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B22

CONTINUED:

PILOT:

I wonder what really IS going on

up there?

CO-PILOT

Well, I've heard more and more

people talk of an epidemic.

PILOT:

I suppose it was bound to happen

sooner or later.

CO-PILOT

Berkeley told me that they think

it came from contamination on a

returning Mars flight.

PILOT:

Yes, well, whatever it is, they're

certainly not fooling around. This

is the first flight they allowed

in for more than a week.

CO-PILOT

I was working out what this trip

must cost, taking him up there

by himself and coming back empty.

PILOT:

I'll bet it's a fortune.

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B22

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CO-PILOT

Well, at ten thousand dollars a

ticket, it comes to the better part

of six hundred thousand dollars.

PILOT:

Well, as soon as he wakes up,

I'm going to go back and talk to

him. I must say, I'd like to

find out what's going on.

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B23

ARIES-IB IN SPACE.

MOON VERY LARGE.

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B24

ARIES-IB PASSENGER

AREA. FLOYD FINISHING

BREAKFAST.

PILOT ENTERS.

PILOT:

Well, good afternoon, Dr. Floyd.

Did you have a good rest?

FLOYD:

Oh, marvellous. It's the first

real sleep I've had for the past

two days.

PILOT:

There's nothing like weightless

sleep for a complete rest.

FLOYD:

When do we arrive at Clavius?

PILOT:

We're scheduled to dock in about

seven hours. Is there anything

we can do for you?

FLOYD:

Oh, no, thank you. The two

girls have taken wonderful care

of me. I'm just fine.

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B24

CONTINUED:

PILOT:

Well, if there is anything that you

wnat, just give a holler.

FLOYD:

Thank you.

PILOT:

Incidentally, Dr. Floyd, I wonder

if I can have a word with you about

the security arrangements?

FLOYD:

What do you mean?

PILOT:

Well... the crew is confined to

the ship when we land at Clavius.

We have to stay inside for the

time it take to refit - about

twenty-four hours. And then

we're going to back empty.

FLOYD:

I see.

PILOT:

I take it this is something to do

with the trouble they're having

up at Clavius?

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B24

CONTINUED:

FLOYD:

I'm afraid that's out of my depart-

ment, Captain.

PILOT:

Well, I'll tell you why I ask. You

see, I've got a girl who works in

the Auditing Department of the

Territorial Administrator and I

haven't been able to get her on

the phone for the past week or so,

and with all these stories one

hears, I'm a little concerned

about her.

FLOYD:

I see. Well, I'm sorry about that.

I wouldn't think there's any cause

for alarm.

PILOT:

Yes, well, I wouldn't have been

too concerned about it, except

I've heard these stories about the

epidemic and, as a matter of fact,

I've heard that ten people have

died already.

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B24

CONTINUED:

FLOYD:

I wish I could be more helpful,

Captain, but as I've said, I don't

think there's any cause for

alarm.

PILOT:

Well, fine. Thanks very much,

anyway, and I hope you don't

mind me asking?

FLOYD:

No, of course, Captain, I can

understand your concern.

PILOT:

Well, thank you very much, and

please let us know if there is

anything we can do to make your

trip more comfortable.

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B25

ARIES-IB CLOSER TO MOON

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B26

FLOYD GOES TO ARIES-IB

WASHROOM AND LOOKS AT

THE VERY LONG LIST OF

COMPLICATED INSTRUCTIONS

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B27

ARIES-IB CLOSER TO MOON

DISSOLVE:

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B28

FLOYD VISITING ARIES-IB

COCKPIT. WEIGHTLESS

TRICK ENTRANCE.

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B29

ARIES-IB ORBITING MOON.

NARRATOR:

The laws of Earthly aesthetics did

not apply here, this world had been

shaped and molded by other than

terrestrial forces, operating over

aeons of time unknown to the young,

verdant Earth, with its fleeting

Ice-Ages, its swiftly rising and

falling seas, its mountain ranges

dissolving like mists before the

dawn. Here was age inconceivable

- but not death, for the Moon had

never lived until now.

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B30

ARIES-IB COCKPIT - THE

CREW AND DOCKING

CONTROL PEOPLE ON THE

MOON GO THROUGH THEIR

DOCKING ROUTINE. THIS

HAS THE RITUALISTIC TONE

AND CADENCE OF PRESENT-

DAY JET LANDING:

PROCEDURE. WE ONLY HEAR

DOCKING CONTROL.

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B31

ARIES-IB DECENDING.

SEE AIR VIEW OF BASE.

NARRATOR:

The Base at Clavius was the first

American Lunar Settlement that

could, in an emergency, be

entirely self-supporting.

NARRATOR:

Water and all the necessities of

life for its eleven hundred men,

women and children were produced

from the Lunar rocks, after they

had been crushed, heated and

chemically processed.

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B32

A GROUND BUS NUZZLES UP

TO COUPLING SECTION OF

ARIES-IB

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B33

INSIDE GREAT AIRLOCK

ENTRANCE. GROUND BUS

PULLS IN. GIANT DOORS

CLOSE BEHIND IT.

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B34

INSIDE SECOND AIRLOCK.

DOORS OPEN AFTER OUT-

SIDE SECTION DOORS ARE

CLOSED. GROUND BUS

PULLS IN. DOORS CLOSE

BEHIND IT. SEE PEOPLE

WAITING IN GLASSED-IN

SECTION WAITING FOR

SECOND AIRLOCK DOORS

TO CLOSE.

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B35

LOW GRAVITY:

GYMNASIUM TRICK:

WITH CHILDREN.

NARRATOR:

One of the attractions of life on the

Moon was undoubtedly the low

gravity which produced a sense

of general well-being.

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B36

CHILDREN IN SCHOOL.

TEACHER SHOWING THEM

VIEWS OF EARTH AND MAP

OF EARTH.

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