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ELENA:

Well... How's your lovely

wife?

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B20

CONTINUED:

FLOYD:

She's wonderful.

ELENA:

And your charming little daughter?

FLOYD:

Oh, she's growing up very fast.

As a matter of fact, she's six

tomorrow.

ELENA:

Oh, that's such a delightful age.

FLOYD:

How is gregor?

ELENA:

He's fine. But I'm afraid we

don't get a chance to see each

other very much these days.

POLITE LAUGHTER:

FLOYD:

Well, where are all of you off

to?

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B20

CONTINUED:

ELENA:

Actually, we're on our way back

from the moon. We've just

spent three months calibrating

the new antenna at Tchalinko.

And what about you?

FLOYD:

Well, as it happens, I'm on

my way up to the moon

SMYSLOV:

Are you, by any chance, going

up to your base at Clavius?

FLOYD:

Yes,as a matter of fact, I am.

THE RUSSIANS:

EXCHANGE:

SIGNIFICANT:

GLANCES:

FLOYD:

Is there any particular reason

why you ask?

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B20

CONTINUED:

SMYSLOV:

(pleasantly) Well, Dr. Floyd,

I hope that you don't think I'm

too inquisitive, but perhaps

you can clear up the mystery

about what's been going on up

there.

FLOYD:

I'm sorry, but I'm not sure

I know what you mean.

SMYSLOV:

Well, it's just for the past

two weeks there have been

some extremely odd things

happening at Clavius.

FLOYD:

Really?

SMYSLOV:

Yes. Well, for one thing,

whenever you phone the base,

all you can get is a recording

which repeats that the phone

lines are temporarily out of

order.

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B20

CONTINUED:

FLOYD:

Well, I suppose they've been

having a bit of trouble with

some of the equipment.

SMYSLOV:

Yes, well at first we thought

that was the explanation, but

it's been going on for the past

ten days.

FLOYD:

You mean you haven't been able

to get anyone at the base for ten

days?

SMYSLOV:

That's right.

FLOYD:

I see.

ELENA:

Another thing, Heywood, two

days ago, one of our rocket

buses was denied permission

for an emergency landing at

Clavius.

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B20

CONTINUED:

FLOYD:

How did they manage to do that

without any communication?

ELENA:

Clavius Control came on the

air just long enough to transmit

their refusal.

FLOYD:

Well, that does sound very odd.

SMYSLOV:

Yes, and I'm afaid there's

going to be a bit of a row about

it. Denying the men permission

to land was a direct violation of

the I.A.S. convention.

FLOYD:

Yes... Well, I hope the crew

got back safely.

SMYSLOV:

Fortunately, they did.

FLOYD:

Well, I'm glad about that.

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B20

CONTINUED:

THE RUSSIANS EXCHANGE

MORE GLANCES. ONE OF

THE WOMEN OFFERS

AROUND A PILL BOX.

ELENA AND ANOTHER

RUSSIAN TAKE ONE AND

THE THIRD RUSSIAN

DELCINES.

SMYSLOV:

Dr. Floyd, at the risk of pressing

you on a point you seem reticent

to discuss, may I ask you a

straightforward question?

FLOYD:

Certainly.

SMYSLOV:

Quite frankly, we have had some

very reliable intelligence reports

that a quite serious epidemic

has broken out at Clavius.

Something, apperently, of an

unknown origin. Is this, in

fact, what has happened?

A LONG, AWKWARD

PAUSE:

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B20

CONTINUED:

FLOYD:

I'm sorry, Dr. Smyslov, but

I'm really not at liberty to

discuss this.

SMYSLOV:

This epidemic could easily

spread to our base, Dr. Floyd.

We should be given all the

facts.

LONG PAUSE:

FLOYD:

Dr. Smyslov... I'm not

permitted to discuss this.

ELENA:

Are you sure you won't change

your mind about a drink?

FLOYD:

No, thank you... and I'm

afraid now I really must be

going.

ELENA:

Well, I hope that you and your

wife can come to the I.A.C.

conference in June.

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B20

CONTINUED:

FLOYD:

We're trying to get there. I

hope we can.

ELENA:

Well, Gregor and I will look

forward to seeing you.

FLOYD:

Thank you. It's been a great

pleasure to meet all of you...

Dr. Smyslov.

THE RUSSIANS ALL

RISE AND THERE:

ARE AD-LIBS OF

COURTESY:

FLOYD SHAKES HANDS

AND EXITS:

THE RUSSIANS EXCHANGE

A FEW SERIOUS PARA-

GRAPHES IN RUSSIAN

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B21

ARIES-IB IN SPACE.

EARTH MUCH SMALLER

THAN AS SEEN FROM

SPACE STATION:

NARRATOR:

The Aries-IB has become the

standard Space-Station-to-Lunar

surface vehicle. It was powered

by low-thrust plasma jets which

would continue the mild acceler-

ation for fifteen minutes. Then

the ship would break the bonds of

gravity and be a free and indepen-

dent planet, circling the Sun in an

orbit of its own.

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B21a

ARIES PASSENGER AREA.

FLOYD IS ASLEEP, STRETCHED

OUT IN THE CHAIR, COVERED

WITH BLANKETS WHICH ARE

HELD SECURE BY STRAPS

A STEWARDESS SITS AT THE

OTHER SIDE OF THE CABIN,

WATCHING A KARATE

EXHIBITION BETWEEN TWO

WOMEN ON TELEVISION

THE ELEVATOR ENTRANCE

DOOR OPENS AND THE

SECOND STEWARDESS ENTERS

CARRYING A TRAY OF FOOD

SHE BRINGS IT TO THE OTHER

STEWARDESS:

STEWARDESS ONE:

Oh, thank you very much.

STEWARDESS TWO:

I see he's still asleep.

STEWARDESS ONE:

Yes. He hasn't moved since we

left.

STEWARDESS TWO EXITS,

INTO ELEVATOR:

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B21b

ARIES GALLEY AREA.

STEWARDESS EXITS FROM

ELEVATOR, GOES TO

KITCHEN SECTION, REMOVES

TWO TRAYS, WALKS UP TO

THE SIDE OF THE WALL AND

ENTERS PILOT'S

COMPARTMENT:

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B22

ARIES-IB COCKPIT.

PILOT, CO-PILOT.

STEWARDESS ENTERS,

CARRYING FOOD:

PILOT:

Oh, thank you very much.

CO-PILOT

Thank you.

STEWARDESS SMILES.

PILOT:

(sighs) Well, how's it going

back there?

STEWARDESS:

Fine. Very quiet. He's been

asleep since we left.

PILOT:

Well, no one can say that he's not

enjoying the wonders of Space.

CO-PILOT

Well, whatever's going on up there,

he's going to arrive fresh and ready

to go.

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