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convinced the Authority...
And who convinced Cronin? You?
A Iong time ago, the Supreme
Council issued an order
that the final objective of this project
was to be the planet Mars.
You were present at all
those discussions.
The moon was never anything
more than just a test hop.
Now the orders are to eliminate the
test and proceed with the original plan.
Time makes it imperative.
There's only one man who can
take that ship to another planet
and bring it back,
the man who built the Wheel.
To gamble the Iives
of a crew of men...
...on as senseless a mission as this...
...is callous. It's stupid!
Stupid or callous it may
seem to be at this time.
It is not senseless.
Man's very survival on Earth
depends upon the success
of this or some future search
for a new source of raw materials.
General Samuel T. Merritt.
A very imposing title...
...for a tombstone.
The orders are naturally contingent
to your acceptance, general.
You can refuse.
When do we Ieave?
You're going?
an order, captain.
I never have either, sir...
...until now.
When do we Ieave?
to Ieave the Wheel...
...proceed to the moon...
...orbit for observation, make a
Ianding and return to base.
These orders have
now been cancelled.
We're not going to the moon.
Mr. Fenton has brought
us a new directive.
Our time of departure will be
1 1 :
36 tomorrow morning.Our destination, the planet Mars.
Now, that time of departure, both for
the outer trip from the Wheel to Mars
and for the return from Mars to
the Wheel, is most important.
We must arrive at the Martian orbit
at the exact time when it
is occupied by the planet.
Obviously, the same precision
of timing applies for our return.
Now, you five men have been chosen
after intensive competitive
examinations.
For the past year,
you have been receiving
special training and instruction
The ship, however, can accommodate
only two officers and three crew men.
I have been assigned
as commanding officer.
trip will be voluntary.
Since Captain Merritt
has already volunteered,
there are only three berths Ieft open.
Two of you, then, are going
to be disappointed.
I can take it, sir.
Before I ask for volunteers, I should
Iike to state my own preferences.
You're all fine men.
Final selection will be made on
the basis of special qualifications.
- Sergeant Siegle.
- Yes, sir?
I don't think there's a man
on the Wheel
with Iess formal education
than you possess.
Yes, sir. I'm sure ignorant, sir.
Nor one with a better knowledge
of advanced electronics.
I should Iike to have you along.
Sergeant Imoto...
...you're a graduate of
Osaka University,
with two years of postgraduate work
at the Colorado School of Mines.
That knowledge is valuable.
Sergeant Fodor, two years of
medicine in Vienna, right?
You're both needed.
Before any of you accept, I should
Iike to make it unmistakably clear...
...that the dangers of this journey
that the Space Corps
or your own governments
have any right to ask of you.
I can give you confounded Iittle reason
for this attempt to reach Mars...
...and no assurance at all
that it will even be successful.
It's my personal conviction that no
one but an idiot would volunteer.
the sanity of anyone who does.
AII right.
We've all got it straight.
Who wants to go?
Is it permitted to disagree
with the general, sir?
Of course, sergeant.
In my humble opinion, sir, there is
an excellent reason for this voyage.
Well, suppose you tell us about it.
Some years ago, my country
chose to fight a terrible war.
It was bad. I do not defend it.
But there were reasons.
Somehow those reasons
To the Western world at that time,
Japan was a fairy-book nation.
Little people Iiving in a strange
Iand of rice-paper houses.
People who had almost no furniture...
...who sat on the floor
and ate with chopsticks.
The quaint houses of rice paper, sir,
they were made of paper because
there was no other material available.
as cold as they are in Boston.
And the chopsticks?
There was no metal for forks
and knives and spoons,
where slivers of wood could suffice.
So it was with the Iittle
people of Japan,
Iittle as I am now.
Because for countless generations,
we have not been able to produce
the food to make us bigger.
Japan's yesterday will be
the world's tomorrow.
Too many people and too Iittle Iand.
That is why I say, sir, there is
urgent need for us to reach Mars...
...to provide the resources
the human race will need...
...if they are to survive.
That is also why I am most grateful
to be found acceptable, sir.
I volunteer.
Thank you, Sergeant Imoto.
You're not a Iittle man.
Anyone else?
Look, general, sir...
...you wouldn't want these helpless
infants along on a mission Iike this.
soldiers Iike ourselves...
You're not going, Mahoney.
I'm within me rights
to demand a reason.
You're 20 years too old.
Too old?
than you, Sam Merritt,
and with twice the endurance.
Who was it carried you
on his back for seven miles
after the battle of BIoody Hill in 1952,
when all the breath you had Ieft in you
wasn't enough to blow out a candle
- in a Halloween pumpkin!
- Now, I said no, Mahoney.
Now, you angled your way onto
this Wheel against my specific orders,
and you're not gonna
bull your way onto the Spaceship.
And if you say another word,
I'm gonna have you thrown
into solitary for a month.
And tied to a wheelchair
when you get out.
I'II go, sir.
Well, sir...
Well, I'd hate to see everybody eat
with chopsticks, so... Check!
To you men, our thanks,
for your patience
and all your sacrifices.
The Earth rocket Ieaves in two hours.
Get packed, huh?
Dismissed.
- Speechmaker.
- Chopstick.
Get down in front!
I'm mad about a sheik
I must have his embrace
When he's near me
Dear me
I'll tell him to his face
Oh, Ali Baba, be my baby
Take me by the hand
Maybe we'll make love, huh, maybe
On the desert sand
On the desert sand
Come into my tent
No.
- We couldn't have that kind of Iuck.
- Ali Baba, sell your harem
Why pay all that rent?
- Or could we?
- Send your harem, harum-scarum
- After all, if there's Iife...
- Come into my tent
...there's always the female
of the species.
Forget the lady waiting in Persia
I'm the girl who really prefers you
- Yes, but what species?
- When a dreamy melody stirs you
- You just come to me
- Yeah.
Try to tempt you back in Morocco
But I'll chase them off of the block
Oh, you belong to me
Ali Baba, be my baby
I'm at your command
Maybe make some love, huh, maybe
On the desert sand
On the desert sand
On the desert sand
We interrupt this program
to take you now to the press room
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