Space Angel - Expedition To A New Moon - Episode 21
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00:00Blast off for another exciting adventure in outer space with Scott McCloud, Space Angel,
00:18in the story of Expedition to a New Moon.
00:24We find Taurus, Crystal, Scott, and Professor Mace aboard the evening star discussing plans
00:29for colonizing a new moon.
00:31But father, what's so unusual about a new moon?
00:35This moon resembles our Earth so much, we think it may have an atmosphere.
00:40And if it has an atmosphere, it can be colonized.
00:42Aye, we can use a little more productive land in this solar system.
00:46Precisely why you're going there, Taurus.
00:49We need a complete survey.
00:51Then we'll have to make a geological survey as well.
00:54Right.
00:55Your ship is outfitted with all the necessary equipment.
00:58Of course, Chris.
00:59We'll be taking the new survey ship.
01:01Scott, have you had a chance to look over the new ship since your return?
01:06Not yet, Professor.
01:07We'd better go down and check it out now.
01:08Good.
01:09It's being outfitted in tube three.
01:11The chief expects you to blast off at 6.03 AM Earth time.
01:16Aye, we're no sooner than get back to home base.
01:19In here we go again.
01:21Now, Taurus.
01:23Father has just explained that the target is approaching orbital position for blast
01:26off.
01:27Otherwise, we'll have to delay the project for another year.
01:30Notify the chief.
01:31We'll make the deadline, Professor.
01:32Come on, gang.
01:33Let's get going.
01:34You and Taurus tested the surveyor, didn't you, Scott?
01:38Yes, Crystal.
01:39But the instrumentation wasn't complete at the time.
01:42We still have a lot of equipment to check out.
01:44There she is.
01:47That's going to be our home for a while.
01:50How do you like the surveyor, Chris?
01:54It's a beautiful ship.
01:56It's probably the most completely equipped survey ship ever built.
02:00With all the equipment necessary to do a geological survey.
02:04The control section can be ejected and act as a landing sphere.
02:08I'd feel more at home in the star duster.
02:11This ship is too slow.
02:13Taurus, this is a survey mission, not a space race.
02:17There goes our moon mobile aboard.
02:22It's built to travel over any kind of terrain.
02:26Hi, Skipper.
02:27I'm glad they remembered space men are allergic to walking.
02:32Okay, gang.
02:33Let's get aboard and check this baby out.
02:35Got to be ready for blastoff at 0600 in the morning.
02:40Now, hear this.
02:42Clear the tube for blastoff.
02:55Reactors go.
03:05Umbilical go.
03:08Cabin pressure go.
03:10Tube doors opening.
03:13Ready and curling.
03:15Ten, nine.
03:17Angle of blastoff 320.
03:19Vector four.
03:21Adjusting angle.
03:27Trajectory angle go.
03:29Increasing power.
03:30OS, three, two, one, zero.
03:51Trajectory good.
03:52Approaching target velocity.
03:54Count it.
03:55Roger.
03:56Five, four, three, two, one.
03:59Shut off.
04:04A-okay.
04:05We're in free flight.
04:06Boy, this baby's got a kick like a mule.
04:09What's the matter, Torres?
04:10Can't you take it anymore?
04:12There is more pounds of me to be pressed than there is of you, lass.
04:16That's for sure.
04:18Check the course, Chris.
04:19Right on target, Scott.
04:21Two points off the twin star mirror.
04:23Right.
04:24And our flight plan velocity should get us there in 12 space periods.
04:28So we may as well relax and enjoy the scenery.
04:32Except for one thing, Torres.
04:34We'll be getting into an uncharted area.
04:36Turn on your forward viewer and keep a sharp lookout.
04:39Okay, Skipper.
04:47Where will this new assignment into uncharted areas take Crystal, Scott, and Torres?
04:53Be sure and see the next exciting episode of Space Angel.
05:13Blast off for another exciting adventure in outer space with Scott McCloud, Space Angel,
05:19in the story of Expedition to a New Moon.
05:39Remember last time, Scott, Torres, and Crystal were instructed to board a new survey ship
05:43and venture into an uncharted area where they were to explore a new moon.
05:48The survey ship is now approaching its destination, where they must land and prepare for their expedition.
05:54There it is.
05:55Take a look in your viewer.
05:57The mirror, the red giant.
05:59Look at the size of those suns, Skipper.
06:03If we took our solar system and placed our sun in the middle of that red star,
06:08Mars would barely touch the surface.
06:11That's big.
06:12Scott, center focus 20 degrees east and south.
06:17There's our moon.
06:18She's sure coming up fast, Skipper.
06:21Yes, we're intercepting its orbit head on.
06:23Prepare to reduce speed.
06:25Aye, Skipper.
06:26DX tubes ready for fire, sir.
06:29Give us a gravity count, Chris.
06:310.1, 0.2, 3, 4, 5.
06:37Deflect 2 degrees up.
06:40Fire 3.
06:48Stand by.
06:49I'm placing this baby into orbit.
06:54We're in orbit, Scott.
06:56Horace, prepare the landing sphere.
06:59Aye, Skipper.
07:00We're going to take a trip downstairs.
07:02There doesn't appear to be any atmosphere, Scott.
07:05We'll soon find out, Chris.
07:07I'm sure not going to go without our space helmet.
07:21Hate to mention it, Skipper, but who's going to watch the storm?
07:25We can control the surveyor by remote control.
07:28When we land, we'll set up a station.
07:30That'll be our home base for a while.
07:32We'll land this big baby after we prepare a pad.
07:35I just thought I'd ask.
07:4380,000 feet and dropping fast.
07:45Stand by retro rockets, Taurus.
07:47Aye, lad.
07:49This is strange, Scott.
07:51The gravity indicator keeps switching.
07:53Now it's negative.
07:55There it goes again.
07:57Reading.
07:58Well, now it's just about double Earth's gravity.
08:00So how do you make a landing, Skipper?
08:03We may begin hopping like a jackrabbit in another minute.
08:0640,000.
08:08Fire retros.
08:09Must be gravity strips.
08:11Let's pick one and try it.
08:12Aye, Skipper.
08:22Scott, we're falling!
08:24Not so fast, Skipper.
08:42Good work, Skipper.
08:44That landing was much softer than I expected.
08:47I share your sentiments.
08:49Let's roll up the moon buggy and see what the climate's like outside.
08:54What's the oxygen indicator suggest, Taurus?
08:57There's an atmosphere, lad, but we can't breathe it.
09:00But if there's air...
09:01It's frozen.
09:03You see that funny-looking iceberg?
09:05There's your atmosphere.
09:07That might just explain the crazy gravity on this moon.
09:11How do you mean, Skipper?
09:13At double Earth's gravity, the air must have been pulled down and formed into these glaciers.
09:18Notice how they appear in rows?
09:21Hmm.
09:22Well, now that you mention it...
09:32Stand by.
09:33Something's pulling us over.
09:39We're trapped in their moon mobile on a strange new moon.
09:45What will happen to Scott, Crystal, and Taurus?
09:47Don't miss the next exciting episode of Space Angels.
10:08Blast off for another exciting adventure in outer space with Scott McCloud, Space Angel,
10:14in the story of...
10:15Expedition to a New Moon.
10:29You remember last time Scott, Taurus, and Crystal blasted off in a specially built survey ship
10:34to explore a newly discovered moon.
10:36They left the main body of the ship in suspended orbital flight
10:39and landed on the planet in the control sphere.
10:43Embarking from the sphere in their specially equipped moon mobile,
10:46they started their survey of the new moon.
10:48While exploring, they discovered that the gravity on this planet was in strips.
10:52As they neared one of these gravity strips, a strange force grasped the ship.
10:57Even with power and throttle full forward,
11:00they were pulled slowly but steadily backward into the gravity strip.
11:09Are you all right?
11:11I can't seem to move, Skipper.
11:14I feel so heavy.
11:16It's hard to breathe, Scott.
11:19We're caught in one of those gravity belts.
11:23I hope I can activate this engine again.
11:31What's wrong, lad?
11:35I can't reach it.
11:37I can make it.
12:08It's close.
12:10Taurus, you're a bull.
12:12I felt so heavy I couldn't even blink my eyes.
12:15Clean living, Skipper.
12:19Before we do much traveling, I suggest we set up our lunar station and land the surveyor.
12:24Good idea, lad.
12:26This place is not too friendly, and I'd feel better if we had a home base to run to.
12:31Taurus, you roll out the shelter dome.
12:34Okay, Skipper.
12:36We'd better hurry, Scott. We haven't much daylight left.
12:39You're right.
12:40Inside that creeping shadow, it's cold enough to freeze the atmosphere.
12:44Where do you want it, Skipper?
12:46Over there, Taurus.
12:47Here she comes.
12:52Good catch, Skipper.
12:54Okay.
12:55Everybody stand back.
13:02Watch closely, lass, and you'll see how a king-sized igloo is hatched.
13:08That should give us ample living quarters.
13:10Now let's attach the landing sphere and set up housekeeping.
13:21Well, now to test the equipment.
13:24Go ahead, Skipper.
13:28Everything seems to be in order.
13:30Let's see if we can pick up the surveyor.
13:34There.
13:35That should be it.
13:37Check it on the screen.
13:39Yep, that's her all right.
13:40She's holding a stable orbit.
13:42We'll bring her down in the morning, eh, Skipper?
13:45Yes, but first we'll have to build a hard pad to land her on.
13:49Whoa.
13:51Lucky for us, we're not out there.
13:53The temperature's dropping ten degrees a second.
13:56Look out there.
13:57Did you ever see such a sight?
13:59I?
14:00But we're as snug as bugs in here.
14:02And here's a beautiful sight to see.
14:05Hey!
14:06What?
14:07Scott!
14:08What's that?
14:09Those are rocks exploding from a sudden change in temperature.
14:12Suffer it, Jupiter.
14:14This is something we didn't plan for.
14:19Scott, we're losing air.
14:21Scott, we're losing air.
14:23We've been hit.
14:24Our shielding's punctured.
14:26Their lunar station losing air after being punctured by exploding rocks.
14:30How will Scott, Crystal, and Taurus be able to get out alive?
14:34Don't miss the next exciting episode of Scott McCloud, Space Angel.
14:51Blast off for another exciting adventure in outer space with Scott McCloud, Space Angel,
15:03in the story of Expedition to a New Moon.
15:10Remember last time having had a narrow escape from death by falling over the cliff?
15:14Taurus got the moon mobile going again so they could get back to setting up their lunar station.
15:30Having set it up and checked to see if the surveyor was holding a stable orbit,
15:35Mira, the red giant, started a series of explosions.
15:39The rocks punctured their lunar house and it started to collapse from lack of pressure.
15:44Quick, Taurus, flip on our auxiliary compressor.
15:47Aye, Skipper.
15:51Give us a pressure reading, Chris.
15:538.5 pounds and dropping.
15:55Pressure suits, lad.
15:56No time.
15:57We'll never make it.
15:58Pressure at 6.3, Scott.
16:00This is it, Skipper.
16:01Now what's the reading, Crystal?
16:03It's still holding at 6.3 pounds.
16:05I don't get it.
16:07Pressure at 8.5 pounds and rising.
16:10Ever hear of an old-fashioned self-sealing inner tube, Taurus?
16:13Well, if that isn't the blasted, of course.
16:17This station's nothing but a flat inner tube.
16:20I'll be darned.
16:22Of course, if we'd been hit by a really large fragment, I wouldn't have been so confident.
16:27You dog.
16:28You could have told us.
16:29I was frantic.
16:31How about you getting your father on the televiewer, Chris?
16:34He'll want to know what we found on this moon.
16:36Yes, sir.
16:37Right away.
16:41Yes, Dad.
16:42And the atmosphere is frozen in strip.
16:44Frozen atmosphere, eh?
16:46Scott, what happens when ice is heated?
16:50It melts and turns to steam, Professor.
16:53Exactly.
16:54Now listen and listen carefully.
16:56You are going to try a little experiment.
16:59Go ahead, Professor.
17:00Basically, what we are going to attempt is
17:03to neutralize kinetic energy derived from the various gravity belts on your moon.
17:08This friction should generate a continuous heat.
17:11But, Professor, wouldn't that create a flood condition?
17:14Possibly, if the heat generated were not hot enough.
17:18To ensure against this possibility,
17:20you are going to plant a thermonuclear activator within the depths of the moon.
17:28All clear, Scott?
17:29I've got you, Professor.
17:31We'll contact you later.
17:32Over.
17:33Good luck.
17:34Out.
17:35Well, let's get busy.
17:37Following Professor Mace's instruction,
17:39they planted the magnetic electrodes at strategic points between the gravity belts.
17:43How far from the next gravity belt, Taurus?
17:46Almost there, Skipper.
17:49Okay, slow down.
17:51There it is.
18:02That should do it, lad.
18:26We've planted almost 200 of these magnetic electrodes.
18:30All right, back to the station.
18:33This next step is a doozy.
18:38I don't mind telling you, Skipper,
18:40I was scared silly when we planted that thermonuclear activator.
18:45What if it had gone off?
18:47Nothing could happen unless we trigger it.
18:50And that doesn't occur until we're a safe distance out in space.
18:54Then our job here is about finished, eh, Skipper?
18:57We'll check our circuits.
18:58We'll bring our ship out of orbit and blast off.
19:01Good.
19:02I'll prepare the landing pad while you're doing that.
19:11Good grief.
19:12Pistol?
19:13It's the surveyor.
19:14Something's wrong.
19:15Look.
19:16Why, it's being pulled out of orbit.
19:21Look.
19:22It's falling towards the twin suns.
19:26Wait a moment and their surveyor rocket will burn up in the atmosphere of the twin suns.
19:31Then how will they ever get back?
19:33Be sure to see the next exciting episode of Space Angels.
19:54Now for another exciting adventure in outer space with Scott McCloud, Space Angel,
19:59in the story of Expedition to a New Moon.
20:04Remember last time, having talked to Professor Mace,
20:07Scott, Torres, and Crystal were on their way to plant thermonuclear activators
20:11within the depths of the moon, Mira.
20:14Having planted over 200 electrodes, which would not be triggered until they were out in space,
20:19they left for the surveyor rocket only to find Mira's magnetic field pulling it out of orbit.
20:25Quick, Torres.
20:26Activate remote controls on the surveyor.
20:28Aye, Skipper.
20:32Activated.
20:33Engines on.
20:34Basing Mira's suns, Torres.
20:36Maybe we can blast her out.
20:39Pressure up, lads.
20:40Fire when ready.
20:42Stand by.
21:01I can feel the heat from here.
21:03I'm changing the orbit path.
21:05The surveyor will circle over us now.
21:07Like orbiting the North Pole on Earth, eh, lad?
21:10In a way.
21:11All set, gang?
21:12Set.
21:13Go ahead, lad.
21:34Switching to ILS, Chris.
21:36She's on the beam, Scott.
21:38Okay, Torres. Looks good.
21:40Extend landing legs.
21:41Roger, Skipper.
21:55There she is, gang.
21:58Perfect touchdown.
21:59Good work.
22:00I, for one, am sure glad to see that baby.
22:03Okay.
22:04Let's get out of here.
22:05What about the shelter, Scott?
22:07Leave it.
22:08There's no time to dismantle.
22:10Take a look back there.
22:11I, lass, you wouldn't want to spend another night here, would you?
22:32Torres, reading.
22:33She's not clear yet, Skipper.
22:35She's still startling through the scrambled gravity belts.
22:38As soon as we're clear, we'll change all that.
22:41She's clear.
22:42Flame out.
22:49She's in free fall.
22:58First, we'll activate the electrodes we planted back there.
23:01Get set, everybody. Here goes.
23:04Well, here we've got a grandstand seat.
23:14How much longer, Skipper?
23:17Just a couple of seconds now.
23:20It's working.
23:21Father was right.
23:23A beautiful sight.
23:25An Earth being born right before our eyes.
23:29This is fun-tastic.
23:32Look at that.
23:34What a spot for an asparagus ranch.
23:37That has to be the place.
23:39It looks like Earth in its formative stage.
23:42Just think.
23:43In a few hundred years, there'll be cities down there.
23:47People working, a whole new life taking shape.
23:51Aye, Skipper.
23:52But I sure hope we get back down there before then.
23:56Why, Torres?
23:57Oh, soon those trout streams are going to be jumping.
24:00And I sure would like to do some fishing before those Sunday picnickers start to clutter them up.
24:21And so ends another exciting adventure with Scott McCloud, Space Angel.