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00:01:32Mars.
00:01:34They'll be leaving day after tomorrow.
00:01:36I wonder if they'll make it.
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00:01:41Life, maybe.
00:01:43Life of some sort.
00:01:45Perhaps someday we'll have a telescope powerful enough to see that far.
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00:02:39Dr. Lane, that's the highest priority secret message we've ever had in the Pentagon.
00:02:43And we've had some.
00:02:45How does it feel to be the head of a project as immense as this one?
00:02:49Truthfully, it's a little terrifying.
00:02:52But you mustn't put it that, Steve.
00:02:54Well, I should think it would be terrifying.
00:02:56I know enough about rocket propulsion to believe there's an outside chance you'll make it there.
00:03:00But aren't you worried about getting back?
00:03:03I used to climb the Swiss Alps.
00:03:05Our greatest ambition then was to climb the highest possible peak.
00:03:09We worried later about getting back.
00:03:11Can I print that, Doctor?
00:03:13If you wish.
00:03:14Well, Steve, this is a plumb assignment for you.
00:03:18Making a trip of this sort merely to report what you see.
00:03:22Yep, I'm the only one going who isn't a scientist.
00:03:25You deserve it.
00:03:27You made a wonderful reputation as a war correspondent.
00:03:30You've been reading the jacket cover of my last book.
00:03:34Dr. Lane, I once heard of a man who climbed a higher mountain than anyone else alive.
00:03:40But he was never able to get down again.
00:03:43What's left of him is still up there.
00:03:46The point is, Steve, he made it.
00:03:50Where are you going?
00:03:52Three flight interviews with everybody making the trip.
00:03:55I think I've gotten as much from Dr. Lane as he's going to give.
00:03:58Oh, I'll give you the scientific reasons why I want to go.
00:04:00I'm the non-scientist, remember, Doctor?
00:04:03No, I want to write about the personal human reasons why a man would risk death to go out into space.
00:04:09You've given me yours.
00:04:11I gather you don't think they're too good.
00:04:14I'm on my way to see Jim Barker.
00:04:16Maybe your chief engineer has a different reason for wanting to go.
00:04:19Oh, I'm sure he must have.
00:04:20Steve, I'm a little puzzled.
00:04:22You're going to write this all up, but how are you going to file a story on Mars to be printed back here?
00:04:26Well, General, I'm afraid I can't give you the answer to that one yet.
00:04:30But don't forget, while en route, we're going to drop these self-propelled space cylinders aimed at Earth.
00:04:35They should land here.
00:04:37We'll be waiting for them.
00:04:39See you tomorrow at the takeoff.
00:04:41So long.
00:04:43And so the exact time and place of the takeoff will remain a closely guarded secret.
00:04:48As to the immediate reactions to the sensational announcement,
00:04:51Congress is demanding to know why knowledge of so stupendous an undertaking has been kept so long from the public.
00:04:56Several senators have even questioned the advisability of the very project itself.
00:05:01The feeling expressed by many of them was that we should stay where we are.
00:05:05Government officials were quick to label these remarks as isolationist.
00:05:08Here we go again.
00:05:12Well, let's get on with the interview.
00:05:14You know, if we make it,
00:05:15both the isolationists and the interventionists will take the bows.
00:05:19Wait a minute.
00:05:20You said, if we make it.
00:05:23Tell me, Jim, what do you really think our chances are of getting there?
00:05:27Well, everything we know about astronomy, propulsion, and rocket navigation tells us that we will.
00:05:33Yeah, but there's a lot we don't know.
00:05:36There's a whole universe out there, Steve.
00:05:39The totally unknown, beyond anyone's comprehension.
00:05:43We try to figure it out when we're kids, but we never can.
00:05:47Yeah.
00:05:48Yeah, let me see if I can't frame my lead article featuring you.
00:05:52You see, I want to accent the human terms about Jim Barker, chief engineer,
00:05:57whose genius was largely responsible for the construction of the rocket.
00:06:02The man with a dream who couldn't live or think or breathe anything else,
00:06:07who'd worked and planned for years to make this expedition possible.
00:06:11The man with a skylight in his Baltimore apartment, so he could sleep under the stars.
00:06:16You make it sound poetic.
00:06:19Excuse me.
00:06:29Oh, how are you, Carol?
00:06:34Oh, Carol, I'd like you to meet Steve Abbott.
00:06:36He's the newspaper man that's going on the trip with us.
00:06:39Uh, Steve, this is Carol Stafford.
00:06:41How do you do?
00:06:42Hello.
00:06:43Uh, what are you doing here, Carol?
00:06:45We had a date tonight, Jim.
00:06:47Oh, he held me up.
00:06:49Oh, yes, I can see you're all dressed to go out.
00:06:52A drink?
00:06:53No.
00:06:56I understand you wanted to interview me, Mr. Abbott,
00:06:59but you couldn't have picked a better time.
00:07:01I'm just in the mood to tell the story of my life.
00:07:04Father was a physicist. Taught her a lot.
00:07:07She's a smart girl.
00:07:08I certainly am.
00:07:09She learned spaceship engineering in only three years.
00:07:12Spending each day right at the elbow of Mr. Jim Bach.
00:07:16Mr. Abbott, do you think three years is too long to spend at somebody's elbow?
00:07:20Steve. Call me Steve.
00:07:22I wasn't going to let her take a trip like this, but, uh,
00:07:25she learned so much it became indispensable.
00:07:27I couldn't replace her.
00:07:29So you see, Mr. Abbott, what you're looking at is an indispensable scientific unit.
00:07:34The first assistant to the pilot of a rocket ship.
00:07:37Well, I know you have the whole story.
00:07:41I sure have.
00:07:57Professor William Jackson is here, sir.
00:07:59Tell him to come in.
00:08:01Professor?
00:08:08Be right with you.
00:08:10I have only five minutes there waiting to take me to a television broadcast.
00:08:16I thought I was handling public relations.
00:08:18Look here, I don't even know you.
00:08:20I take the time and trouble to come to your hotel...
00:08:22Because I haven't been able to catch up with you.
00:08:25It was agreed that none of us were to appear on radio or TV.
00:08:29Because once we start giving out interviews at random and for commercial gain...
00:08:33The world has a right to my opinions and observations.
00:08:36That's why I was invited on this trip to make observations,
00:08:39gather geological, chemical, astronomical data.
00:08:42Look, Professor Jackson, you're a famous man.
00:08:45One of the outstanding scholars of our time.
00:08:48That's why you're coming with us.
00:08:50But there'll be no speeches on TV.
00:08:53Hello?
00:08:55Get me Dr. Laney at the Radcliffe.
00:08:57I'm considered a scholar, but unfortunately that hasn't made me rich.
00:09:01On the contrary, it's left me quite poor.
00:09:04Doctor, I'm leaving behind an ailing wife,
00:09:08a daughter whose husband was killed in the war,
00:09:10and two young grandchildren.
00:09:12Just a minute, Doctor.
00:09:14I was to be given $3,000 for my appearance on television.
00:09:17I wanted to leave it with them.
00:09:21Oh, sorry, Doctor.
00:09:23Yes, I wanted to talk to you, but it isn't important.
00:09:25It can wait.
00:09:27Yeah, see you later.
00:09:30If you do a good job on TV,
00:09:33it'll save me the trouble of writing it.
00:09:35So go ahead.
00:09:40See you tonight, when the police escort picks us up.
00:10:30Goodbye.
00:10:32Good luck.
00:10:34Goodbye.
00:10:46Come on, we'll watch the takeoff from the control tower.
00:11:00Well, I guess that about does it.
00:11:02Good luck, sir.
00:11:24Only five of us.
00:11:26Seems lonely already.
00:11:28Well, it's a matter of how much weight we can carry.
00:11:30I would like to have asked a dozen more people.
00:11:34Hey, what happens when the rocket finally levels off?
00:11:37Do we walk on the walls?
00:11:39No, no.
00:11:40Our gyro mechanism keeps this cabin vertical at all times.
00:11:43When we're in horizontal flight,
00:11:45that hatch there will lead to the tail sections.
00:11:48You better go there and lie down and strap yourself in.
00:11:50All right, Carol, turn on the oxygen pressure.
00:11:52We take off.
00:11:59Oxygen okay.
00:12:06Control tower, Barker calling.
00:12:08Hello, Jim. This is Ed in the control tower.
00:12:11Check my radio.
00:12:12Give me a reading.
00:12:14Able George Baker ready, over.
00:12:16Check. Able George Baker ready.
00:12:19It's okay, thanks, Ed.
00:12:20We're ready for takeoff.
00:12:22Ground clear. All ready for takeoff.
00:12:25And Jim, good luck, fella.
00:12:27Thanks, Ed.
00:12:28I'll be seeing you.
00:12:30I hope.
00:12:33Are you ready, Dr. Lane?
00:12:35All ready.
00:12:52Ten seconds to takeoff.
00:12:55Nine, eight, seven,
00:12:59six, five,
00:13:02four, three,
00:13:05two, one.
00:13:24Contact.
00:13:38We're ready, General.
00:13:40That you, Steve?
00:13:41You've been out in space two days now.
00:13:43Got anything to report?
00:13:44Sure have.
00:13:45Big news.
00:13:47Carol Stafford floated up to the top of the rocket.
00:13:50She kept bumping her head
00:13:52So we got the magnetic field stabilizer to equalize the gravitational pull.
00:13:57And how do you like those for big words?
00:14:01Here's Jim Barker, who'll give you the official rundown.
00:14:06Everything's going according to schedule.
00:14:09At the present rate, we should be out of the orbit of the moon in ten or twelve hours.
00:14:13After that, it should be clear sailing. Anything else, over?
00:14:16Jim, the press association here wants to know whether we'll get some pictures to go with Steve Abbott's stories.
00:14:21Over.
00:14:22We'll launch our first space cylinder in twenty-four hours.
00:14:26There'll be photographs and observations in that.
00:14:29If we lose radio contact, Steve can send all his stuff in the cylinder.
00:14:33Anything else, over?
00:14:34That's all for now, Jim. Over.
00:14:37Okay.
00:14:38Rocket ship M.A.R.S. signing off for now.
00:14:41So long.
00:14:43I'm glad we don't have to send all the technical meter readings.
00:14:45It was a good idea you had, Doctor, of having them transmitted automatically by radio.
00:14:49I think it would be a good idea if you got a little rest, Jim.
00:14:51You've been there ever since takeoff.
00:14:53I kind of hate to leave.
00:14:54Don't be heroic, Jim. Two days without a break is too long.
00:14:57Doctor Lane and I will take over.
00:14:59Keep your eye on the gravitational indicator. If there's any variation, call me.
00:15:03Go on, Jim. Remember, I helped to design that indicator.
00:15:06I guess I must be tired. I'll see you later.
00:15:20Mother Earth looks mighty good from here.
00:15:32Close enough to the man on the moon to talk to him.
00:15:36If you do talk to him, be careful what you say.
00:15:38The moon could be a deadly menace to us.
00:15:50We've got a shift in direction. Five degrees.
00:15:53Gravitational pull of the moon?
00:15:55We'll have to use power to pull out.
00:15:57Everybody take your stations.
00:15:59Where's Jackson?
00:16:02Professor Jackson.
00:16:03Coming.
00:16:20All right, Carol. The pressure.
00:16:29Pressure okay.
00:16:31You ready?
00:16:36All ready.
00:16:37Here we go.
00:16:49All right.
00:17:05Well, I did it.
00:17:09All right, Carol. Cut the pressure.
00:17:11All you have to do is ask.
00:17:13Well, at least we won't land on the moon.
00:17:20Well, it's finally happened.
00:17:23We've lost contact with the rocket ship.
00:17:25You'd better inform the General.
00:17:38Your family, Professor?
00:17:40My two grandchildren.
00:17:44They're beautiful.
00:17:47They're beautiful.
00:17:49I often wish I'd married and had a family.
00:17:52But astronomy and engineering have taken up almost all of my life.
00:17:55My life's been sheltered, but full.
00:17:58Things I've learned, I've passed on to others.
00:18:02You talk as if you were already dead.
00:18:05Do you really believe we're going to come back?
00:18:07Sure I do.
00:18:10Personally, I feel this rocket is my coffin.
00:18:13I never would have expected that attitude from you.
00:18:16As long as we remain alive,
00:18:18I'll contribute all that I know to the success of the expedition.
00:18:21In the meantime, Professor, you're contributing an awful lot of gloom.
00:18:25He's contributed more than any of us.
00:18:30A real wife, a home, two lovely grandchildren.
00:18:33I'd trade ten trips to Mars for that.
00:18:36Then you shouldn't have come along, Carol.
00:18:39Jim Barker.
00:18:41An engineering genius.
00:18:43Jim... Skip it.
00:18:45It's just that being confined like this has gotten on my nerves.
00:18:47Mine too.
00:18:49You listening, Carol? To what?
00:18:52I think that you are a prize package.
00:18:55Is this for Jim's benefit? And very feminine.
00:18:58He likes you. I sure do, Mr. Engineer.
00:19:02And I don't have to look in a test tube to find out.
00:19:04You must cut out this bickering.
00:19:06I am not bickering.
00:19:08I tried, but it didn't get open. Thanks, Engineer.
00:19:15Ah, the Earth seems so big when you're on it.
00:19:18And from out here, so small and nothing.
00:19:21It's like closing your eyes in the dark,
00:19:24and suddenly there you are, alone with your soul.
00:19:27You're homesick, Steve.
00:19:29No, Professor, I haven't got a home.
00:19:32Sometimes I wonder who I am.
00:19:35Who any of us are.
00:19:37There was once a theory advanced
00:19:39that the universe is a living, giant being,
00:19:42and that we, as human beings, made in its image,
00:19:45are miniature universes in ourselves,
00:19:47containing millions of corpuscles.
00:19:50The components of each corpuscle imagine themselves
00:19:52to be in a complete world of their own,
00:19:54though they are aware of the universe of other worlds around them.
00:19:57Oh, that's fantastic.
00:19:59Is it? I wonder.
00:20:02We understand so very little, really.
00:20:06If space is limitless and endless,
00:20:09then, don't you see, the opposite must be true, too.
00:20:12Smallness never ends, either,
00:20:14but continues being tinier and tinier,
00:20:17just as the enormity of the universe
00:20:19becomes more and more enormous.
00:20:22Doctor, you're giving me the creeps.
00:20:25What happens to us when we die?
00:20:27The whole universe dies,
00:20:29just as the universe in which we ourselves live
00:20:32may someday be no more.
00:20:34But there are endless universes beyond our own.
00:20:37I know the theory,
00:20:39but it makes this trip seem small and futile.
00:20:43If we're simply going from one corpuscle
00:20:46and some giant being to another,
00:20:49what will we find?
00:20:51Crossing over may provide some of the answers
00:20:53to things man has wanted to know since the beginning of time.
00:20:57If so, we'll be swallowed in space and forgotten.
00:21:04Holy mackerel, what's this?
00:21:06Come here, quick.
00:21:07What is it?
00:21:08I don't know.
00:21:09It looks as though the Earth's being bombarded.
00:21:11It isn't, though.
00:21:12It's a storm of meteors.
00:21:14They're traveling at tremendous speed.
00:21:16When they reach the atmosphere around the Earth,
00:21:18the friction makes them explode and disintegrate.
00:21:21We've all seen such fragments on summer nights.
00:21:24Most people call them shooting stars.
00:21:28Tell me, Doctor,
00:21:29are we apt to run into such a storm out here?
00:21:32It's possible.
00:21:56No contact, sir.
00:21:57Not for 48 hours now.
00:21:59From this point on,
00:22:00I'm afraid we'll have to depend on the space sun for this.
00:22:13Mars.
00:22:31Mars.
00:22:57Jim, what's the time and position?
00:22:59Have you finished with those computations
00:23:01for jettisoning this space cylinder?
00:23:03Almost. Just a second.
00:23:05We are now at approximately
00:23:082 degrees S-400 X 102 solar time.
00:23:13Well, that's about all there is to go.
00:23:15I hope the homing device works.
00:23:17I'd hate to have this land in the middle of the Sahara Desert.
00:23:20Didn't Steve have something to go?
00:23:21Oh, yes.
00:23:22Would you mind seeing if Steve's material is ready yet?
00:23:25Of course, Professor.
00:23:30Everything's in the space cylinder but your notes.
00:23:33I wouldn't want to hold up a space cylinder,
00:23:35but if the last paragraph isn't up to my usual high standard,
00:23:39it'll be your fault for rushing me.
00:23:42How do you find so much to write about?
00:23:44Isn't easy.
00:23:46This trip's getting a little monotonous.
00:23:50Too monotonous?
00:23:54You feel that bitter about him?
00:23:56You feel that bitter about him?
00:24:00I don't know what you mean.
00:24:10A little revenge, huh?
00:24:17That ought to make him good and mad.
00:24:21I don't intend to tell him.
00:24:24How can you make a guy jealous if he doesn't know about it?
00:24:27It's possible.
00:24:29Oh.
00:24:30Glad to have been of service.
00:24:33What's the matter with you?
00:24:35For a lady scientist, you aren't very objective.
00:24:39No.
00:24:41I guess I haven't been.
00:24:44Next time you get sore at him, call on me.
00:24:49Anytime.
00:24:54You shouldn't wait till the last minute before getting your notes to me.
00:24:58It's a big hurry. We've plenty of time and space.
00:25:02I hope the homing apparatus on this cylinder functions properly.
00:25:24What was that?
00:25:26Do you have any trouble getting that space cylinder off?
00:25:28Why, no, of course not.
00:25:33Oh, we're spacecraft.
00:25:36Dammit, we're heading right in?
00:25:38This is going to destroy us.
00:25:40We have to get out of here.
00:25:41That means we'll have to go off course.
00:25:42Yeah, we have no other choice.
00:25:44All right, everybody, take your stations.
00:25:46We're heading right in.
00:25:48That means we'll have to go off course.
00:25:50Yeah, we have no other choice.
00:25:52All right, everybody, take your stations.
00:25:54Drive yourselves in.
00:25:57We have to give her full speed.
00:26:00Are you ready, Dr. Lane?
00:26:02Ready.
00:26:03Here goes.
00:26:19Carol, the emergency lights.
00:26:20Right.
00:26:26I think we went through it.
00:26:27Is everybody all right?
00:26:29Yes, sir.
00:26:30All right.
00:26:39I think we're all clear now, but we're considerably off course.
00:26:42Jim, you better check the ship for damage, and Carol and I will cut the course.
00:26:46Steve, you and the professor check the tail section for any possible damage,
00:26:49especially the wires and cables.
00:26:50I'll check forward and see what I can find there.
00:27:16All right.
00:27:47Steve, come here.
00:27:51Have you found a break?
00:27:53Yes, and something worse. Take a look.
00:27:58Our landing gear.
00:28:00It got our radio batteries, too.
00:28:03That's what cut the cable, probably shorted it.
00:28:06Can it be fixed?
00:28:08I think Jim can fix the cable all right.
00:28:11But not the batteries in that shaft.
00:28:13Not a chance in the world.
00:28:17How will we land?
00:28:23Maybe we won't.
00:28:29Well, folks, we have a real problem.
00:28:32The landing gear we depended on is now useless.
00:28:35We're going to have to crash land.
00:28:37Can't we use the jets to ease us down?
00:28:40We may have to, but it will eat into our fuel supply.
00:28:43Better to use some of that to find a favorable landing spot.
00:28:46You have to make a choice.
00:28:48We can make it back to Earth and attempt a landing there,
00:28:51or we can try a landing on Mars.
00:28:53The choice is up to you.
00:28:55Well, I'm pretty fond of the world myself,
00:28:58even if it's only a little core puzzle.
00:29:01If we get back, maybe we can make another trip.
00:29:04Not much chance of that.
00:29:06If anything, it would discourage future flights.
00:29:09Assuming anyone does survive on Mars,
00:29:11what will he be able to do?
00:29:13Will he be able to report back what he finds?
00:29:15There's a remote possibility.
00:29:17The atomic powerhead might not have been damaged
00:29:19too much to get off a space cylinder.
00:29:21It doesn't look very promising either way.
00:29:24But if there's any chance of sending back any data
00:29:26or information about Mars,
00:29:28I'm in favor of going on.
00:29:31After all, that was the object of our flight.
00:29:34Our survival is of secondary importance.
00:29:37We can be on Mars within 24 hours.
00:29:40At least that's the shorter trip.
00:29:42If that's an advantage under the circumstances.
00:29:46We're almost at the top of that mountain you wanted to climb.
00:29:50What do you think, Carol?
00:29:53Well, it doesn't look like we're going to come out alive either way.
00:29:57But after all, we did set out to do something.
00:30:00That says it for me.
00:30:02I knew that it would.
00:30:05Okay. I'll make it unanimous.
00:30:08Good. I'm glad we're all together in spirit too.
00:30:12Jim, what's your plan?
00:30:14Well, I can't tell yet. Not till I see the terrain.
00:30:17We'll have to use our jets to look around,
00:30:19but it'll be rough at best.
00:30:22Well, it's in your hands.
00:30:35All right. Strap yourselves in.
00:30:38What about you, Jim?
00:30:40Forget about me.
00:30:48I see a place to land.
00:30:50If we make it, we may be able to take off with it.
00:30:53All right. Hang on.
00:31:24He's coming around now.
00:31:30There's nothing serious.
00:31:34Don't tell me we made it.
00:31:53The concussion of our crash must have caused the avalanche.
00:32:02The snow's covering us completely.
00:32:06Oh, no, it hasn't. Look over here.
00:32:14They look like chimneys.
00:32:16They're regularly spaced.
00:32:18They may be creatures. Come on, let's go out and have a look at them.
00:32:22Are you...
00:32:23I just feel a little short of breath.
00:32:25Well, no. We'd better put on our oxygen masks.
00:32:53It's made of stone or brick.
00:32:56And very well made, too.
00:32:58Obviously, by civilized creatures of some sort.
00:33:01But it's very old. Very.
00:33:04Maybe the race is extinct now.
00:33:07That's being a little pessimistic, Professor.
00:33:09No, no. Professor Jackson may be right.
00:33:11We know that ages ago, Mars was a much warmer planet.
00:33:16In cooling off, the temperature of the atmosphere
00:33:19In cooling off, it lost much of its atmosphere.
00:33:22If people did live here, it may well be that the change killed them off.
00:33:26They don't seem to serve any purpose, do they?
00:33:29They may have been erected as some sort of religious symbols.
00:33:33Like the great stones the Druids erected at Stonehenge,
00:33:36or the pyramids in Egypt.
00:33:38Let's follow them along and see if there's any change in them.
00:33:41Yeah.
00:33:50The End
00:33:55We have been expecting you.
00:33:57Expecting us? You...
00:34:00You speak English?
00:34:02For many years, we have picked up your radio broadcasts
00:34:05and deciphered them.
00:34:07Many of us have even learned to speak some of your languages.
00:34:11I am Icron, president of our council which rules this planet.
00:34:15We are happy to meet you.
00:34:18And honored by the presence of your eminence.
00:34:22You say you pick up our broadcasts?
00:34:25Yes, your first two cylinders arrive back on Earth safely.
00:34:29Since then, they have lost contact with you
00:34:31and there is a worldwide vigil awaiting news of your party.
00:34:35Can we get through to them?
00:34:37No.
00:34:38Although for years we have been able to receive broadcasts,
00:34:43we are still unable to send them.
00:34:46Our best efforts have been reported by Earthmen
00:34:49only as faint signals coming from Mars.
00:34:54You will come with us now.
00:34:56The End
00:35:14You may do the same. You won't need them anymore.
00:35:26Hey, this thing's moving.
00:35:28Yes, our cities are underground.
00:35:47This is magnificent.
00:35:56Where do you get your air and light?
00:35:58We make them.
00:35:59There is a mineral called Corium
00:36:01from which we extract hydrogen and oxygen.
00:36:04You'll find that we live rather well.
00:36:07So you asked a piece of understatement.
00:36:09I think the council is waiting for you.
00:36:18You will find we have much in common.
00:36:21As you have no doubt already observed,
00:36:23we owe our continued existence here to science.
00:36:27All of our facilities will be placed at your disposal.
00:36:31You made us feel very welcome.
00:36:33And I don't think that scientists have ever had a richer field to explore.
00:36:36As you know, we have tried interplanetary flights.
00:36:39Though for all our science we have had no success such as this.
00:36:44I am very much interested in what you have done.
00:36:47Tell me, this atomic power which I have heard so much about
00:36:51is it broadcast from your world?
00:36:53Just a moment, Aikman.
00:36:55We can exchange questions and answers endlessly.
00:36:58There'd be time for that.
00:37:00Now I suggest that our visitors be permitted to rest and refresh themselves.
00:37:04This is Tillamar, our senior advisor and former chief of our council.
00:37:08Terrace will show you to your dwelling
00:37:10and after you have had time to adjust yourselves, we will talk further.
00:37:28This is where you will live.
00:37:30Your sleeping rooms and other quarters are on either side.
00:37:34What I want to see is the kitchen.
00:37:36The kitchen?
00:37:37Yes, where food is prepared.
00:37:38Oh, we don't have kitchens.
00:37:40We call it the food laboratory and we have a large one for each district.
00:37:44You order your food and it is delivered ready to be served.
00:37:47This is a woman's paradise.
00:37:49As a matter of fact, I assumed you might be hungry
00:37:51and ordered some things for you.
00:37:53They should be here by now.
00:38:01Everything is here, ready to be eaten.
00:38:03When you've finished, you just put everything back,
00:38:06close it up and press this button.
00:38:08That's all there is to it.
00:38:10No dishwashing?
00:38:11Well, that's taken care of mechanically.
00:38:14Mars, I love you.
00:38:16A tailor will be here to measure you for your wardrobe.
00:38:18You'll be needing clothes, of course.
00:38:20You mean...
00:38:21You can have more like those if you wish.
00:38:23No, no, we wouldn't think of it.
00:38:24When on Mars, do as the Martians do.
00:38:26We find these very comfortable.
00:38:29Well, I'll leave you now. I know you're tired and hungry.
00:38:31If you want me, you can reach me over the speaker.
00:38:35Well, if no one objects, I think I'll start setting out the food.
00:38:38Yeah, I'll help you.
00:38:40I can hardly wait to see their chemical laboratories.
00:38:43What a remarkable place.
00:38:45The scientific skills and techniques of these people are truly incredible.
00:38:48A man could spend years doing research here.
00:38:51And you were all set to die.
00:38:53You were talking about Mars being the top of some big mountain we just climbed.
00:38:58Well, how do you propose we get back down?
00:39:00And you're talking about doing years of research.
00:39:03What good will it do if we can't get the information back to Earth?
00:39:06Or are we planning to spend the rest of our lives here?
00:39:08I can think of worse places to spend the rest of our lives.
00:39:11No, no, Jim is right.
00:39:12Our whole project is a failure unless we can get our findings back to Earth.
00:39:15But how? Our rocket is wrecked.
00:39:18Can we build another?
00:39:19I don't know that yet.
00:39:22We might be able to salvage some of the essential parts and maybe build others.
00:39:26But it's a big job and we'll need the help of the government here.
00:39:29Without it, we don't stand a chance.
00:39:31Even with it, it's no sure thing.
00:39:34I don't know why they wouldn't help us.
00:39:36Icron said they were interested in interplanetary flight.
00:39:39Well, there's only one way to find out.
00:39:41As soon as we get settled, Jim and I will go before the council and ask for their assistance.
00:39:49If our rocket ship is to be reconstructed, we'll need all the help you can give us.
00:39:53That's why we are here. We'll ask for your approval and assistance.
00:39:57Do you really think the rocket can be repaired?
00:40:00That depends on how much of it can be salvaged.
00:40:02There shouldn't be too much trouble to construct a new shell.
00:40:05But the big problem will be if the atomic powerheads have been destroyed.
00:40:09Well, in that case, you could not undertake such a flight.
00:40:12Well, we'd have to work out some substitute. Possibly from your Corian.
00:40:21We will send a party to salvage your ship whenever you are ready.
00:40:25We want to help.
00:40:27However, this is a matter that must be discussed by our council.
00:40:30We will let you know our decision shortly.
00:40:40I was anxious that it was not made to sound too easy.
00:40:44However, the approval will be granted.
00:40:47Do you still object to my plan?
00:40:51To destroy these people and all the people in the world as well?
00:40:55Yes, I do.
00:40:57We will build others from the same design.
00:41:00A fleet of them. A hundred fleets.
00:41:03And when we finish with the ruins of their world, what then?
00:41:06And when we finish with the ruins of their world, what then?
00:41:09A plan to conquer the universe? More rocket ships? Where is the end of it?
00:41:13I seek only the sanctuary of a place to live for our people.
00:41:17Our planet is dying. The Corian will be gone.
00:41:20What plan do you suggest to save ourselves?
00:41:23That we make a pact with them for certain areas of the earth.
00:41:26The people who have come here have no power or authority to make pacts.
00:41:30Once we let them escape, once their ship is gone,
00:41:33it may well be our last chance for survival.
00:41:36Surely they'll make other trips?
00:41:38What if they return in power and force and conquer us?
00:41:41They will kill us.
00:41:43I ask for a vote of the council.
00:41:45My plan or Tillamar's?
00:41:47Ikron. Tillamar.
00:41:50Ikron's plan is carried by a vote of four to three.
00:41:53I need hardly caution, Senior Counselor, the secrecy of this decision.
00:41:57The space travelers will not be warned.
00:42:00We will let them proceed with the rebuilding of their ship
00:42:03in the naive belief that we will let them return to earth.
00:42:06Once the rocket is ready, they will become our prisoners.
00:42:11Fellow counselors, soon now, soon,
00:42:15the evacuation from a dead planet will begin.
00:42:19First the armies, then the civilians.
00:42:31This factory you've given us to work in is certainly ideal for our purpose.
00:42:35Some of those amazing new light metals you've shown me
00:42:37should be able to take the pressure perfectly.
00:42:39I have developed several that I think will be suitable,
00:42:42and this assistant that I'm sending to you
00:42:44will see that you have the very best workmen available.
00:42:47You've undertaken quite a job, my friend.
00:42:49I'm sure you'll be able to handle it.
00:42:51Thank you, sir.
00:42:53I'm sure you'll be able to handle it.
00:42:56I'm sure you'll be able to handle it.
00:42:58You've undertaken quite a job, my friend.
00:43:00Well, most of the instruments are still intact.
00:43:02Oh, I don't think it should be too difficult for Jim Justin,
00:43:05not with your knowledge and advice available to him.
00:43:07You're right, Dr. Lane.
00:43:09Justin is our most eminent physicist and engineer.
00:43:11You couldn't be in better hands.
00:43:13I've already learned that.
00:43:14And I have arranged for our astronomers
00:43:16to put aside their present projects
00:43:18and help you make any observations necessary to plot your return trip.
00:43:21How long do you think it's going to take?
00:43:23Well, the sooner the better.
00:43:24As you know, when we took off,
00:43:25the Earth and Mars were at their closest.
00:43:27The distance between them grows greater every day,
00:43:30as does the amount of fuel we'll need.
00:43:32That, Doctor, is our big problem.
00:43:34As you know, the atomic powerheads were destroyed in the crash.
00:43:37But from what Justin tells me,
00:43:39I think we should be able to substitute corium.
00:43:41I hope so.
00:43:43Interplanetary flight has always been a very great interest of mine.
00:43:46Feel free to call on us if you need any help.
00:43:49That from Icon is a very generous offer.
00:43:52Corium is our most precious substance.
00:44:08Are you Jim?
00:44:09Mm-hmm, that's right.
00:44:10Your new assistant has arrived.
00:44:12Oh, thanks. Show me.
00:44:14There's no one to show in. I'm your new assistant.
00:44:17My name's Alita.
00:44:20Oh.
00:44:23What's the matter? Is something wrong?
00:44:25Oh, no. No, no. It's just that I, uh...
00:44:30I... Oh, sit down.
00:44:33I'm, uh...
00:44:35I'm sort of puzzled over these, uh...
00:44:38These new metals.
00:44:40Well, this is the one you want.
00:44:42Both can take the pressure,
00:44:43but this has a better coefficient of expansion for temperature variations.
00:44:48You'll do.
00:44:50Should have known Justin knew what he was doing.
00:44:53Do you like him?
00:44:55Oh, I think he's a wonderful man.
00:44:57Then I think you'll do, too.
00:44:59He's my father.
00:45:00Oh, sure.
00:45:02Oh, well, let's get to work.
00:45:10Say, his food is really great.
00:45:13There's a reason.
00:45:15In those hydroponic chemicals they use,
00:45:17they put every vitamin we know of,
00:45:19plus several other tissue-building elements.
00:45:22No wonder there's so few sick people here.
00:45:25These are really delicious.
00:45:27And amazing people.
00:45:29It's a great illustration of what science can do.
00:45:31Who would think that forced to live underground,
00:45:33they've mastered the highly complex problem of raising food to survive on?
00:45:37In a way, they're better off.
00:45:39Instead of fields in the open, subject to the uncertainties of weather,
00:45:43they have great tanks, miles of them.
00:45:46With their controlled temperatures, they raise practically everything they wish.
00:45:50They've made this into a kind of Garden of Eden.
00:45:54You'll excuse me?
00:45:56You're not going back to the lab again?
00:45:57I have to.
00:45:58I have a few problems I have to solve.
00:46:00Well, can I help you? Can I come with you?
00:46:02Thanks, Cal, but no.
00:46:03I'll be all right.
00:46:06If you want some more revenge, just whistle.
00:46:11Poor Steve.
00:46:13So busy carrying a typewriter around the world with him,
00:46:16that he never had time to fall in love.
00:46:18Then he met a lady scientist.
00:46:20You're not in love with me.
00:46:22No, just making it up.
00:46:24Don't ever believe anything a writer says,
00:46:26especially a newspaper writer.
00:46:28Besides, we have nothing in common.
00:46:31I bet you're going to love me.
00:46:33Nothing in common?
00:46:35I bet you've never been to a football game,
00:46:37or seen the Dodgers in action at Ebbets Field.
00:46:41Well, it makes sense.
00:46:42Female scientist goes for male scientist.
00:46:44Two of a kind.
00:46:46Me?
00:46:47I'm just a guy.
00:46:50You know,
00:46:51I think we both need a couple drinks.
00:46:56I've just made a big play for you.
00:46:59I know.
00:47:00No soap, huh?
00:47:01No soap, Steve.
00:47:04But you're wrong.
00:47:05I have been to lots of football games.
00:47:07I'm really not such a test tube specimen as you seem to think.
00:47:10And if I'm an idiot about Jim,
00:47:12it's something I can't help.
00:47:15Maybe you should try harder.
00:47:32Oh, good evening.
00:47:35You won't need it until tomorrow.
00:47:37If I find it, I'll have it put aside for you.
00:47:40Good night.
00:47:42Good night.
00:48:01Good night.
00:48:10I have to know when they're going to be able to fly back to Earth.
00:48:13It's too early to tell yet.
00:48:15I would have learned more if the girl hadn't interrupted me.
00:48:18Well, she doesn't suspect you.
00:48:20Oh, no, I'm sure of that.
00:48:22Good.
00:48:23I must be sure that they're concealing nothing from me.
00:48:26Yes, sir.
00:48:31Good night.
00:48:37Well, I didn't expect to find you working tonight.
00:48:40I was talking to Father about this at dinner.
00:48:42He gave me an idea. I couldn't wait to try it out.
00:48:44Yes?
00:48:45Well, he thinks if we increase the temperature more rapidly,
00:48:48the molecules will release more energy.
00:48:50It's what you call a higher sparking power for the trigger mechanism.
00:48:53I hope he's right.
00:48:54If he is, it'll save us a lot of time.
00:49:02Is it ready?
00:49:03Almost.
00:49:04We can connect those cables now.
00:49:12I know it'll work this time.
00:49:23That's fine.
00:49:26Well, let's go.
00:49:27That's fine.
00:49:30Well, this will tell the story.
00:49:37Now, it's got to spark to at least 200 or we'll never get off the ground.
00:49:43All right, switch on.
00:49:57All right.
00:50:16Look at that.
00:50:17I knew it'd work.
00:50:20I've got to tell Dr. Lane right away.
00:50:22You go ahead. I'll close up here.
00:50:27All right.
00:50:58The End
00:51:10This is a very good one.
00:51:12That's the Earth, but it's partially obscured by mist.
00:51:15Yes, and it's getting further away every day.
00:51:18We tested the new firing mechanism and it works.
00:51:20Did it register 200?
00:51:21It went to almost 300.
00:51:22You mean we'll actually be able to get back?
00:51:24Easily.
00:51:25It'll take about a week or so to get it built to scale and get it installed.
00:51:28But you and Carol can start figuring out the fuel load now.
00:51:31As of what date?
00:51:32You know the distance is widening.
00:51:34Figure it a month from now.
00:51:35Fine.
00:51:36That'll give everyone time to gather up whatever we want to take back.
00:51:39Come, Carol.
00:51:45Yes, there's no question about it.
00:51:47They will be able to take off with their own planet.
00:51:50Let them think so.
00:51:52Do you know how long before they'll be ready?
00:51:55No.
00:51:56But I'll find out in time.
00:51:58Good.
00:52:00I want them to complete their work.
00:52:02Then we'll step in.
00:52:09But there can be no doubt about it.
00:52:10I heard it myself.
00:52:12Why does he act this way?
00:52:14I took it for granted that we'd show him everything we know.
00:52:16From what Alita reports, he plans to let you complete your work
00:52:19and then at the last minute take it away from you.
00:52:21My advice to you is to leave before he realizes that you're ready to take off.
00:52:26But we can't.
00:52:27We let it be known only this morning that we plan to take off in a month.
00:52:31But you could be ready in two weeks, couldn't you?
00:52:34Oh, it's useless.
00:52:35He has spies everywhere that know every step of our progress.
00:52:40Jim, I think I know of something we can do.
00:52:51All right.
00:53:22Try to get that section finished as soon as you can.
00:53:24It's almost ready.
00:53:33Don't go in there. It might explode.
00:53:40What is it? What happened?
00:53:41I don't know. I was working and suddenly there was a great flash and explosion behind me.
00:53:45Elsa!
00:53:47Come here! I need help!
00:53:51Come here!
00:54:10I'm all right now.
00:54:11Is there much damage?
00:54:12Just the trigger mechanism.
00:54:14It will take at least another month to replace it.
00:54:17That long?
00:54:18Maybe longer.
00:54:19Oh, no.
00:54:21Everybody can go home now.
00:54:23There's nothing more you can do today.
00:54:35Beautiful performance.
00:54:41Dr. Lane!
00:54:44Dr. Lane!
00:54:45Yes?
00:54:47Oh, what's the matter?
00:54:48We're in trouble. It's serious.
00:54:50Jim, are you hurt?
00:54:51No, no.
00:54:52Well, is it the rocket damage?
00:54:53No, but I want everyone to think it is. I faked an explosion.
00:54:56I've learned there's a plot to keep us from leaving.
00:54:58Ikron's government plans to take the rocket away from us as soon as it's finished.
00:55:02Are you sure of this?
00:55:03Positive.
00:55:05What can we do?
00:55:06We can leave in two weeks.
00:55:07They think it's going to take at least another month for us to repair the damage.
00:55:11Can we get away without their knowing it?
00:55:12It's our only chance. We've got to try.
00:55:15Well, we better tell the others right away.
00:55:17No, not yet.
00:55:18It's too dangerous a secret.
00:55:20Just get them to speed up their work.
00:55:25Jim, you're tired. You ought to try and get a little rest and relax.
00:55:30Yes, I intend to, tonight.
00:55:32I think maybe we'll play a little bridge.
00:55:34Bridge?
00:55:36If you introduce that game on this planet, the people will never forgive you.
00:55:42Four hearts.
00:55:44Pass.
00:55:45Five.
00:55:46Bye.
00:55:48Bye.
00:55:50I've got good help for you.
00:55:57That's wonderful support. I'll make it easily.
00:56:01Where did you ever learn to play bridge?
00:56:03Jim taught me.
00:56:05I'm surprised at you, Carol.
00:56:07Haven't you noticed that Jim and Alita are that way?
00:56:16You're supposed to say it isn't true.
00:56:19Of course it isn't true.
00:56:27Sit down, Jim. I'll go after her.
00:56:28Why did you say a thing like that?
00:56:30Wake up, genius.
00:56:31I was once a lonely hearts editor.
00:56:36I'm sorry that happened.
00:56:39I understand.
00:56:41No, I don't think you do.
00:56:43Oh, yes, I do.
00:56:45You even taught me that.
00:56:48Then I must be crazy.
00:56:56How many years have you been in love with him?
00:56:59Three.
00:57:04How many tears do you think it'll take to wash out three years?
00:57:08Go away, Steve.
00:57:10I can't.
00:57:12I'm about to win a game for myself.
00:57:15Do you ever play solitaire?
00:57:19I've been playing it for a long time.
00:57:23Please, go.
00:57:26But it gets tiresome.
00:57:28Just like some girls I know.
00:57:34What do you mean?
00:57:36You're crying for exactly one hour and 17 minutes.
00:57:40Well, nobody asked you to sit in on it.
00:57:44No, it's the idiot in me.
00:57:47Steve.
00:57:49That gets tiresome, too.
00:57:59All right, that'll be all for today, fellas.
00:58:01All right.
00:58:02I'd like to make that installation myself.
00:58:06Oh, and by the way,
00:58:08you have tomorrow off.
00:58:10There won't be anything for you to do until the day after.
00:58:12Well, thanks.
00:58:15Bye.
00:58:21They don't know it, but they've done their last work on this baby.
00:58:25What about that?
00:58:27The emergency lights? Two minutes' work.
00:58:29I can do that after takeoff.
00:58:31You know, I can't believe it.
00:58:33It's finished.
00:58:34Ready to go.
00:58:36It's great, isn't it?
00:58:38Yes.
00:58:39Yes, it is.
00:58:41What's the matter, Alita?
00:58:44You'll be going.
00:58:46Of course, I'm happy for your sake.
00:58:48You'll be able to get back now.
00:58:50That's right.
00:58:51I'll be leaving, won't I?
00:58:53Well, it isn't as though you're going so far.
00:58:55After all, the Earth is only 35 or 40 million miles from here.
00:58:59You know, the way we've constructed this thing,
00:59:01there's a good chance we might be able to bring back a couple of extra people.
00:59:05I didn't want to tell you until I was sure of it.
00:59:08But you're going back with me.
00:59:09You and your father.
00:59:12No.
00:59:14Why?
00:59:16There's a reason why our government wants a rocket ship.
00:59:20Ten years from now, there'll be no more Koryan.
00:59:22After that, all life here will be extinct.
00:59:24Unless something is done.
00:59:26You mean what Ikhwan wants to do?
00:59:28No, there are other solutions.
00:59:30Yes, but unfortunately, he's in power.
00:59:32There's Tillamaw.
00:59:34He's a great leader.
00:59:36It'd be better for the people of our planet if he and my father went.
00:59:39Yes, but can we trust Tillamaw?
00:59:41Can we tell anyone we're ready for takeoff?
00:59:44Alita, if I confide in Tillamaw,
00:59:46I'm risking the fate of my whole group.
00:59:48Five people?
00:59:52Yes, I see your point.
01:00:03Whatever we decide here,
01:00:05you have my promise that I will not reveal your plans.
01:00:08Will you yourself, Tillamaw, come with us
01:00:10as spokesman for your planet?
01:00:12As a statesman to plead your cause.
01:00:14And you can deliver whatever news there is
01:00:16from the world beyond?
01:00:18Perhaps to replace Koryan,
01:00:20Earth will do many things we have here.
01:00:22Inventions far beyond anything
01:00:24Earthmen have yet achieved.
01:00:26Interplanetary trade relations.
01:00:28You'll go then, Tillamaw?
01:00:30Yes, I will go.
01:00:32But once I'm gone, Ikhwan will declare me a traitor.
01:00:35Oh, perhaps at first.
01:00:37But when you have talked to our people
01:00:39through Earth's broadcast, your plan,
01:00:41and that you're on a mission for them,
01:00:42if you vote on the council,
01:00:44Ikhwan will be overthrown.
01:00:46Well, how can you be sure of that?
01:00:48Yes, I will stay here as your representative
01:00:50and organize the active opposition.
01:00:52But...
01:00:54Don't worry, Elita, you are going, not I.
01:00:56But I'll see you again.
01:00:58I have confidence in Tillamaw that I will.
01:01:00I've called you all together to tell you
01:01:02that thanks to Jim,
01:01:04repairs on the rocket ship are now complete.
01:01:06We'll take off tomorrow.
01:01:08Well, how do you know it'll function properly?
01:01:10You haven't been able to make any real tests.
01:01:12They're stopping us.
01:01:14That's just it.
01:01:16They don't know that it's ready.
01:01:18And if we handle it right and are very careful,
01:01:20we'll be gone before they know it.
01:01:22We've worked out plans whereby each one of us
01:01:24will enter the ship tomorrow at different times
01:01:26without arousing suspicion
01:01:28and remain there until takeoff.
01:01:30Everything must be done with extreme secrecy.
01:01:32Ikhwan apparently has spies everywhere.
01:01:34So let's get packing.
01:01:36Now, Justin, if you don't mind,
01:01:38and that is that I've asked Elita
01:01:40to come back with me and be my wife.
01:01:42That's a fine idea.
01:01:44Am I supposed to say
01:01:46some kind of witty remark?
01:01:48Tillamaw will be us also.
01:01:50Why don't we take people?
01:01:52Oh, don't apologize, Jim.
01:01:54I think it's through live specimens back with us.
01:02:00Well, anybody seen that deck of cards?
01:02:03What do you want with a deck of cards?
01:02:05I feel a game of solitaire coming up.
01:02:07Come on.
01:02:13Come on.
01:02:34Professor.
01:02:36Yes?
01:02:38Everything all right?
01:02:40Yes.
01:02:42I'll see you later in the day.
01:02:53Yes, Terrence?
01:02:55I'm worried about the rocket, sir.
01:02:57Something is going on.
01:02:59It looks very suspicious.
01:03:01Why do you think so?
01:03:03First of all, no workmen have been allowed
01:03:05inside the rocket in the last 24 hours.
01:03:07And secondly, the corium tanks,
01:03:09which were to hold fuel for their return,
01:03:10have been placed in the rocket?
01:03:12I don't know.
01:03:14Even if they are on the ship, it may mean nothing.
01:03:16But I thought you ought to know.
01:03:18You might want to question one of them.
01:03:20Well, there is one we can question.
01:03:22The girl, Alita.
01:03:24Good. I will bring her here.
01:03:26No, no, no, not here.
01:03:28In the council room.
01:03:30I will call a meeting at once.
01:03:40Good.
01:04:03Hey, don't I know you from somewhere?
01:04:05Girl scientist.
01:04:07Oh, yes. Now I remember.
01:04:11You know,
01:04:13I've been thinking.
01:04:15If we make it back to Earth,
01:04:17I'd like to do a series of articles.
01:04:19Enchanting idea.
01:04:21Very worthwhile.
01:04:23But you see, I'm not an author.
01:04:25I'd need a ghostwriter.
01:04:27Do you suppose that you...
01:04:29How long would it take?
01:04:31Oh, I don't know.
01:04:33Maybe the rest of our lives.
01:04:35If you're kidding, I'll break your neck.
01:04:37I'm not kidding.
01:04:38It's called collaborating.
01:04:43I'm not happy leaving you here.
01:04:45But think of the adventure before you.
01:04:48I'll miss you.
01:04:50But not for long, my child.
01:04:52And I'm sure you're going to be very happy with him.
01:04:55I think so, too.
01:04:57Are you going aboard the rocket now?
01:04:59Yes.
01:05:01Goodbye, Alita.
01:05:08Goodbye.
01:05:31What is this?
01:05:33Terrace.
01:05:35You come with us.
01:05:39Yes, the tanks are on the rocket ship,
01:05:41but I told you why.
01:05:43The new outlet valves have to be tested.
01:05:45Why are they new?
01:05:47The old ones didn't fit.
01:05:49They were damaged during the explosion.
01:05:52Did you say they cannot possibly be ready
01:05:54for another two weeks for a takeoff?
01:05:56I only know what Jim says.
01:05:58And I heard him say that just yesterday.
01:06:06Everyone else on board?
01:06:08Yes.
01:06:10Well, I'll be off.
01:06:12I'll follow you in ten minutes.
01:06:14Weren't Alita and Tillamar supposed to meet you here?
01:06:16Yes, that was the plan.
01:06:18They should have been here by now.
01:06:20Jim, are you sure everything is all right?
01:06:22Yes, don't worry about it.
01:06:24It's a long trip. You'd better get started, Doctor.
01:06:33Where's Alita? It's almost time to go.
01:06:35That's what I came to tell you.
01:06:36Alita is being held before the council for questioning.
01:06:38Then she and Tillamar are both there.
01:06:40Yes.
01:06:42Tillamar has double-crossed us.
01:06:44There's no proof of that.
01:06:46She may be in danger of her life.
01:06:48Forget Alita. Leave in the rocket while you still can.
01:06:50No. We'll go to the council meeting.
01:06:52Tillamar may even have done something to the rocket.
01:06:55Will you tell us the truth or go on lying?
01:06:57I suggest we hold her and send our men
01:06:59to seize the rocket at once.
01:07:01The council will vote on it.
01:07:03Wait. If she's telling the truth,
01:07:04what will be gained by seizing the rocket?
01:07:06According to her, it isn't ready to go.
01:07:08And if we take over the rocket now,
01:07:10it may never be ready for flight.
01:07:12We need the Earth men working on it.
01:07:14If she's lying, it will depart.
01:07:16And we will be left with nothing.
01:07:18Ikron, I have trust in the things of the universe
01:07:21and in the creator.
01:07:23You are a naive, fumbling old man.
01:07:25A vote. Ikron's plan or Tillamar's.
01:07:27It's time for action, not words.
01:07:29Those who favor Ikron.
01:07:31Wait.
01:07:33Why are you here?
01:07:35We should request his permission
01:07:37to have our men investigate the rocket.
01:07:39Why should it be investigated at all?
01:07:41What is all this?
01:07:43I have the promise of your help.
01:07:45We have good and just reason
01:07:47for believing that you have betrayed us.
01:07:49If that is so, you will find
01:07:51our generosity is at an end.
01:07:53And the sort of hospitality we will show
01:07:55will have a different taste.
01:07:57A vote. Ikron's plan or Tillamar's.
01:07:59Very well.
01:08:00The rocket is to be seized at once.
01:08:02These people are to be held.
01:08:19Fire!
01:08:31Jim should have been here long ago.
01:08:33I don't understand it.
01:08:35I do. There's trouble.
01:08:38Something must have gone wrong.
01:08:52I think I see Jim and Tillamar now.
01:08:54With Alita.
01:09:01Let's go.
01:09:14Open the skull hangar.
01:09:31It is not opening.
01:09:35It won't open.
01:09:38Put on the oxygen mask.
01:09:45Can't we get out?
01:09:53Take your stations.
01:09:55Strap yourselves in.
01:10:02Are you ready?
01:10:04All ready.
01:10:24Fire!