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The Chinese have developed a doomsday device and the U.S. fears the will use it. A manned mission to Venus is stepped up. At the last minute three of the male crew are replaced with three female crew members. Once they are on there way to Venus the reason becomes apparent.
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00:05:59How much time is Ditto?
00:06:00Last time, 72 hours.
00:06:03I have all I need.
00:08:03We are certain the force of this detonation will rupture the faults of the Earth's surface
00:08:09and set up a chain reaction of explosions when the Earth's tension is broken.
00:08:14There are only 51 hours.
00:08:15There are only 51 hours left.
00:08:51No go on the air.
00:08:52No go on the air, no go on the air.
00:08:53No go on the air.
00:08:54No go on pressure parity here.
00:08:56No go on pressure parity here.
00:08:58Two.
00:08:59Check your output logic at uniform alpha double Zulu.
00:09:02Unit 9.
00:09:03Unit 9.
00:09:09We are going on the air...
00:09:10Uncle go on the air.
00:09:11No go on the air as well as a jet to the air.
00:09:12Need to go on the air.
00:09:14Down pressure parity check.
00:09:15Gentlemen, it is T minus 120, so we'll have to make this very brief.
00:09:27You all know Colonel Price, flight commander of our Project Astro.
00:09:37Colonel, why this trip to Venus?
00:09:39I understand it's over 160 million miles away.
00:09:42It'll take you four months to get there, and you'll be gone for two years.
00:09:44Gentlemen, we've come a long way in spaceflight in the last 10 years.
00:09:50Since 1965, our fixed satellites, our space stations, our lunar landing,
00:09:54and base established there several years ago, our probes of the outer solar system,
00:09:59all these efforts have helped prepare us for the payoff of phase one, putting man on Venus.
00:10:05Attention, countdown is resumed from T minus 120.
00:10:09Repeat, countdown is resumed from T minus 120.
00:10:14Gentlemen, any more questions?
00:10:17Yes.
00:10:17Why do astronauts take D-Long way to get to a planet?
00:10:21Instead of hopping straight across to it.
00:10:23Will Dr. Haynes contact operator five?
00:10:26Repeat, will Dr. Haynes contact operator five?
00:10:29Urgent.
00:10:31Operator, get me ground control.
00:10:34Then base security.
00:10:36Operator, keep this line open.
00:10:43Actually, we take the shortest route.
00:10:45I'll show you.
00:10:47This is the inner solar system.
00:10:49Mars, Earth, Venus, and Mercury.
00:10:51Nope, Venus is the next closest planet to the sun.
00:10:54Your question is, why don't we drop right down here to Venus,
00:10:57taking advantage of the sun's gravitation?
00:11:00Venus wouldn't be there when we got there.
00:11:01It travels along its own orbit.
00:11:03You'll make a rendezvous with it?
00:11:05Exactly.
00:11:07Colonel, make this brief.
00:11:10This is our starting point.
00:11:12And Venus at our point of rendezvous.
00:11:15You get into orbit around the Earth as a launching point in space.
00:11:18Then, taking advantage of the Earth's speed along its own orbit,
00:11:21we take off into deep space on a ballistic course that ends here.
00:11:26Now we drop into a Venus orbit and prepare to land.
00:11:28And it's as simple as that.
00:11:29Nothing's that simple.
00:11:32How long will the journey take?
00:11:34Barring unusual circumstances, four months to reach Venus.
00:11:37But counting the return trip and planned explorations, we'll be gone two years.
00:11:42Well, what do you consider unusual circumstances?
00:11:45Anything we're not prepared for.
00:11:47Excessive radiation, meteors, unknown factors.
00:11:50The time is T-minus 117 minutes.
00:11:54All unauthorized personnel are instructed to clear the launch area.
00:11:59Second stage fueling will now begin.
00:12:02Light crew, stand by.
00:12:04Repeat.
00:12:05Light crew, stand by.
00:12:07That includes me, gentlemen?
00:12:09Well, one last question, please.
00:12:11Yes.
00:12:12What about your family, your wives, sweethearts?
00:12:16That's the most difficult part of the whole trip.
00:12:18Two years alone?
00:12:21Gentlemen, thank you.
00:12:24Is that confirmed, Dr. Hanson?
00:12:37Right from the top.
00:12:39Looks like this is it.
00:12:40Speed it up.
00:12:41Right.
00:12:42This is ground control operation.
00:12:44Urgent.
00:12:45Unauthorized personnel clear the area.
00:12:47Repeat.
00:12:49Unauthorized personnel clear the area.
00:12:57Well, you still think an old war horse like me can't take it?
00:13:01Doesn't matter what I think, doctor.
00:13:03Your technical knowledge gives you an override on the computer data to the contrary.
00:13:07I hope you make it.
00:13:08Frankly, so do I.
00:13:10Anyhow, it'll be worth it.
00:13:12You know, I've dreamt of this adventure ever since I was a kid.
00:13:16That's telling them, doc.
00:13:17It's the only way to go.
00:13:20I can think of other ways.
00:13:25Especially for you.
00:13:26What's the matter?
00:13:27A navigator got the countdown jitters?
00:13:29Ten billion dollars worth of taxpayers' money, and we've got to put up with clowns.
00:13:32Oh, come on, you two.
00:13:33Cut it out.
00:13:34I just hope we're something more than guinea pigs for our brain trust out there.
00:13:38Attention.
00:13:39T-minus 98.
00:13:40Stage one fueling detail.
00:13:43Stand by.
00:13:45Repeat.
00:13:46Stage one fueling detail.
00:13:48Stand by.
00:13:48Hey, stage one.
00:13:51That's the cold stuff, the locks.
00:13:53What's happening?
00:13:55They're speeding it up.
00:13:57Well, it must be the weather.
00:13:58We're tied to those tracking cameras.
00:14:00Who cares about pictures?
00:14:02Not to get those Pentagon pen pushers off their lard and behind their computers.
00:14:06Our lives depend on ballistics, not pictures.
00:14:09Attention, all base security personnel.
00:14:12Attention, all base security personnel.
00:14:16This is a class one alert.
00:14:18Condition red.
00:14:19Alpha phase is in effect.
00:14:21All civilians not actually engaged in the Astro countdown report to security headquarters for reclassification.
00:14:28Red alert.
00:14:29They must be kidding.
00:14:31Crew ship went out with miniskirts.
00:14:33This is 1975.
00:14:35Even if you kept up with your comic books, you ought to know what China's been fooling around with.
00:14:42Give me control.
00:14:43Attention, all SAC personnel.
00:14:48Report to duty stations immediately.
00:14:51All leaves are canceled.
00:14:52Base now operating under martial law.
00:15:13Hey, what is this?
00:15:15Where's the colonel?
00:15:16Astro Control Center will amend countdown to accelerate launch.
00:15:20All minor system checkouts are canceled.
00:15:22Reset all timers from T-90 to T-50.
00:15:26Flight crew prepare to board at T-30.
00:15:30Those checkouts can't be bypassed.
00:15:32It's a red alert, Mason.
00:15:33The ICBMs are flying.
00:15:35It's fairly simple.
00:15:36This base is a strategic target.
00:15:37They want us airborne.
00:15:39What do you say, Doc?
00:15:40Relax, Danny.
00:15:41We'll know soon enough.
00:15:43Sir, what is it?
00:15:58We've got to sit up, commander.
00:15:59Takeoff T-30.
00:16:01Colonel, we can't let the bypass those checkouts.
00:16:04I've got to check with security.
00:16:06Excuse me, gentlemen.
00:16:09Are we under attack?
00:16:10All I know, gentlemen, is that we're in some kind of military crisis.
00:16:14It may or may not be the big rumble, but you know the routine.
00:16:17All bases scramble, and that includes our big bird out there.
00:16:20Colonel, what about those secondary checks?
00:16:23We can drop there and get together and see if you can live with your pet fixes as they are.
00:16:26It's gold for anything short of a fuel leak.
00:16:28What's the use of launching if we're going to blow it?
00:16:31You know as well as I do, without a full checkout, anything can happen.
00:16:34And we're going to be out there two years.
00:16:35Anything can happen while we're standing here.
00:16:50Colonel Rice?
00:16:52Yes.
00:16:53I'm from the sexual intelligence agency.
00:16:56We have top priority for replacements on this flight.
00:17:00Complacements?
00:17:00Colonel, I'm Donagill.
00:17:02This is Colonel Madison.
00:17:03We have special orders to you from the President.
00:17:08Gentlemen, what is the situation?
00:17:10Red alert.
00:17:11That is all we can say now.
00:17:13Russia has advised us that...
00:17:14T minus 45 minutes.
00:17:16General, there's no time for that now.
00:17:18You are to replace three of your crew with three other officers.
00:17:22Women?
00:17:23Now I've heard everything.
00:17:25Colonel, this is ridiculous.
00:17:27It's absolutely insane.
00:17:28Gentlemen, I don't understand.
00:17:30You will, Colonel, but there's no time to argue.
00:17:33What's this?
00:17:35It's a special-sealed cargo.
00:17:37It's to go on board.
00:17:38I can't take extra weight.
00:17:40You know that.
00:17:41The weights have been calculated, Colonel.
00:17:42We three women weigh less than the men were replacing.
00:17:45Oh, and just who do you have in mind replacing?
00:17:48They're in your orders, Colonel.
00:17:49Dr. Brown, flight surgeon.
00:17:52Or it's me.
00:17:53Lieutenant Sharp, estimate tech and assistant navigator.
00:17:57And Major Williams, co-pilot and systems engineer.
00:18:00Yes, sir.
00:18:01T minus 44 minutes.
00:18:02Pardon me, sir.
00:18:05You or the Joint Chiefs or the President can order what you wish.
00:18:10Personally, I think you're out of your minds.
00:18:12Colonel Price, it's not in your province to judge.
00:18:14Isn't it?
00:18:15No.
00:18:16What about the emotional stability of a mixed crew in deep space for over two years?
00:18:20Colonel, we're quite stable.
00:18:23We have no special accommodations on that ship.
00:18:26There's no privacy at all.
00:18:27Nor are we asking for any special privileges, sir.
00:18:31Colonel, this is Dr. Marion Turner, flight surgeon, microbiologist.
00:18:41Where do we put on our suit, sir?
00:18:43There goes my stability.
00:18:45What's the story, General?
00:18:46What's going on, General?
00:18:47Let us in on it.
00:18:48Let us in.
00:18:49Take some shots.
00:18:50Let us in.
00:18:51Lieutenant Carlson, the computer, estimate tech, and meteorologist.
00:18:55Hi.
00:18:55Major Brodsky, co-pilot, and survival specialist.
00:18:59Brodsky, the Russian?
00:19:01First woman on the moon.
00:19:02That is right.
00:19:03Fortunately, I was at the International Space Conference in Washington when this emergency arose.
00:19:09I'm happy to say that my government has authorized me to join you.
00:19:13Emergency?
00:19:14You haven't said anything yet, Doc.
00:19:16What can you say, Colonel?
00:19:17It's a presidential order.
00:19:19There must be worse dates, Colonel.
00:19:21Gentlemen, I'd like to consult our project director, Dr. Haynes.
00:19:23I'm sure he...
00:19:24You don't have time, Colonel.
00:19:27Please get these women ready at once.
00:19:29T minus 43 minutes.
00:19:31Attention, astro flight crew.
00:19:33Stand by for van pickup at T minus 30.
00:19:36Sorry, man.
00:19:37Three years of preparation.
00:19:40Well, at least my wife will appreciate these replacements.
00:19:43Good luck, sir.
00:19:45Ladies.
00:19:53I don't believe you.
00:19:55I don't believe you.
00:19:57You know, there must be a practical side to having women.
00:20:00You mean like having your socks washed.
00:20:04Everything okay?
00:20:05A-okay.
00:20:06Okay.
00:20:06Okay.
00:20:06T minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
00:20:2711, 6, 5, 3, 2, 1.
00:20:40All right.
00:20:40The ground control toaster.
00:20:41Everything is A-OK from here.
00:20:42from here. All systems are go and you have a good climbing angle.
00:20:50The velocity is 3250 at t plus two minutes. Confirm time sink and prepare for booster
00:20:58cutoff. Astra to GC. A-OK. All go here. Time sink.
00:21:10T plus two minutes. Fifteen seconds. Cutoff. T plus three.
00:21:17Read you loud and clear. Confirm B-E-C-O at T plus three.
00:21:22We don't like Dr. Perry's pulse here.
00:21:28We'll have it made. We can only take the second stage into Earth only.
00:21:32Astra to GC. Read you.
00:21:36Thirty seconds to cutoff.
00:21:39Carol Price. This is Dr. Turner.
00:21:41Clear the air, Dr. Turner.
00:21:43How much time do we have before second stage cut-in?
00:21:45Clear the air.
00:21:46Doctor, you would have several minutes at low G before the second booster takes us into Earth's orbit.
00:21:52The ship's gravity control is on.
00:21:55Ground to Astra. Dr. Turner has a point.
00:21:58Before second stage cut-in.
00:22:00We are T plus two and forty-five seconds.
00:22:02We are T plus two and forty-five seconds.
00:22:07I'm going off for three.
00:22:08I'm going off for four.
00:22:10Do you want to go off for a second?
00:22:11Another thing.
00:22:12I am.
00:22:13I am.
00:22:14They've got a real long stretcher.
00:22:15I am.
00:22:16I am.
00:22:17I am.
00:22:18I am.
00:22:19I don't know.
00:22:29Kurt, sequence your checkouts.
00:22:31We've got two minutes before cut-in.
00:22:34Give me half a chi on the gravity neutralizer.
00:22:37You got it.
00:22:38Colonel, what about Dr. Perry?
00:22:48You'll have the chance.
00:22:49Dr. Perry must have pure oxygen.
00:23:00Now ask Aeromedical for his reading.
00:23:08Control to Astro.
00:23:09Your flight attitude is fair.
00:23:11Roll sequence is programming in, changing azimuth to 75 degrees northeast.
00:23:18Do you read?
00:23:19Master to GC, Roger.
00:23:26Take sequence 2-1 as follows.
00:23:30Cabin temperature 90, air pressure 5.5, relative humidity 36 degrees.
00:23:39Sequence 2-5 next.
00:23:43Danny, read off.
00:23:45Telemetry and tracking of green here.
00:23:47A little hash from shielding.
00:23:50Colonel, I warned you not to bypass those subsystem checks.
00:23:53Take it, Colonel.
00:23:55Auto guidance is sluggish.
00:23:58Manual override seems okay.
00:24:01Fitch axis is following computer control.
00:24:042 degrees per second.
00:24:06Man, over.
00:24:07Ground control to Astro.
00:24:08Dr. Turner, the AeroMed readings on Dr. Perry.
00:24:13Dr. Turner, you must let me run this ship.
00:24:16Faster to ground.
00:24:18Come in.
00:24:18You have one minute before firing second stage.
00:24:22Where is your fire commit data?
00:24:32Repeat.
00:24:33Where is your fire commit data?
00:24:37That's Perry's sequence.
00:24:38Major Bronski, get into your seat.
00:24:44We fire in less than a minute.
00:24:51Major Bronski!
00:24:56Capcom to Astra.
00:24:58Your heat exchanges and pressurization.
00:25:00Give status on sequencer units before program commit.
00:25:05Astro to Capcom.
00:25:06We are T plus 4 minutes and 10 seconds.
00:25:10What is your attitude for orbital entry?
00:25:13Are we hitting the slot?
00:25:15Capcom to Astra.
00:25:16We can't bring up your nose.
00:25:18Hit your overrides and fly by wire.
00:25:20You need 4 degrees vertical pitch.
00:25:23Throw the automatic tanks on manual.
00:25:25Bring us up.
00:25:26I'm on wire.
00:25:38That's it.
00:25:4015 seconds to second stage cut in.
00:25:44Major Bronski!
00:25:45Danny!
00:25:4615 seconds!
00:25:56Commit the sequencers
00:26:07on the gas generators.
00:26:15Committed.
00:26:17Everybody grab tight.
00:26:22Capcom to Astra.
00:26:24All lights green.
00:26:254, 3, 2, 1, 0.
00:26:29Go!
00:26:29Go!
00:26:40Bye!
00:26:44How are you doing?
00:26:46Come on!
00:26:47Come on!
00:26:56Alright!
00:26:56Good boy, Colonel. You're in the slot.
00:27:08Earth orbit established. Prepare for Venus launch at T plus 1100.
00:27:13Venus launch T plus 1100.
00:27:16T plus 11.
00:27:19They're moving us ahead again.
00:27:22Combustion sequence in.
00:27:23Purge valves green.
00:27:24Gas generators, full pressure.
00:27:27You're A-OK.
00:27:48You know, Dr. Perry might have lost his life if you hadn't...
00:27:52We're thinking of one life.
00:27:53The colonel was thinking of all of us.
00:27:56Escape velocity reducing to ballistic course speed.
00:27:59Dropping to 18,000 miles per hour.
00:28:04Cabin pressure up to 0.9 atmospheres.
00:28:09Set control to AGCS.
00:28:12And secure a final flight mark.
00:28:16And here we are.
00:28:17The old girl didn't pop a rivet.
00:28:20Venus.
00:28:22Open your arms.
00:28:24They sure pushed us out of Earth all that fast.
00:28:28I got a feeling there's something more than a war involved.
00:28:31You'll have plenty of time to ask them.
00:28:35Everybody get unplugged.
00:28:40Does she know why we're here?
00:28:44No.
00:28:45Are you going to tell her?
00:28:48I hope she never has to find out.
00:28:52Yes.
00:28:53What did you read on the Dopplerscope?
00:28:54It's been throwing out a good spectrum.
00:28:57The ship is declining.
00:29:13Velocity 17,500.
00:29:16I'd say we're 40,000 miles out.
00:29:18Put it in the ship's computer and see what we get, Doc.
00:29:19Right.
00:29:19Let's get these wires off, huh?
00:29:20Yeah.
00:29:21What's her name?
00:29:22Turner.
00:29:23She's a doctor, isn't she?
00:29:24Mm-hmm.
00:29:25Can't wait to take a look at the Dopplerscope.
00:29:26I'm going to take a look at the Dopplerscope.
00:29:27It's been throwing out a good spectrum.
00:29:28The ship is declining.
00:29:32Velocity 17,500.
00:29:36I'd say we're 40,000 miles out.
00:29:38Put it in the ship's computer and see what we get, Doc.
00:29:39Right.
00:29:41Let's get these wires off, huh?
00:29:44What's her name?
00:29:45Turner.
00:29:46She's a doctor, isn't she?
00:29:47Uh-huh.
00:29:48Can't wait to take inventory, huh, Kurt?
00:29:50I happen to think she knows more about this cruise shift
00:29:53than she's letting on.
00:29:55Danny, get me Astro Control.
00:29:57I want to talk to Dr. Haynes.
00:30:00Right.
00:30:05Hey, they've got us.
00:30:07Don't think about Russia and the U.S.
00:30:09The Chinese are at it again.
00:30:11That's news.
00:30:12Picking up a bomb of static.
00:30:14Must be the Van Allen belts.
00:30:15Or China.
00:30:16Or China.
00:30:17With her nuclear toys.
00:30:18What does that mean, Doc?
00:30:19Well, it's possible that new device they came up with.
00:30:23That's why the pig rumble.
00:30:24Well, that's my guess.
00:30:25Their principle could start an uncontrolled chain reaction.
00:30:29That is, if they're mad enough to try it.
00:30:34Doc, you'd better get your checkup.
00:30:35Oh, I'm much better, thanks.
00:30:37Much better.
00:30:38You know, for a while there, I thought I'd never make it.
00:30:41If it weren't for you, I'd probably...
00:30:43Thank Major Bronski and Danny.
00:30:45I don't know they'd make it like that anymore.
00:30:47Come on, Kurt.
00:30:49You have to bury these probes so deeply.
00:30:58It's less than a bee sting.
00:31:00You could not, Colonel Wright.
00:31:05I thought the proprieties were out.
00:31:07What then?
00:31:08At least let us get familiar with the routine.
00:31:10True, Doctor.
00:31:11We do have a long time ahead of us.
00:31:13And with only three personnel modules on this ship,
00:31:16we should get quite familiar with the routine.
00:31:19What is this?
00:31:21Sophisticated Americans suffering from false modesty.
00:31:24In Russia, we are more mature.
00:31:26Shall we proceed, Doctor?
00:31:31When you're through in here, Doctor.
00:31:38Coming, Kurt?
00:31:39Oh.
00:31:47Nice, huh?
00:31:50Katie.
00:31:51This isn't a hayride.
00:31:53We're here for a serious purpose.
00:31:55What could be more serious than a hayride?
00:31:57I don't think she realizes how serious this is.
00:32:01What are you two talking about?
00:32:07There you go, Major.
00:32:09I can't get over it.
00:32:23Putting females together with a male animal in a cage like this.
00:32:27What are we supposed to do for the next two years?
00:32:29Breed?
00:32:30How about some checkouts while communication is clear?
00:32:36You know something?
00:32:38Kurt could have a point here.
00:32:40What do you mean?
00:32:42Well, those Pentagon computers are pretty sharp.
00:32:45Sending us three women.
00:32:47Well, supposing China did destroy the world.
00:32:52There'd be nothing left for us to come back to.
00:32:55Come on, Doc. Your space had me.
00:32:57You've been reading the pulps again.
00:32:58Doomsday.
00:32:59Get him.
00:33:00Get him.
00:33:05Well, I mean, you guys aren't taking him seriously, are you?
00:33:07Those chopstick jockeys couldn't come off of the planet buster, could they?
00:33:10Look, it doesn't have to be the Chinese.
00:33:13Accidents could happen on any side.
00:33:15For the love of... increase of gravity.
00:33:20Right.
00:33:26A ham sandwich?
00:33:29The mustard.
00:33:36This is the first time I've seen the Earth and the Moon together from space.
00:33:40Of course, the Russian probes have photographed most of the solar system.
00:33:46Of course.
00:33:49I speak the simple truth, Comrade Rayson.
00:33:51So do I.
00:33:54And don't call me Comrade.
00:33:58First into space.
00:34:00First to set the record for manned orbital flight.
00:34:03First to...
00:34:04The question isn't what you did, but how.
00:34:06What do you mean?
00:34:07I saw one of your unannounced tries in Earth-Hulk.
00:34:11A ruptured Hulk with a corpse for a passenger.
00:34:14How many more are there?
00:34:15Perhaps, Captain Mason.
00:34:17We are more dedicated to science.
00:34:20To science?
00:34:22Ha!
00:34:23Hey, Kurt, lay off, will you?
00:34:24I can take care of myself, Lieutenant.
00:34:27I'm sure you can, Major.
00:34:28But if you ever need the reserves, just whistle.
00:34:33I'll be on the lower deck if I'm needed.
00:34:40He's not really a fink.
00:34:41He just acts like one.
00:34:43A what?
00:34:44Never mind.
00:34:45Never mind.
00:34:46Never mind.
00:34:47Never mind.
00:34:48I'm sorry.
00:34:49Hello.
00:35:14Enjoy your shower?
00:35:16Mmm. Love your homemade water.
00:35:29We do travel first class.
00:35:32Where's that music coming from?
00:35:35Our later-day Marconi seems to have broken through the static.
00:35:39Who? Oh, Danny. I think he's cute.
00:35:44If you like, boys.
00:35:52Say, I've been wondering, uh...
00:35:56You got a specialty?
00:35:57Uh-huh.
00:35:58Oh?
00:36:00Meteorology.
00:36:02Oh.
00:36:05Would you care to join me on a tour of the ship?
00:36:08See what makes it tick?
00:36:09I know what makes it tick.
00:36:11You do?
00:36:12Uh-huh.
00:36:14We're divorced.
00:36:17The final prize is separated from his wife at present.
00:36:21And Danny?
00:36:24Sweet.
00:36:27A merit badge for him.
00:36:30You do get around.
00:36:33You, uh, forgot Grandpa.
00:36:36Dr. Perry's age would protect me there.
00:36:40I wouldn't bank on it.
00:36:47Let's cut out the gains, huh?
00:36:49You know what's ahead of us.
00:36:51We're all going to be cozy together for a nice long time.
00:36:55Now why don't you relax?
00:36:58Enjoy it.
00:37:00Enjoy it.
00:37:13You're very forceful, aren't you?
00:37:15Do I, uh, need force?
00:37:18I was talking about vibration.
00:37:20Oh.
00:37:21How are yours doing?
00:37:24What do they say?
00:37:27I'm not sure, but I like them.
00:37:35They may like you.
00:37:40In time.
00:37:54Yeah, um.
00:38:09Uh-oh.
00:38:10Mhm.
00:38:41How's it going?
00:38:56Oh, you startled me.
00:38:59I'm finding a high DNA distortion rate due to hard radiation.
00:39:06Probably the Van Allen belt or solar flares.
00:39:09Speaking of flares, I wonder what happened to the fireworks back home.
00:39:18Well, I just thank God that any destruction was averted.
00:39:21I could have told them they were crazy.
00:39:26This whole mess was unnecessary.
00:39:28I mean bringing you women along.
00:39:32Some stargazer panicked and thought the world was going to end, didn't he?
00:39:37It was a joint recommendation of the National Security Committee and the Scientific Advisory Board.
00:39:42The President had to act before the Astra was launched.
00:39:45So in case the world did end, they figured a few people like you and me could do a rerun on Adam and Eve?
00:39:51Yes, something like that.
00:39:58Look, Colonel, we're only doing what we were ordered to do.
00:40:01And if it doesn't suit you, well, I'm very sorry.
00:40:04You know, without your glasses, you're a very pretty doctor.
00:40:07Oh, I'm sorry.
00:40:18I came to see about supper.
00:40:20Oh, it's the altitude.
00:40:22It works up the appetite.
00:40:26I'll help you, Katie.
00:40:28But, Doctor, Captain Mason has not, uh, got to me, as you say.
00:40:37Ah, there we are, folks, fresh off the space farm.
00:40:40I must confess, your country is certainly first in the culinary art of space cooking.
00:40:46Ah, that smells delicious, Danny.
00:40:56By the way, Major.
00:40:58Remember those Russian ghost ships that Kurt mentioned?
00:41:03I'd like to ask you...
00:41:04I know of no ghost ships.
00:41:07Well, there was an early Venus Pro.
00:41:09The, um, Isvestia 2, I believe.
00:41:13Yes, the Isvestia 2.
00:41:15That was lost in space.
00:41:18Well, its maneuvers were much too sophisticated for it to be unmanned.
00:41:23The Isvestia 2 was a robot ship.
00:41:26There were no men aboard.
00:41:27I see.
00:41:28Then it was purely coincidental that a certain Igor Mikanov just happened to disappear just about that same time.
00:41:36Igor Mikanov did not die in space.
00:41:39They would have told us.
00:41:42I knew him very well.
00:41:44He was my instructor in astronautical science.
00:41:47Yes, and he was also a very important party man.
00:41:54We do not mix politics with science.
00:41:57Will you interrupt?
00:41:58He was cut off.
00:42:11He was cut off.
00:42:22What's happening?
00:42:22Why the delay?
00:42:24A million miles out.
00:42:25It takes a few seconds for transmission to return while you see, Kurt.
00:42:29Nothing unusual.
00:42:30It's still there.
00:42:36What is it?
00:42:37My God.
00:42:46They did it.
00:42:50It's happened.
00:42:52Dear Wolf.
00:42:53Come on, everybody.
00:43:03What's all the big surprise about?
00:43:09Two years from now, when we get back.
00:43:11When we get back.
00:43:23If we get back.
00:43:27No.
00:43:29No.
00:43:30No.
00:43:36It's the one thing we feared.
00:43:39Nuclear chain reaction.
00:43:44Can't be.
00:43:47Yes.
00:43:48It is.
00:43:50No.
00:43:52No.
00:43:54No.
00:43:59That's static.
00:44:01It's radiation.
00:44:03No.
00:44:07Get me the filters.
00:44:09Bring it in close.
00:44:16Bring it in close.
00:44:26It's gone.
00:44:27Hold on.
00:44:38Hold on.
00:44:45Will you shut up?
00:44:49Tracy.
00:44:49Will you shut up?
00:44:50Shut up.
00:44:51Shut up.
00:44:51Shut up.
00:44:51Shut up.
00:44:51Shut up.
00:44:57Let's go.
00:45:23That should quiet her.
00:45:24What about you?
00:45:26Are you going to be all right?
00:45:28Yeah.
00:45:30I'm just so cold.
00:45:32So am I.
00:45:37Radiation.
00:45:38Yes, and it's rising.
00:45:40But that's not all, darling.
00:45:42Earth fragments.
00:45:43Great broken masses of land hurtling toward us at meteoric speed.
00:45:47Earth fragments, that's right, meteors.
00:45:49They'll have to change course if they get any closer.
00:45:52You and Kurt get the radiation shielding up.
00:45:53Right.
00:45:54We're going to make it.
00:46:13I hope so.
00:46:16I... I want to live.
00:46:21I want to live!
00:46:23Come on, Kurt.
00:46:27Get a hold of yourself.
00:46:29We all want to live.
00:46:34Danny.
00:46:35Danny, do you hear me?
00:46:38It's just been sitting there like that.
00:46:40He reminds me of my little brother, years ago, when he fell from the roof of the barn.
00:46:51He's going to be all right.
00:46:52Danny.
00:46:54Danny.
00:46:56Danny!
00:47:00What happened?
00:47:02He's all right.
00:47:03I'll be asked if you need me.
00:47:05I'm some astronaut.
00:47:14There's nothing to be ashamed of, Lieutenant.
00:47:16We are all very shaken up.
00:47:18You seem very calm.
00:47:19My years of training.
00:47:23Say, what made you become an astronaut?
00:47:25You ask because I'm a woman?
00:47:26Yeah.
00:47:27In my country, women follow the same professions as men.
00:47:30I excelled in science in the university.
00:47:35It was only natural that I should become a part of the space program.
00:47:39Were you interested in it?
00:47:40It never occurred to me to question.
00:47:43I followed the advice of my superiors.
00:47:46I was proud to be the only woman in a class with six men.
00:47:50Oh?
00:47:51Well, um...
00:47:53Don't you miss being a woman?
00:47:54I mean...
00:47:57I know what you mean.
00:48:00You know something, Danny?
00:48:03I like you.
00:48:04Do?
00:48:06Yes, Danny, I do.
00:48:23That's a lot better.
00:48:24That curtain cuts the radiation to about five percent.
00:48:34Flight crew, secure.
00:48:37Get into your seats.
00:48:39Meteors.
00:48:42Repeat.
00:48:43Secure.
00:48:45Meteors.
00:48:46Meteors.
00:48:47Come on, Mason.
00:48:51You okay?
00:48:52Yes, ma'am.
00:48:53Come on, then.
00:48:54Come on.
00:48:55Come on, Mason.
00:48:55Come on.
00:49:00Our suits.
00:49:01There's no time.
00:49:03We'll hold the cabin pressure at 0.9 atmospheres.
00:49:07Let's do it!
00:49:10What if we catch a hole in the hull?
00:49:13We've got emergency patches.
00:49:15Without suits, we'd never get a chance to use them.
00:49:17We'll get a chance to use them.
00:49:18Here we go.
00:49:30Will you cut that damned alarm?
00:49:31It's frightening enough!
00:49:32It's 15 degrees elevation, fast!
00:49:37We're not plotting.
00:49:38We'll get lost.
00:49:3915 degrees.
00:49:4315 degrees!
00:49:4415 degrees!
00:49:55How much reserve fuel can I use?
00:49:58We've got the hull return, Mooster.
00:50:00We're not going home, so shoot the work, Skipper.
00:50:02Why don't you shut up?
00:50:04Mason.
00:50:07We're clear.
00:50:09Drop us back 15.
00:50:10Cut the engines.
00:50:15Cut the engines.
00:50:16Save the fuel.
00:50:17I will.
00:50:19When you level out.
00:50:21Both of them.
00:50:31Way off course, but until this meteor traffic ends, we've got no other choice.
00:50:36How much fuel will we use, Skipper?
00:50:37We've used 20% of the third-stage tanks.
00:50:40And it'll take that much again to get us back on course.
00:50:43Mason, relax.
00:50:44It's the only fuel we would have used on the return trip, Doc.
00:50:48We need a new course.
00:50:49What we need is time to collect what brains we have left.
00:50:55What are we going to do?
00:50:58What's going to happen to us?
00:51:10How do you feel?
00:51:12How do you feel?
00:51:12Lousy.
00:51:13All right.
00:51:17Let's run a playback on this whole thing from the beginning.
00:51:19so fortunately for us they saw the end coming and reshuffled our crew
00:51:29in other words we've been paired off on a latter day noah's ark
00:51:35well there's nothing like facing the facts is there i've got myself railroaded into a stud poker
00:51:44game hey not bad eh kids who'd have thought of it katie carlson the girl who thought she had
00:51:53everything going for her now the future mother of a nation hey may an older man offer something
00:52:08the past is gone every second brings us closer to a new untouched world our world
00:52:19we're the lucky ones at least we have a tomorrow
00:52:26all right you got us back on course again all we have to do is slide down your orbit
00:52:46four months of free fall and we're home don can i talk to you alone sure don
00:52:52kirk uh-uh rank has no privileges anymore and no secrets
00:53:01it's all right doc go ahead all right
00:53:04we can't afford four months we've got to get there in less than two two
00:53:12impossible we drain the fuel we wouldn't have enough to make the venus entry
00:53:16the earth's explosion has tripled the radiation out there and it's non-directional we just
00:53:21can't shield it out it's mostly soft stuff alphas and betas the gamma concentration isn't critical
00:53:26yes i know but four months exposure to it'll mean just one thing sterilization
00:53:32hell do you find amusing
00:53:38procreation the only thing our damn machines can't do
00:53:44and we're gonna lose
00:53:51well i'm lost doc we can't land without fuel a few could
00:53:56by stripping the ship dropping the booster shell
00:53:59oh i know it sounds ridiculous to say that the weight of a few people
00:54:03could affect the safety of a 50 ton ship but i've checked and rechecked it on the computer
00:54:08and there's no other answer how few what
00:54:12yes georgiana i just came in to open the ispm switches
00:54:18danny and katie are doing maintenance on the digital units
00:54:22yes i asked him to check the stellar b registers
00:54:25we can't get a good fix on sirius
00:54:27i see
00:54:28how long was she standing there
00:54:35i don't know
00:54:39i don't know
00:54:45Georgiana?
00:54:47What is it?
00:55:15Well, that should do it.
00:55:21Those are tears.
00:55:45Something else you wanted?
00:56:03Uh-huh.
00:56:05Don't.
00:56:11Don't your vibrations ever stop.
00:56:14You know it has to be sooner or later.
00:56:17Why don't we make it sooner?
00:56:28God's sake, what are you trying to do?
00:56:31See if I couldn't guess.
00:56:33Take your hands off her.
00:56:35It's too damn crowded in this sardine can to be playing tag.
00:56:38I said take your hands off her.
00:56:44Bring it up.
00:56:48Basically I've had it with you.
00:56:50You straighten up or spend the next two months locked below.
00:57:00Come on forward.
00:57:02Dr. Perry has something to say to all of us.
00:57:05You see, the omnipresence of all this radiation leaves us no option.
00:57:21And we have to protect the three people who will survive.
00:57:27Three?
00:57:29Yes, three.
00:57:30So four of us will have to...
00:57:32That's right.
00:57:33Fuel and weight factors leave us no other choice.
00:57:36It's beyond despairing.
00:57:38Why should you despairing?
00:57:39Why should you despair?
00:57:41In a fire the mares are always saved, aren't they?
00:57:43Nothing ever changes in space or people.
00:57:46Okay, who decides what?
00:57:48We have everyone's Excel file.
00:57:50The computer will be programmed.
00:57:52Ha!
00:57:53Sex and the machine.
00:57:54Well, who does the programming?
00:58:03Dr. Perry.
00:58:04Objections?
00:58:24No.
00:58:25No.
00:58:26No.
00:58:27No.
00:58:28No.
00:58:29No.
00:58:30No.
00:58:53Vince.
00:58:56I'm going to go home.
00:58:57I hope...
00:58:59How close are we?
00:59:03Less than a million miles.
00:59:06In a few days now, we'll be entering into orbit around here.
00:59:11Only three of us.
00:59:14Only three.
00:59:19I hope you're one of them.
00:59:26I hope you are.
00:59:29I hope you're one of them.
00:59:34I started this trip.
00:59:35I had a whole world to choose from.
00:59:38Now.
00:59:40Now that's just me, huh?
00:59:43Just you and me.
00:59:59What's the answer?
01:00:06What?
01:00:08You're out of order, Captain.
01:00:13Pretty fancy programming, Doc.
01:00:14That information is for Colonel Price.
01:00:16Why?
01:00:17We're all in the same mess.
01:00:20You're going to love this.
01:00:24I know, Katie.
01:00:25You must be bitterly disappointed.
01:00:28No, not at all.
01:00:30It's almost biblical.
01:00:32A patriarch, Adam.
01:00:33Fatherly.
01:00:34Kindly.
01:00:36I think it's a fine choice.
01:00:43Amazing.
01:00:45The wisdom of an unemotional machine.
01:00:49That man represents a million years of knowledge for tomorrow's generation.
01:00:53You already buy it, huh?
01:00:58I don't care what that damn computer says.
01:01:01There's only going to be one decision.
01:01:03And I've made it.
01:01:06You and me, baby.
01:01:08You and me.
01:01:09I've waited long enough for you.
01:01:14You're mine.
01:01:18No one else is going to get their hands on you.
01:01:24Colonel Price!
01:01:26Colonel Price!
01:01:35You're crazy, Kurt.
01:01:36You know that? You're crazy.
01:01:37You don't want me.
01:01:39You and Mary.
01:01:41It's disgusting.
01:01:45Come here.
01:01:46Come here!
01:01:48If you ask for an impersonal decision,
01:01:49we must see the logic of it.
01:01:53Oh, John, I just don't know what to say.
01:01:57I'm happy for you and Katie.
01:01:59Besides, I'm the oldest.
01:02:01And that's it?
01:02:05The computer was programmed.
01:02:07It doesn't make errors.
01:02:08It's man-made, so it can make errors.
01:02:11We've become machine worshippers.
01:02:13Don't you see it?
01:02:14We're so used to flying on instruments.
01:02:15We don't know solid ground when we're standing on it.
01:02:18What are you trying to say?
01:02:20He's trying to say that you and Marian are very much in love.
01:02:23You're young and vital.
01:02:25Essential ingredients for an infant humanity.
01:02:27You're an animal.
01:02:28That's right, baby, an animal.
01:02:29We're all animals.
01:02:30No rules.
01:02:31No more pretension.
01:02:32Survive the game.
01:02:33Look out!
01:02:34No rules.
01:02:35No rules.
01:02:36No more pretension.
01:02:37Survive the game.
01:02:38Look out!
01:02:39Look out!
01:02:40No rules!
01:02:41No rules!
01:02:42No rules!
01:02:43No more pretension.
01:02:44Survive the game!
01:02:45Look out!
01:02:46Look out!
01:02:47What's the game?
01:02:49Look out!
01:02:51Look out!
01:02:52Thirdoof!
01:02:53Aaaaaah!
01:02:56Aaaaaah!
01:03:23Aaaaaah!
01:03:29Kurt!
01:03:30Katie!
01:03:31Would you come up forward, please?
01:03:33Captain Mason, Katie, do you hear me?
01:03:47My God!
01:03:53Katie!
01:03:55Kurt!
01:04:19No, no, not that.
01:04:20What is it?
01:04:21Five-year supply of food concentrates.
01:04:23They thought of everything, didn't they?
01:04:25Well, it's enough for this load anyway.
01:04:27Okay.
01:04:35Those are earth fragments.
01:04:37Entry should begin at once.
01:04:39Doc, we didn't reject the computer's decision.
01:04:41Why should you?
01:04:42Well, I consider it settled.
01:04:44You and Marion and Major Brodsky will carry on.
01:04:47Right, Danny?
01:04:48Right.
01:04:50I suppose I had stayed at home.
01:04:52At least this way I get a chance to wave goodbye.
01:04:57I've got to get my gear.
01:04:58I've got my gear.
01:05:02It'll be all right.
01:05:03Because it has to be.
01:05:07Danny, hold it.
01:05:08Nobody leaves the ship.
01:05:10It's all of us or nobody?
01:05:11What?
01:05:12You heard me.
01:05:13But that's suicide.
01:05:14The extra weight.
01:05:15We're going to chance it.
01:05:16But, Colonel!
01:05:17Hit the booster commit.
01:05:18That's in order.
01:05:22All right.
01:05:24Committed.
01:05:25Okay.
01:05:27In less than ten minutes,
01:05:28the last stage will blast free
01:05:30and we'll begin deceleration.
01:05:32Everybody secure.
01:05:35Look!
01:05:36Where are the boys?
01:05:37We never got my subsystem check out.
01:05:39The circuit's been shorted.
01:05:41There's a misalignment in the booster connect.
01:05:43Let me get it, Skipper.
01:06:00He will be all right, won't he?
01:06:02If the booster blast's free,
01:06:03he could use it as a raft.
01:06:04We're committed.
01:06:07We can't stop the sequence.
01:06:10You mean we can't get back to the ship?
01:06:12We'd be gone.
01:06:17Fasten your straps.
01:06:34And what can you throw them?
01:06:35We've used it when they go.
01:06:36You can't wait.
01:06:37But, you mean,
01:06:38when they go down.
01:06:40You can't wait!
01:06:41The risk is not right.
01:06:42You're not right.
01:06:43You're right.
01:06:44You're right.
01:06:45I'm a skilled guy.
01:06:46You don't even know.
01:06:47We've got all those folks.
01:06:48I do not know.
01:06:49You are very happy.
01:06:50You're right.
01:06:51But it's not right.
01:06:52Do not know.
01:06:53You're a selfish guy.
01:06:55You're a selfish guy.
01:06:56I never know.
01:06:57Are you getting the green light?
01:07:17Yes, but it's not holding.
01:07:20You've got four minutes, Bernal.
01:07:21Don, Dr. Perry, where's your Janet?
01:07:29She's gone.
01:07:32What's the problem, Danny?
01:07:33I'm trying, Skipper, but I haven't got enough mass to swing it.
01:07:38It's really jammed.
01:07:40Keep trying, Dan.
01:07:41Keep trying.
01:07:51That's it, Danny.
01:08:07You got it.
01:08:21We made it.
01:08:33Oh, thank God.
01:08:35After that.
01:08:37A hundred million miles from home and we ran out of gas.
01:08:43Georgie, why did you do it?
01:08:45You needed help, didn't you?
01:08:48I guess so.
01:08:49This is like sitting in Central Park on a warm summer's night.
01:08:56Have you ever been to Central Park?
01:08:58No, Danny, I've never been in Central Park.
01:09:01It was a beautiful place.
01:09:04It started at 59th Street.
01:09:07Hey, look!
01:09:11They're just meteoroids.
01:09:13No, no, over there!
01:09:14It's a miracle!
01:09:28A beautiful floating miracle!
01:09:32Come on!
01:09:34I'll see you.
01:09:45Okay, okay.
01:09:47We're gonna make it.
01:09:48¶¶
01:10:18¶¶
01:10:24Georgie, it's Russia.
01:10:26¶¶
01:10:34She's got solar cells.
01:10:36That means we've got electricity.
01:10:39¶¶
01:10:41This is the HF tier 2.
01:10:44¶¶
01:10:47I don't care if it's the Flying Dutchman.
01:10:50Let's go inside and repair the rigs.
01:10:53Come on.
01:11:17We've got some excess baggage.
01:11:25What is it?
01:11:27Looks like they're comfortable with it.
01:11:29I'm going to go.
01:11:30I'm going to go in with her.
01:11:31I don't care.
01:11:32I don't care.
01:11:33I don't care.
01:11:34I don't care.
01:11:36I don't care.
01:11:37I'm going to go into the HF tier 2.
01:11:39I don't care.
01:11:40I don't care about you.
01:11:41I'm a фотограф, too.
01:11:43You're wähling with one, too.
01:11:44I'm going to go down a trip.
01:11:45I'm going to go and York City.
01:12:17Well, at least we've got some oxygen, and emergency power from the batteries, what's left of them, there's no main power, and that means...
01:15:01Hey, we've got juice. We're on the air.
01:15:07Oh, Danny. I knew such a miracle couldn't be wasted. We're going to live.
01:15:13How's that for long shots, honey? Somebody's betting on us. We've got to win.
01:15:19Those systems ought to come on now like crazy.
01:15:22But first, let's see if we've got a home to go to.
01:15:25I think I can milk 108 megs out of this rig, even in Russian.
01:15:31Hello, Astra. This is the Asbestia 2 calling.
01:15:34Astra. Can you read me, Astra? Over.
01:15:37I don't believe it.
01:15:51Danny. Where are you?
01:15:54This is Astra calling.
01:15:56Astra too.
01:15:57Don't give up, Danny. Keep trying.
01:16:14Asbestia 2 to Astra. Come in, please. Over.
01:16:17Hello, Astra. Are you there? Come in, Astra. Answer me. Anybody. Please.
01:16:28Asbestia 2 calling Astra. Come in, please.
01:16:31Come in, Danny. Come in, you wonderful crazy.
01:16:37Do you hear me? Over.
01:16:39Our craft is operable.
01:16:41We need guidance for entry.
01:16:44We read your signal, Astra.
01:16:46It's faint, but we can beam in on it.
01:16:48Keep it coming.
01:16:50We're on our way.
01:16:51I'm switching to manual control.
01:17:01We're on our way.
01:17:03We're on our way.
01:17:04We're on our way.
01:17:05We're on our way.
01:17:06We're on our way.
01:17:07We're on our way.
01:17:08We're on our way.
01:17:09We're on our way.
01:17:10We're on our way.
01:17:11We're on our way.
01:17:12We're on our way.
01:17:13We're on our way.
01:17:14We're on our way.
01:17:15We're on our way.
01:17:16We're on our way.
01:17:17We're on our way.
01:17:18We're on our way.
01:17:19We're on our way.
01:17:20We're on our way.
01:17:21We're on our way.
01:17:22We're on our way.
01:17:23We're on our way.
01:17:24We're on our way.
01:17:25We're on our way.
01:17:27We're on our way.
01:17:28We're on our way.
01:17:29We're on our way.
01:17:30What?
01:17:37Danny, where are you?
01:17:47Georgie, activate the view screen.
01:17:49I want to see where I'm going if I'm taking this baby in by hand.
01:17:53I'm activating the image stabilizer.
01:17:56We're set on wide scan.
01:17:58We should be able to get reception from Venus shortly.
01:18:08Hello, Astra.
01:18:09All our systems are go.
01:18:12I'm reading your signal, but I'm not getting any audio transmission.
01:18:16Astra, I know you can read us.
01:18:18In two seconds, we're going to boost our reception.
01:18:28Stand by to confirm you're holding us on beam for our entry.
01:18:41Do you read?
01:18:42Over.
01:18:47Astra, Astra, what's happened?
01:18:49Where are you?
01:18:50We're picking up no signals from you.
01:18:54No, it's okay.
01:18:56We've got their signal.
01:18:57Or do we?
01:18:58There we go.
01:19:07It's okay.
01:19:07It's like a man, don't see your dog.
01:19:08So that's right.
01:19:10Here we go.
01:19:11Here you go.
01:19:13And you can see Yeah.
01:19:13Here we go.
01:19:15It's okay.
01:19:15Here you go.
01:19:16Here you go.
01:19:16Ask select your fingers.
01:19:17Here you go.
01:19:19Well last Text, Israel but we have already.
01:19:19Here you go.
01:19:20It's tricky.
01:19:21Here you go.
01:19:22'd buy you.
01:19:23Hello, Astra?
01:19:29Astra, where are you?
01:19:31Astra.
01:19:32Last of man's listeners.
01:19:42The craft you are attempting to communicate with no longer exists.
01:19:48Your sister craft no longer exists.
01:19:51The signal you are following is a warning.
01:19:56Had you been able to decipher its meaning,
01:19:59you would not have attempted to trespass on our world.
01:20:06Your world? Who are you?
01:20:09We are the collective minds of this world your craft now orbits.
01:20:26Be it enough for you to know that during the span of our evolution, our civilization has witnessed the birth and death of worlds and suns unfold.
01:20:37But enough. Your time is short. You may not enter our world.
01:20:47We have witnessed the self-destructive powers of the green planet you call Earth.
01:20:53We have no malice toward you.
01:20:56You have destroyed your place in the universe.
01:20:59Last of man, listen. Of this we will tell you.
01:21:20Your journey will continue.
01:21:23Something very strange and very great awaits you beyond the rim of the universe.
01:21:30And now, last of man, your journey will begin.
01:21:35The End
01:21:39THE END
01:22:09THE END
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