:31To Bravo Zulu 8-8.
00:29:32Over.
00:29:33Bravo Zulu 8-8.
00:29:34To Metro Sierra 1-3.
00:29:36Go ahead.
00:29:36Over.
00:29:37Tanks are exploded.
00:29:38Engines have failed.
00:29:39We are out of control and being attracted to Mars.
00:29:41Over.
00:29:43Try to get back into the orbit around Mars.
00:29:45We'll attempt rescue.
00:29:47What caused the explosion.
00:29:49Over.
00:29:49Impossible to say.
00:29:51A sudden rush of hot air overpowered us.
00:29:53The instruments have gone crazy.
00:29:54The tanks have exploded.
00:29:56The structure's melted in several places.
00:29:58What about the crew?
00:29:59Three of us left, sir.
00:30:04One dead.
00:30:06The engineer.
00:30:07Put on your spacesuits and stand by for immediate bailout as soon as you enter orbit.
00:30:11Radio out.
00:30:13Disconnect the voice circuit.
00:30:16Do you think they'll make it?
00:30:18That's what I'm checking now.
00:30:20Are you thinking the same thing I am, Al?
00:30:24They can't make it.
00:30:25Why not?
00:30:29No.
00:30:30We won't be able to make it.
00:30:32One of Mars' satellites is crossing our path.
00:30:35Driving engines again.
00:30:42David.
00:30:43David.
00:30:48David.
00:30:50Don't.
00:30:51Don't, David.
00:30:52It's suicide.
00:30:54Don't jump.
00:30:54I don't feel like ending my days in a trap.
00:31:01David, don't.
00:31:08What are you doing?
00:31:10Can you make it?
00:31:16I'm climbing.
00:31:18One of my engines has started.
00:31:19I'm climbing.
00:31:24I can make it.
00:31:25I'm getting lighter.
00:31:26I can't make it.
00:31:29I can make it.
00:31:34It's on the engines to get ready for a vertical landing.
00:31:39We will fly above Bobos.
00:31:48Now.
00:31:51Engines at seven gammas.
00:32:10Now, engines at eight gallows.
00:32:15Look there to the right.
00:32:19Perhaps.
00:32:33Engines at 11 gammas.
00:32:35General's are not moving to vertical position.
00:32:50Engines at 12 gammas.
00:32:54What's going on?
00:32:55We're going down.
00:32:56That'd be right.
00:32:57But it's insane.
00:32:58With all stages full of fuel, we're like a bomb.
00:33:03Landing area at two degrees off our cord, just below us.
00:33:08Engines at 14 gallows.
00:33:14Engines at 16 gallows.
00:33:25Engines at 18 gallows.
00:33:26Here we are!
00:33:52Put on your spacesuit, Leach.
00:33:54You're coming to help rescue that poor guy.
00:33:57The captain sits.
00:34:18Nine degrees to starboard.
00:34:22One more and we would have remained here forever.
00:34:39He's still alive. Let's hurry up.
00:34:41Captain, we're coming in.
00:34:45Lucy, keep the gyros working.
00:34:47As soon as they're inside, we'll get out of here.
00:34:55You stay here and look after them.
00:35:00I'll take care of the entrance.
00:35:06Gyros unlocked!
00:35:07Roger!
00:35:07See you soon.
00:35:08Oh my God!
00:35:19Oh god!
00:35:34I won't have anything to go.
00:35:42How is it?
00:35:43Bad.
00:35:45I think you'll hold out till we get to Mars.
00:35:46We're almost there anyway, aren't we?
00:35:48No.
00:35:49What do you mean, no?
00:35:51We've changed course.
00:35:52We're now heading for Venus.
00:35:54Your what?
00:35:56A direct order from the High Command.
00:35:59And you accepted it?
00:36:13Do you realize, Commander, there's a dying man in there?
00:36:16I don't have to account to you for my actions.
00:36:19Look, Captain.
00:36:20I'm picking up an area of intense heat.
00:36:23It's almost as hot as the botanic field of the sun itself.
00:36:27Turn on the safety system.
00:36:29I think you should tell him, sir.
00:36:32It's no longer top secret.
00:36:36Alpha 2.
00:36:36Alpha 2, propelled by photonic energy, is now without a pilot.
00:36:41She is floating in space and is only controlled by the electronic brain.
00:36:45The photonic heat which our radar has picked up has the power of destruction and death.
00:36:53Alpha 2 has re-entered the solar system.
00:36:56During the sun's next revolution, she will start to orbit around the Earth
00:37:00and will destroy it completely,
00:37:02burning everything and eliminating all forms of light.
00:37:05Have we any hope of stopping her?
00:37:10That's why we're going to Venus.
00:37:12It's the nearest point to the elliptical path of Alpha 2.
00:37:16We have but one chance in a million.
00:37:25Our world was in danger, about to be destroyed.
00:37:28Perhaps in a few days, maybe in a few hours.
00:37:31It was up to us, a handful of cosmonauts from Earth,
00:37:35millions of miles away,
00:37:36to try and save humanity.
00:37:40Lucy,
00:37:42you're crying.
00:37:50Thanks.
00:38:06Look, there's the Earth.
00:38:07As we're attracted by its gravity,
00:38:10we're gaining speed.
00:38:11As soon as the gravity becomes stronger,
00:38:13we'll start the engines and head towards Venus.
00:38:20See those dark spots?
00:38:22Those are the continents.
00:38:24And there are the oceans.
00:38:26And the trees.
00:38:28You can't see them.
00:38:30In my mind, I can.
00:38:32I'd like to run down a road that's lined with pine trees.
00:38:36Would you?
00:38:38Yes, and feel just once again the excitement of speed.
00:38:42But we're already running at 90,000 miles an hour.
00:38:45And we're standing still.
00:38:48That's nothing but an illusion.
00:38:52Do you know what day it is?
00:38:55Don't you know that in space we don't count the days?
00:38:58No, but do you know what date it is?
00:39:01It's the 359th day of rotation around the sun.
00:39:06That's just part of it.
00:39:08It's Christmas, Lucy.
00:39:29We started to land at the interplanetary base on Venus,
00:39:33the largest, best-equipped base, closest to Alpha 2.
00:39:37From there, Alpha 2 could be intercepted,
00:39:40and we hoped destroyed,
00:39:41by the remote-controlled atomic missiles.
00:39:58Hey, Archie, is that the base?
00:40:00Yes, right under the protective dome.
00:40:02There's too much hydrogen in Venus's atmosphere.
00:40:07From here, it looks like the glass dome of a temple.
00:40:10You don't need a respirator inside.
00:40:11What about those plugs?
00:40:12Are they purifying filters?
00:40:13Hey, that is the rate of course assuring results, isn't it?
00:40:17Tell me,
00:40:17why is it that when he wants to protect himself,
00:40:20he hides himself under a dome?
00:40:22Put on your helmet, kid.
00:40:24I'm going to take you on a quick tour of Venus,
00:40:27only this time it won't be for sightseeing.
00:40:34Emergency action was taken immediately
00:40:36by firing an atomic missile at Alpha 2
00:40:38in an attempt to destroy this deadly mechanical monster.
00:40:428,500, 8,000 miles, 7,500, 7,000 miles,
00:40:526,500, 6,000 miles, 5,800, 5,500,
00:41:005,200, 5,000 miles.
00:41:15We'll have a chance to hit her only if the electronic brain which propels her
00:41:21has gone out of control.
00:41:22You see, the two photonic generators which are moving
00:41:26gyroscopically at each end of the spaceship
00:41:29are creating around Alpha 2
00:41:31an invisible sphere of heat
00:41:33which radiates up to 5,000 miles.
00:41:38We've just had the proof of it.
00:41:41It's indestructible.
00:41:43Though one of man's dreams has finally come true.
00:41:46An indestructible destroyer.
00:41:50Unless we have a sudden change in the next solar system revolution,
00:41:55Alpha 2 will start orbiting around the Earth
00:41:58at only 3,500 miles from it.
00:42:01That means 1,500 miles within the safety limit.
00:42:06In a few days, maybe a few hours,
00:42:10our planet will become a mass of boiling mud
00:42:14as it was soon after its formation.
00:42:16We mustn't give up hope.
00:42:18Something might stop it in time.
00:42:20Maybe a miracle.
00:42:25And while we're waiting here for your miracle,
00:42:28I would suggest that we immediately put into operation
00:42:31all the means at our disposal.
00:42:32They've already prepared to fire missiles from the other hemisphere.
00:42:35Meanwhile, why don't you order your men
00:42:37to reach the audio stations on the beach?
00:42:43You stand by electronic telescope number 7.
00:42:486,800.
00:42:535,700.
00:42:555,200.
00:42:575,000.
00:42:584,500.
00:42:594,000.
00:43:013,700.
00:43:022,900.
00:43:032,400.
00:43:10I don't understand.
00:43:13With your permission, sir, I have an explanation.
00:43:15What is it?
00:43:17I think I've found the answer.
00:43:19Tell it to us.
00:43:20I'm sure that due to some technical error,
00:43:23that spaceship is vulnerable.
00:43:25The two photonic deflectors at both two semispheres
00:43:29separated in their fields by a channel.
00:43:32You mean like a halved orange?
00:43:34A perfect example, my son.
00:43:36That's why a missile has gone through.
00:43:39According to you, it was the only one fired exactly into the center of the channel.
00:43:42But why did the last one disintegrate at 2,200 miles?
00:43:45Because of some imperceptible deviation.
00:43:47Perhaps it was attracted by one of the photonic fields.
00:43:50If your hunch is right, Al, there's still a chance.
00:43:55What chance?
00:43:57We'd have to fire on a straight line from another spaceship
00:44:00traveling alongside Alpha 2 at the same rate of speed.
00:44:03I think I've earned the right to try, sir.
00:44:05Why the right?
00:44:06Because if my hunch turns out to be correct,
00:44:09I'd like to be the one to receive the credit.
00:44:12And if it's wrong,
00:44:14you want to be the one to risk it.
00:44:16There's an old atomic spaceship here, sir.
00:44:19I'll use its remote-controlled missiles.
00:44:23May I go ahead, sir?
00:44:27Yes.
00:44:30And I hope you'll manage to save humanity.
00:44:37We'll take off and follow you as close as possible, Al.
00:44:40All of us.
00:44:43As if we were right there with you.
00:44:46All of us.
00:44:53Hey, Ray.
00:44:54Now you have a chance to do a real exclusive.
00:44:57It'll be a universal scoop.
00:45:01Let's just make it a world scoop.
00:45:25Let's go.
00:45:28Let's go.
00:45:28Let's go.
00:45:33Let's go.
00:45:45We're out of it now.
00:45:50You did very well, Peterson.
00:45:52It's not everybody that can stand 16 gammas.
00:45:55Considering the fact that I'm a parasite.
00:45:58Tango Sierra 1-3, Tango Sierra 1-3 to Bravo Zulu 8-8, over.
00:46:13Al, piloting the old atomic spaceship, Tango Sierra 1-3, flew alongside us.
00:46:19Both spaceships shut off their engines, and the inertial thrust allowed them to fly at fantastic speeds.
00:46:26His mission, to find the channel between the two semispheres of Alpha 2.
00:46:46Tango Sierra 1-3, go ahead.
00:46:49Everything okay, Captain?
00:46:51Perfect.
00:46:53How's the reporter?
00:46:56I'm doing fine.
00:47:00Requesting route check.
00:47:02Present inertial speed, 30,000 miles.
00:47:05Coordinate 1-3 in respect to Vega.
00:47:08Estimated intersection point with Alpha 2 on coordinate 4-1 in respect to Earth at 18 degrees.
00:47:16Over.
00:47:16Correct, but change approximately 3 degrees at intersection point with Alpha 2.
00:47:23We'll go.
00:47:24I'll request another route check on approach, and let's hope for the best.
00:47:28Radio out.
00:47:37Satellite Zulu, extra 3-4.
00:47:40Satellite Zulu, extra 3-4, calling Bravo Zulu 8-8, over.
00:47:44Bravo Zulu 8-8 to satellite.
00:47:47Zulu extra 3-4, go ahead.
00:47:49Captain, this is Sullivan.
00:47:50What's the trouble, Sullivan?
00:47:51About 45 seconds ago, the photonic field around spaceship Alpha 2 came into collision with the asteroids.
00:47:59Well, then?
00:48:00Alpha 2 has changed her course by 6 degrees in respect to Vega.
00:48:05I'm afraid she'll enter orbit around the Earth before the estimated time.
00:48:12Can you ascertain her present position?
00:48:14Yes, I can.
00:48:16High coordinate 27 degrees.
00:48:18Movement of ellipses gradually advancing.
00:48:21Look out.
00:48:22It's coming towards you.
00:48:30Yes, sir.
00:48:32It will be on top of us any minute.
00:48:35What about the men, Sullivan?
00:48:37They are all on standby, sir.
00:48:41Two mechanics went out of the space taxi to Solar Mirror Foxtrot 1-2.
00:48:45I ordered them not to come back.
00:48:48Commander, see if you can save them.
00:48:52Sullivan, save yourself.
00:48:55It's too late, sir.
00:48:59Sullivan!
00:49:00Sullivan!
00:49:02Can you hear me?
00:49:04Sullivan!
00:49:06Sullivan!
00:49:26Ray.
00:49:29Al.
00:49:30Don't forget Sullivan and your scoop.
00:49:32Write this.
00:49:34He was never afraid.
00:49:36Since man, even in space, changes his position, but not his character.
00:49:42He is what he is, wherever he lives.
00:49:46What's he mean?
00:49:51What you're always saying.
00:49:54To himself, every man is a whole world.
00:50:06Commander, I've been able to locate the position of the space taxi.
00:50:11Tell it to me.
00:50:12Coordinate pi 28 8 degrees in respect to Aldebaran.
00:50:17We're changing course and we'll try to rescue the survivors.
00:50:26Bravo Zulu 8 8 to space taxi, Bravo 9-1.
00:50:31We're coming in to rescue you.
00:50:33Be ready to bail out.
00:50:38Bravo Zulu 8 8 to space taxi, Bravo 9-1.
00:50:42We're coming in to rescue you.
00:50:44Be ready to bail out.
00:50:46Out.
00:50:48Out.
00:51:03The commander says you boys should rest.
00:51:05No, Ray.
00:51:06Show them in here.
00:51:18I just wanted to see you boys.
00:51:23Mary.
00:51:25Jackson.
00:51:27I'm glad to see you.
00:51:30Go and get some rest now.
00:51:32Go and get some rest now.
00:52:09How do you like that, Jackson?
00:52:10He called us boys.
00:52:12Yeah, and he even remembered our names.
00:52:15I didn't think he even knew.
00:52:20Sir, I'm now 7,000 miles from Alpha 2.
00:52:36In a few seconds, I'll start firing the rockets.
00:52:465,000 miles.
00:52:495,000 miles.
00:52:504,500.
00:52:534,000.
00:52:553,500.
00:52:593,000.
00:53:07I'll try again.
00:53:14I'll try again.
00:53:155,000.
00:53:174,500.
00:53:194,000.
00:53:203,500.
00:53:213,000.
00:53:222,500.
00:53:232,000.
00:53:261,000.
00:53:279,000.
00:53:288,000.
00:53:29Going to make it?
00:53:307,000.
00:53:316,000.
00:53:325,000.
00:53:334,000.
00:53:344,000.
00:53:343,000.
00:53:352,000.
00:53:361,000.
00:53:41Fire another rocket.
00:53:43I'm getting near it, sir.
00:53:54It's too dangerous, Al.
00:53:55Stop.
00:53:56You'll be attracted by the photonic fields.
00:53:58I've located the channel.
00:53:59I'll try to break through it, Commander.
00:54:01I'm sure that I can get at least 1,500 miles away from the spaceship.
00:54:05Come back, Al.
00:54:07It's murder.
00:54:08I'm 2,000 miles away from Alpha 2 now, sir.
00:54:11Let me try.
00:54:13Al, that's an order.
00:54:14I'm sorry, sir.
00:54:15But I'm not taking orders anymore.
00:54:18It's a useless sacrifice.
00:54:21Son, I'm 1,200 miles away from you.
00:54:25I don't want to disillusion you.
00:54:27But what would be the use of living if the Earth were destroyed?
00:54:32We'd all be prisoners of space.
00:54:35With no hope of return.
00:54:39800 miles.
00:54:41Al, please.
00:54:42After 200 miles, you'll have only a very slight chance to keep on a steady course.
00:54:46That slight chance challenges me to try.
00:54:49I don't want to disillusion you.
00:54:51I don't want to disillusion you.
00:54:53I don't want to disillusion you.
00:54:58I don't want to disillusion you.
00:55:04I don't want to disillusion you.
00:55:07I don't want to disillusion you.
00:55:08I don't want to disillusion you.
00:55:09I don't want to disillusion you.
00:55:09I don't want to disillusion you.
00:55:10I don't want to disillusion you.
00:55:11I don't want to disillusion you.
00:55:12I don't want to disillusion you.
00:55:13I don't want to disillusion you.
00:55:13I don't want to disillusion you.
00:55:14I don't want to disillusion you.
00:55:18I don't want to disillusion you.
00:55:19don't know what you're doing maybe not commanding oh but in a few seconds i'll know for sure
00:55:41al has succeeded in proving the existence of a channel by the sacrifice
00:55:47of his own life but we still haven't got a chance there's nothing for us to do but follow his
00:55:54lead
00:55:54but how lucy commander why don't you request more spaceships equipped with missiles it's too late
00:56:01now they'd never get here in time well then i don't know what's that object that keeps appearing on the
00:56:19screen it's the space taxi from the disintegrated satellite it is now circling in orbit around us
00:56:38the space taxi
00:56:46i wrote on it once with al
00:57:03are you afraid lucy yes for him
00:57:09i understand i love him george i know
00:57:17but love has no meaning anymore george does it
00:57:25perhaps it's the only thing that does matter
00:57:32the world of human feelings has been much less explored than the whole of the universe put together
00:57:44but now it's late what have we been doing all these thousands of years
00:57:50years we've been congratulating ourselves on our progress in going faster and faster and faster
00:57:59when in reality we've only been getting further away from ourselves
00:58:17to say
00:58:20take my place will you
00:58:47where do you think you're going out in the space taxi that's madness
00:58:53maybe so but it's not half as mad as the idea that brought us to this point you are staying
00:58:57here
00:58:59listen lucy loves you and lucy has been and is everything in the world that matters to me
00:59:06you may not understand it but for that very reason i will stop you from going to certain
00:59:11death why stop me we are all going to get killed anyway i'm going to stop you even if i
00:59:18have to use
00:59:21force
00:59:23so
00:59:59Commander, he's going to make it.
01:00:07He's picked up the botanic field alongside the channel.
01:00:25To find my way through the channel, I had to throw to the right and left any loose objects
01:00:31in the space taxi in order to judge the distance between the two curtains of disintegration.
01:00:37Look, it's insane.
01:00:45The channel is getting down. Every second.
01:00:51What's he throwing out?
01:00:52Clubs, transistors, the spare parts from the mechanic's toolkit.
01:01:00George, I'm going to make it. I'll get through.
01:01:03Go on, Ray. Go on. You're nearly there.
01:01:21I don't have anything else to throw out.
01:01:23Get rid of everything which isn't essential. Quick!
01:01:38The path is clear. George, I'm going through!
01:02:05Don't lose time. The hatch is above you. Right in the middle of the sphere.
01:02:32Ray, can you hear me? Ray, answer me.
01:02:39Go ahead, George. I'm listening.
01:02:42Get into the pilot's seat. And disconnect the electronic brain.
01:02:47It should be on the left-hand panel. Turn off everything else.
01:03:01The pilot's still inside the hibernation cell. Dead.
01:03:05Disconnect all contacts on the left-hand panel.
01:03:17George, they're already disconnected.
01:03:20The electronic brain. Ray, you must disconnect the electronic brain.
01:03:35I'm standing in front of it. What should I do?
01:03:39Destroy it. Disconnect the cables.
01:03:56I can't. They won't come loose.
01:04:02He can cut them.
01:04:03There are emergency tools right under the footrest of the pilot's seat.
01:04:07Did you hear, Ray? Under the footrest.
01:04:09All right. Quick!
01:04:13You'd better hurry, sir. We're entering the Earth's gravity zone.
01:04:18Our speed is increasing.
01:04:20Use a pair of wire cutters.
01:04:23Get them, George. Now cut the wires.
01:04:35I'm cutting through the last wire.
01:04:46Ray's deflector has stopped.
01:04:50Maybe we've made it.
01:04:54How can you prove that the photonic field has been disintegrated?
01:04:58There's only one way of telling for certain.
01:05:03We're coming in.
01:05:167,000.
01:05:186,500.
01:05:216,000.
01:05:245,500.
01:05:265,000.
01:05:28We're getting through it.
01:05:30Ray, we're coming. The nightmare is over.
01:05:38Hurry up, Ray. We're coming. Get ready to be rescued.
01:05:51We're along, Sergeant Ray. Bail out.
01:06:02George.
01:06:03Lucy.
01:06:04The external hatch is jammed.
01:06:06It won't open.
01:06:08It will never open again. Never.
01:06:11Try again, Ray. Try.
01:06:13Quick.
01:06:16He can't open it.
01:06:18He cut the cables.
01:06:20There's no power inside the ship.
01:06:27Earth Base 9. Earth Base 9. Earth Base 9. Earth Base 9 to Bravo Zulu 8-8. Can you hear
01:06:32us? Over.
01:06:35Bravo Zulu 8-8 to Earth Base 9. Go ahead.
01:06:39Are you all going insane up there? If you keep racing that fast, you'll disintegrate when you reach the Earth's
01:06:45atmosphere.
01:06:46Separate and change your course immediately.
01:06:49Alpha 2 is out of control. There's a man inside.
01:06:55We're going down to try to rescue him.
01:07:00Space suits on.
01:07:07Lucy.
01:07:09Take my place.
01:07:17We'll manage you.
01:07:29Ray?
01:07:30Ray?
01:07:31Lucy.
01:07:33George and the others are coming to get you out.
01:07:35I can't hold on any longer.
01:07:38I can't control the oxygen flow.
01:07:41Use the regulator, Ray.
01:07:43I don't have it anymore.
01:07:45It was the last thing I threw out into space.
01:07:48Ray.
01:07:49You must hold out.
01:07:53Bravo Zulu 8-8.
01:07:55Bravo Zulu 8-8.
01:07:56Are you listening?
01:07:58Roger.
01:07:59Go ahead.
01:08:00This is an order from the High Command.
01:08:02Stop rescue of Alpha 2 pilot.
01:08:04Change your course immediately or you'll soon enter the atmosphere.
01:08:09Repeat.
01:08:10This is an order from the High Command.
01:08:13They don't know what they're talking about.
01:08:17They don't know what would have happened if Ray...
01:08:20Establish contact again.
01:08:22And we'll stay as close as possible.
01:08:26Ray.
01:08:27We're very close now.
01:08:29The men are now going out.
01:08:32Too much air.
01:08:34An orgy of air.
01:08:36My thoughts are running wild.
01:08:38Talk to me, Lucy.
01:08:46Lucy.
01:08:55Everything is spinning.
01:08:59Where are you, Lucy?
01:09:03Here.
01:09:04Here.
01:09:05Beside you.
01:09:08Quick, the Coldplay port here.
01:09:16What's the use of trying to save the world, Lucy?
01:09:20If I'm going to be lost myself?
01:09:23No.
01:09:24You can't say this Ray.
01:09:27You believed more than any of us.
01:09:31You truly believed, Ray.
01:09:39Ray!
01:09:40Ray, answer me!
01:09:41I believed, but there's no faith that can destroy the fear of death.
01:09:51Ray!
01:09:52Ray!
01:09:52Try it! Hang on!
01:09:59Goodbye, Lucy.
01:10:08Lucy!
01:10:12We're inside.
01:10:17Be ready to turn the ship.
01:10:30Lucy, unlock the gyros.
01:10:32I'll tell you when to start the engine.
01:10:33The gyros unlocked.
01:10:37We're in, Lucy.
01:10:38Be ready.
01:10:41Gun tank.
01:10:48I'll tell you when to start the engine.
01:11:07Andy says,
01:11:07we've made it, Lucy.
01:11:09Engines at maximum speed.
01:11:12Oh, my gosh.
01:11:39Now, you're really worthy of your seat, George.
01:11:48That's the earth.
01:12:31Oh, my gosh.
01:12:49Oh, my gosh.
01:12:54Oh, my gosh.
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