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Thank you.

In position, Captain.

IGR 140 -280.

Right.

Take her up eight fathoms.

Prepare surface stations.

Blow tanks one through six.

Yes, sir.

Steady at eight fathoms, sir.

Right.

Nothing in sight. Prepare the surface.

Surface stations.

Maintain vigilant radar.

Watch for surface vessels.

Where are we, Lieutenant?

Right here, Captain.

Fine.

Well, we've made good time.

Hover cruise at 20 knots.

Steer of course 126.

Steer 126, speed 20 knots.

Tracking aerial set up, sir. Right.

This is skydiver to control. We have surfaced in position to check the

satellite.

Roger, skydiver.

What's happening, Captain?

I've got a feeling it's pretty important.

Commander Strake is putting this one close to his chest.

There's the signal.

I have

a

radar sighting.

Bearing 279.

Right.

Looks like a freighter. Take it down. Yep.

Die, die, die.

Skydiver to shadow control.

Shadow control.

We had to crash dive to avoid a surface vessel.

What was it? A freighter. But I'm sure they didn't see us.

Before we dived, we did manage to pick up the satellite.

It's orbit looked good.

Thank you, Skydiver. I'll tell Commander Straker.

How far is it now?

Around eight miles.

Do you think it'll work?

Well, I think so.

But then I always was a...

An eternal optimist.

Four minutes, Doctor.

Right.

Check area latitude.

Ten seconds to transmission check, sir.

There it is.

Smack on the nose.

The first transmissions are coming through, sir.

Signal strength 012 -147.

What's the distortion?

Minimal. Decimal 072.

Fine. Keep tracking.

I think Dr. Young was a little put out at not being able to see the results.

Yes.

Security is a word I don't like to throw at a man who goes out of his way to

cooperate. Maybe we could send him a couple of prints.

Let's wait and see if there's anything on the tape to print.

Bye -bye.

Look at that.

Look at that detail.

That's taken from nearly 500 miles out.

Fantastic quality.

Fantastic. Real breakthrough.

See this one here. Range 490 miles, magnification times 250.

It's like a helicopter shot.

Well, I'm convinced.

We'll throw everything we've got into getting this project approved.

How's it going, Kelly?

Pretty well, Commander.

In fact, the test run was so successful, there are very few modifications

needed.

That's quite a setup.

When can I tell the commission we'll be ready to go?

Three, four weeks. We just have to check out the link systems.

Good.

That's what I wanted to hear.

Oh, Commander.

Could I have a word with you?

Do you mind, John?

No, not at all.

What's on your mind?

Tomorrow you're going to ask the Astro Space Commission for a billion dollars.

Yes? For one of the most important projects Shadow has ever undertaken.

It's the first item on the agenda.

There are 53 others.

Mine's number 52. It comes right after how much do we spend on new coffee

machines.

Look, all I'm asking for is $50 ,000, and the chances are I won't get it. I

don't see how I can help you, Kelly. I think my project's important, sir.

You could help me. Now, wait a minute.

You've done a great job on the device.

But you're a group.

Group?

There are just two of us, Commander.

But with that $50 ,000, we could complete the development on the stereo

I'd like to help.

But I think you're looking the wrong way, Kelly.

Space.

That's where you should turn your talent.

Well, I hope you get your billion.

Oh, I'll get it.

It's a space project.

All very pretty.

But don't pull a bulldozer job in here, Straker.

I won't have to.

Nice to see you again.

Gentlemen.

The Financial Committee of the Outer Space Commission is in session.

Now, you all know Commander Stryker.

And by the billion -dollar cost estimate beside it, you will have realized that

the first project on the agenda is his.

Thank you, General.

Gentlemen, this drawing shows the standard B -142 space probe.

Now, the project will use a modified version of this spacecraft.

I'd like you to notice the dome structure here.

Now, from this cross -section, you'll see that it incorporates a device which,

in layman's terms, can best be described as an electronic telescope.

The principle is very simple.

It is a telescope which, instead of using light, operates with a stream of

electrons.

And it's capable of scanning with a magnification of up to times 2 ,500.

Lieutenant Masters.

These shots of the Earth were taken from an orbit between 450 and 500 miles out.

The electron telescope scans an area, radios the information back to Earth.

and the impulses are transmitted into these pictures.

And as you can see, the definition is as good as any normal photograph.

The tracking and homing mechanisms are also very elaborate, but they've been

fully tested and will enable the probe to home in on the planet from two

miles out.

I'm sorry to disillusion you, Straker, but I can get you great shots of the

Earth with a $2 camera from a balloon.

Yes, I should have been more explicit, General.

By the planet, I didn't mean Earth.

The purpose of the project, gentlemen, is to enable the probe to track and

follow a UFO to its origin.

To home in and get high -definition close -ups of the alien planet.

Now, my project is to launch a standard or a modified B -142 space probe.

and place it into a parking orbit around the moon.

Shadow don't have those kind of facilities.

No. We would have to use NASA for the launch.

Now, the telescope and the electronics are still on the secret list, so they

would have to be fitted by moon -based astronauts after the probe had been

placed in a parking orbit.

Well, find Forster and bring him into my office, will you, Alec?

Well, did they approve it?

We've got ourselves a deal.

We even got a time slot from NASA.

Oh.

Launch 7 -1 -2 in four weeks' time.

Well, that's great.

Yes, you could be a lot closer to some of the answers.

Well, there she is, ready to go.

Yeah.

You know, I've heard a lot in these last weeks.

Listen, have you got a pen?

Hmm?

Hmm.

I thought I'd just write out the check for 50 ,000.

Well, that's all right.

I can cash in some of the family jewels.

Anyway, there's always next year or the year after.

Well, she's all yours, Lieutenant.

I hope we get you those shots.

Yeah. I'll see you around.

Long day?

Long month.

Well, I think we're set.

Listen, I'm thinking of taking Keith Ford with me to moon base.

Good idea.

You're going to need all the help you can get.

Yes. Listen, Alec, you'd better keep all Earth -lunar communication down to a

minimum. Sure.

What's the situation on the launch?

The launch?

Well, I think we can safely leave that with NASA.

Give me a readout on the master computer.

Electronic readout.

A -OK.

Countdown continues at T minus four hours, 32 minutes, eight seconds.

Is that all power?

Go.

Water system.

Go.

Fuel system.

Go.

Elementary.

Go.

T minus three minutes.

We have green on all readouts.

T minus 60 seconds.

27, 26,

25, 24, 23, 22, 21.

Main stage ignition.

15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10,

9, 8, 7.

One. Zero.

We have

liftoff. We have liftoff.

C -plus 55.

C -plus 60.

B plus 65.

Looks good.

NASA reports the launch is successful, sir.

Moon base control to lunar module.

Switch to automatic LNS.

We'll bring you in by radio beam.

Touchdown, minus 27.

Right.

Moon base, Commander.

Thank you. If you come with me, I'll show you to your quarters. Oh, you two

along. Paul, let's go to control. I want to check on that space probe report.

Hello, Commander.

Lieutenant. Nina.

Joan. How's the flight?

Very smooth, thank you.

How's everything here?

Fine.

Lieutenant, do you have the space probe report?

Oh, good, good.

Apogee 0 .124 below requirement, but we can easily correct it.

I've, uh...

Worked out a rough schedule for the afterworld.

We understand the probe is to be modified in space.

Oh, this is great.

Well, we'll have to go through it together, of course.

I did say it was a rough schedule, sir.

Excuse me, sir.

No one on Moonbase knows the purpose of Project Discovery, as it has been

codenamed.

But I do know how hard some of you have worked on it.

As you know, a modified B -142 space probe has been placed into a parking

around the Moon.

Now, the first phase is to fit specialized equipment into the probe.

This equipment has already been shipped to Moonbase from Earth.

Phase two.

is to maneuver a UFO into a position where the probe can be activated into a

flight pattern which will enable it to follow the alien back to its origin.

When the probe gets within two million miles of its target, it will start to

transmit.

With luck, we should get the first close -up shot of another world.

It will be our first step in bringing the fight back to the alien planet.

An exciting situation, Lieutenant.

Yes, it is.

Look, you'd better get things set up as fast as possible.

Right.

Who's going out in the probe?

Colonel Foster and Lieutenant Masters.

Moon base control to lunar module.

Your flight pattern is go for rendezvous.

Right. Confirm one decimal four.

Zero two two four one seven.

Roger control. We have visual contact.

Onboard computer reads go for spacewalk.

We have green on all systems.

Moon base control to lunar module.

Confirm go for spacewalk.

About to board satellite.

Condition green.

Stage one complete.

Control to space team. Roger.

Great work, Paul.

Pass my congratulations on to your team.

I've asked you all here to explain the next and most vital phase of the

operation.

Now, the space probe is in orbit.

The equipment has been installed and fully tested.

Lieutenant Ellis?

The problem is to force the UFO into an orbit complementary to the space

probes. Then we can activate the tracking systems on the B -142 and

latch on to the UFO.

This will involve scheduling the interceptors very precisely.

We've made a computer study of UFO approaches, and the general pattern is

marked, as you can see.

Now, Lieutenant Ellis has compiled an interceptor schedule, but a lot of the

decisions will have to be made on the spot.

Does that mean we have to play this one by ear?

Right. Isn't that dangerous?

It involves a certain risk, Colonel.

A calculated risk, Lieutenant.

Based on a careful weighing of human factors as much as logic.

Well, all we have to do now is wait for a UFO.

Red alert.

UFO bearing 142 blue.

UFO maintaining course.

This is control.

I have a red alert.

I repeat, a red alert.

Have UFO on positive track 142 blue.

Speed, sol 8 decimal 35.

140, 139.

Sitter's just confirmed.

It's coming in on the predicted flight path.

Good.

Well, she's all yours, Lieutenant.

This is control to interceptors.

Immediate launch.

Repeat.

Immediate launch.

Right. Let's go.

how important this mission is.

Your controller will be Lieutenant Ellis.

Flight plans will be relayed by Lieutenant Ford.

UFO maintaining course.

Speed sol minus 8 .35.

UFO maintaining course and speed.

Stand by for onboard computer read -in.

0 -0 -1 -0 -2. 1 -3 -1 -9 -0 -1 -2 -4 -1 -4 -10.

Roger, Control.

UFO maintaining course bearing 1 -4 -2 -blue.

Range 18 million miles.

17 million miles.

Entering area red, 0 -8 -1.

There it is.

It's changing course.

UFO entering area red, 084, speed, sol 8 decimal 3 7.

We'll have to readjust the schedule.

Right.

Compute for new flight plan.

Right, sir.

Stand by for new flight plan.

0 -4 -2. 1 -4 -8.

2 -1 -4 -8.

Increase speed to Sol.

1 -1 -2 -7. Leader to 2 -3.

Alter course to 2 -1 -4 -8.

Roger, Leader.

Interceptors losing contact, sir.

We've got to turn it.

If we use a detonation here, the UFO will be forced to swing away onto this

of a course.

Tell the interceptors to explode a missile in area blue.

One, two, eight.

Control to interceptors.

Break formation.

We'll relay new flight plans.

Control to interceptors. Missile timing 1 -5, decimal 1 -8 seconds.

Thank you, Control.

Commencing missile sequence.

Firing minus 5, decimal 2 seconds.

Detonation positive.

It's altered course.

UFO entering area, blue 132.

Maintaining speed.

Crossing into blue 133.

It's coming round just right.

It's accelerating, sir. Decimal 38.

Decimal three nine.

You have to use the second missile, sir. Are you sure? Yes.

Right. Compute it. Yes, sir.

Missile in area blue two seven.

Should do it.

Order the missile launch.

Missile timing.

One zero four.

Zero one eight. Eight two six.

Roger.

Detonation confirmed, sir.

UFO veered to new course.

301.

Compute B142.

We'll link up in 4 -3 seconds.

Lieutenant? Oh, Commander Baker. How do you feel?

Fine, thanks.

How about a cup of coffee?

Yes, I'd like that.

How do you like your coffee?

No sugar.

Here's to Project Discovery.

Cheers.

You know, I want to thank you, Gay, for all the hard work you put into this

project and the long hours.

You know, I think you push yourself a little bit too hard.

You're doing a fine job, Gay.

A man's job, but you don't have to do it any better because you're a woman.

And don't ever forget, you're a very attractive girl.

Thanks for the coffee.

And thank you.

Lieutenant.

Colonel Foster.

Sir.

When do we leave?

1 ,800 hours tomorrow, sir.

Good.

Let me give you a piece of advice, Paul.

Don't ever judge a situation by the end of a conversation.

Lunar module takeoff, minus 18 minutes.

I just come in to say thank you, girls.

When will the first pictures be through, sir?

Well, the experts tell me four months, so let's hope that they're worth waiting

for. Goodbye.

Goodbye, sir.

Goodbye, Lieutenant.

Goodbye, Commander.

Okay.

The next time you're on Earth, Ferlo, drop in and see me.

Yes, I will.

They're coming through now, sir.

Right. Feed it through the decoder straight into printout.

Right, sir.

Fantastic. Look at that.

Tell the lab I want the preliminary report in 24 hours. Yes, sir.

We've got the answers, Alec.

We've got the answers.

I did say 24 hours, Kelly.

Yes, sir, but we hadn't had time to type up a report.

Then give it to me verbally.

There was a fault in the device.

A fault? Yes, sir. The range and magnification on each shot wasn't

Just what is that supposed to mean?

That means, except for superfluous detail, these shots tell us very little.

Look, what are you trying to sell me, Kelly?

Well, look at that. Look at that detail.

It must tell you something.

Yes, but was it taken from 500 or 100 miles?

With a magnification of 1 or 1 ,000? Oh, come on.

Look, if I take a picture of a girl from 3 feet or 100 yards, I can still see

it's a girl.

I want to show you something, Commander.

Now, whatever the range, that's the shot of the alien planet.

A close -up of the surface.

Yes. And I'm no expert, but that must be some form of vegetation.

Some form of vegetation, you think? You could be right.

Well, why don't we take another look?

Now, let's pull back.

You'll notice the curvature of the horizon.

Well, surely from that we can work out an approximation of the overall size.

Let's pull back a little more.

What is this, Kelly? Some sort of joke?

You said earlier, Commander, you could recognize a girl from three feet or a

hundred yards.

What about when the shot is from 30 inches, with a magnification varying

to 10 ,000?

Hello, Commander.

Lieutenant. Thank you. You can relax now.

Hold it there a moment, will you, Lieutenant?

Magnification zero.

Times ten.

One hundred.

A thousand.

Not the most flattering of pinups.

Nor the best way to spend a furlough.

Thanks for all your help, Gayle. Pleasure.

Goodbye, Commander.

Lieutenant.

Yes.

I'm beginning to see the problem.

I'd like you to have a look at that monitor.

What would you say this is, Commander?

Well, before your demonstration, I would have said a lava formation of some

kind.

Actually, it's a section of fractured polystyrene.

It's incredible.

Here's another.

From the structure in the center, it could be a building.

In fact, Commander, it's a grain of pollen.

Another shot which could well be taken for a strange rock formation.

Yes, I have to agree.

Puffed wheat, sir.

Without knowing details of range and magnification, the lava flow becomes a

piece of shattered polystyrene.

Magnification times 2155.

A pollen grain becomes a futuristic building, and a grain of puffed wheat, a

rock formation.

Tell me, how are these shots produced?

Well, microphotography is well established, but the secret is three

effect, the depth of focus.

It's been known for 25 years, but it needs development.

So, while we've all been looking into outer space,

men like you have been sitting on this, inner space.

Your pet project.

Yes.

It's a vast area, almost completely unexplored.

But I believe it'll give us the answers to some of the basic questions about the

universe. And even life itself.

Well, maybe we've all been looking the wrong way.

You know, when you really think about it, everything in this office,

every object, even a...

A speck of dust contains billions of particles.

And each particle is made up of millions of atoms.

A whole universe within these four walls.

I walk along a beach, stand with millions of grains of sand beneath my

It's everything we know.

This office.

Our world.

The vastness of space itself, inside one grain of sand on another beach,

on another world, in another universe.

Space is infinite, both ways, outward and inward.

You can tell Kelly you'll get his appropriation.

Maybe more than he expects.

I get the picture.

A greatly magnified picture, General.

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