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FLOYD
Yes, well... Pick out a nice one
for me, a friendly one, and I'd
like it delivered tomorrow.
VISION SALES GIRL
Certainly, sir. Just let us have
your name and Bank identification
for V.P.I., and then give the
name and address of the person
you'd like the pet delivered to
and it will be delivered tomorrow.
SOME TIME DURING
THIS CONVERSATION,
FLOYD SEE ELENA,
SMYSLOV AND THE
OTHER TWO RUSSIANS
PASS HIS VISION PHONE
WINDOW. ELENA TAPS
AND MIMES "HELLO",
GESTURING TOWARD A
TABLE BEHIND FLOYD
WHERE THEY ALL SIT
DOWN
FLOYD
Thank you very much. Floyd,
Heywood, R., First National
Bank of Washington. Please
deliver to Miss Josephine
Floyd, 9423 Dupre Avenue,
N.W.14.
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B19
CONTINUED
VISION SALES GIRL
Thank you very much, sir. It
will be delivered tomorrow.
12/7/65 b27a
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B20
SPACE STATTION 5 - LOUNGE
FLOYD
Well, how nice to see you again,
Elena. You're looking wonderful.
ELENA
How nice to see you, Hyewood.
This is my good friend, Dr.
Heywood Floyd. I'd like you
to meet Andre Smyslov...
SMYSLOV AND THE TWO
OTHER RUSSIAN WOMEN
STAND UP AND SMILE
THEY SHAKE HANDS
AFTER INTRODUCTION
AND AD-LIB 'HELLOS'
ELENA
And this is Dr. Kalinan...
Stretyneva...
THE RUSSIANS ARE
VERY WARM AND
FRIENDLY.
SMYSLOV
Dr. Floyd, won't you join us
for a drink?
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B20
CONTINUED
FLOYD
I'm afraid I've only got a few
minutes, but I'd love to.
THERE IS A BIT OF
CONFUSION AS ALL
REALISE THERE IS
NOT ENOUGH ROOM
FOR ANOTHER
PERSON AT THE TABLE.
SMYSLOV OFFERS FLOYD
HIS CHAIR
AND BORROWS
ANOTHER FROM A NEARBY TABLE
SYMYSLOV
What would you like to drink?
FLOYD
Oh, I really don't have time
for a drink. If it's all right
I'll just sit for a minute and
then I've got to be off.
SMYSLOV
Are you quite sure?
FLOYD
Yes, really, thank you very
much.
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.
12/14/65 b35
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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.
12/14/65 b36
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B22
CONTINUED
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.
10/4/65 b37
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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.
12/14/65 b38
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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?
12/14/65 b39
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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.
12/14/65 b40
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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.
12/14/65 b40a
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B25
ARIES-IB CLOSER TO MOON
10/4/65 b41
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B26
FLOYD GOES TO ARIES-IB
WASHROOM AND LOOKS AT
THE VERY LONG LIST OF
COMPLICATED INSTRUCTIONS
10/4/65 b42
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B27
ARIES-IB CLOSER TO MOON
DISSOLVE:
10/4/65 b43
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B28
FLOYD VISITING ARIES-IB
COCKPIT. WEIGHTLESS
TRICK ENTRANCE.
10/4/65 b44
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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.
10/4/65 b45
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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.
10/4/65 b47
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B32
A GROUND BUS NUZZLES UP
TO COUPLING SECTION OF
ARIES-IB
10/4/65 b48
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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.
10/4/65 b50
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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.
NARRATOR
The personnel of the Base and their
children were the forerunners of new
nations, new cultures that would
ultimately spread out across the
solar system. They no longer
thought of Earth as home. The
time was fast approaching when
Earth, like all mothers, must say
farewell to her children.
DISSOLVE:
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B37
LARGE CENTRAL
RECEPTION AREA. DOORS
BRANCHING OFF TO DIFF-
RENT MAIN HALLS. SMALL
POND WITH PLASTIC WHITE
SWAN AND A BIT OF GRASS.
A FEW BENCHES WITH THREE
WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN
HAVING OUTING.
FLOYD AND WELCOMING
PARTY WALK THROUGH
AFTER EXITING ELEVATOR.
HALVERSON, MICHAELS
AND FIVE OTHERS.
FLOYD
(voice echoing) I must congratulate
you Halvorsen. you've done wonder-
ful things with the decor since the
last time I was here.
HALVORSEN
(voice echoing) Well... thank you,
Dr. Floyd. We try to make the
environment as earthlike as possible.
DISSOLVE:
10/5/65 b53
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B38
LOW CEILING CONFERENCE
ROOM, "U" SHAPED TABLE
FACING THREE PROJECTION
SCREENS. SEATED AROUND
THE TABLE ARE TWENTY
SENIOR BASE PERSONNEL.
HALVORSEN
Ladies and gentlemen, I should
like to introduce Dr. Heywood
Floyd, a distinguished member
of the National Council of
Astronautics. He has just
completed a special flight here
from Earth to be with us, and
before the briefing he would
like to say a few words. Dr.
Floyd.
POLITE APPLAUSE. FLOYD
WALKS TO FRONT OF ROOM.
FLOYD
First of all, I bring a personal
message from Dr. Howell, who
has asked me to convey his
deepest appreciation to all of
you for the personal sacrifices
you have made, and of course
his congratulations on your
discovery which may well prove
to be among the most significant
in the history of science.
POLITE APPLAUSE.
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B38
CONTINUED
FLOYD (cont'd)
Mr. Halvorsen has made known
to me some of the conflicting
views held by many of you
regarding the need for complete
security in this matter, and
more specifically your strong
opposition to the cover story
created to give the impression
there is an epidemic at the Base.
I understand that beyond it being
a matter of principle, many of
you are troubled by the concern
and anxiety this story of an
epidemic might cause your
relatives and friends on Earth.
I can understand and sympathize
with your negative views. I have
been personally embarrassed by
this cover story. But I fully
accept the need for absolute
secrecy and I hope you will.
It should not be difficult for all
of you to realise the potential for
cutural shock and social
disorientation contained in the
present situation if the facts
were prematurely and suddenly
made public without adequate
preparation and conditioning.
11/25/65 b55
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B38
CONTINUED
FLOYD
This is the view of the Council
and the purpose of my visit here
is to gather addition facts and
opinions on the situation and to
prepare a report to the Council
recommending when and how the
news should eventually be
announced. Are there any
questions?
MICHAELS
Dr. Floyd, how long do you think
this can be kept under wraps?
FLOYD
(pleasantly)
I'm afraid it can and it will be
kept under wraps as long as it
is deemed to be necessary by
the Council. And of course you
know that the Council has requested
that formal security oaths are to
be obtained in writing from every-
one who had any knowledge of this
event. There must be adequate
time for a full study to be made
of the situation before any con-
sideration can be given to
making a public announcement.
11/25/65 b56
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B38
CONTINUED
HALVORSEN
We will, of course, cooperate
in any way possible, Dr. Floyd.
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B39
SEVERAL SCENIC VIEWS OF
MOON ROCKET BUS SKIMMING
OVER SURFACE OF MOON.
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B40
INSIDE ROCKET BUS,
FLOYD, HALVORSEN,
MICHAELS, FOURTH
MAN, PILOT AND
CO-PILOT. ALL IN
SPACE SUITS MINUS
HELMETS.
FLOYD IS SLOWELY
LOOKING THROUGH
SOME PHOTOGRAPHS
AND MAGNETIC
MAPS OF THE AREA.
HE LOOKS OUT OF
THE WINDOW,
THOUGHTFULLY.
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B40
CONTINUED
THE PHOTOGRAPHES
ARE TAKEN FROM A
SATELLITE OF THE
MOON'S SURFACE
AND HAVE NUMBERED
OPTICAL GRID
BORDERS, LIKE
RECENT MARS
PHOTOS.
A FEW SEATS
AWAY, MICHAELS
AND HALVORSEN
CARRY OUT A VERY
BANAL ADMINISTRATIVE
CONVERSATION IN LOW
TONES. IT SHOULD
REVOLVE AROUND
SOMETHING UTTERLY
IRRELEVANT TO THE
PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES
AND VERY MUCH LIKE
THE KIND OF DISCUSSION
ONE HEARS ALL THE
TIME IN OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS.
DISSOLVE:
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B41
TMA-1 EXCAVATION.
AIR VIEW. ROCKET
BUS DESCENDING.
THERE ARE NO LIGHTS
ON THE ACTUAL EXCA-
VATION, ONLY THE
LANDING STRIP AND
THE MONITOR DOME.
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B42
LONG SHOT MONITOR DOMES
WITH A BIT OF EXCAVATION
IN SHOT. SIX SMALL FIGURES
IN SPACE SUITS SLOWLY WALK
TOWARD EXCAVATION.
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B43
THE PARTY STOPS
AT TOP OF TMA-1
EXCAVATION.
A SMALL CONTROL
PANEL MOUNTED AT
THE HEAD OF THE
RAMP. MICHAELS
THROWS A SWITCH
AND THE EXCAVATION
IS SUDDENLY ILLUMINATED.
HALVORSEN
Well, there it is.
FLOYD
Can we go down there closer to
it?
HALVORSEN
Certainly.
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B44
THEY START DOWN
WORKING RAMP
FLOYD
Does your geology on it still
check out?
MICHAELS
Yes, it does. The sub-surface
structure shows that it was
deliberately buried about four
million years ago.
FLOYD
How can you tell it was
deliberately buried?
MICHAELS
By the deformation between
the mother rock and the fill.
FLOYD
Any clue as to what it is?
MICHAELS
Not really. It's completely
inert. No sound or energy
sources have been detected.
The surface is made of
something incredibly hard
and we've been barely able
to scratch it. A laser drill
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B44
CONTINUED
MICHAELS
might do something, but we
don't want to be too rough until
we know a little more.
FLOYD
But you don't have any idea as
to what it is?
MICHAELS
Tomb, shine, survey-marker
spare part, take your choice.
HALVORSEN
The only thing about it that we are
sure of is that it is the first direct
evidence of intelligent life beyond
the Earth.
SILENT APPRECIATION
HALVORSEN
Four million years ago, something,
presumably from the stars, must
have swept through the solar
system and left this behind.
11/25/65 b64
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B44
CONTINUED
FLOYD
Was it abandoned, forgotten, left
for a purpose?
HALVORSEN
I suppose we'll never know.
MICHAELS
The moon would have made an
excellent base camp for
preliminary Earth surveys.
SOME MORE SILENCE
FLOYD
Any ideas about the colour?
MICHAELS
Well, not really. At first glance,
black would suggest something
sun-powered, but then why would
anyone deliberately bury a sun-
powered device?
FLOYD
Has it been exposed to any sun
before now?
MICHAELS
I don't think it has, but I'd
like to check that. Simpson,
what's the log on that?
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B45
INSIDE MONITOR DOME
WE SEE A NUMBER OF
TELEVISION DISPLAYS
INCLUDING SEVERAL TV
VIEWS OF FLOYD AND
COMPANY IN THE
EXCAVATION.
SIMPSON
The first surface was exposed at
0843 on the 12th April... Let me
see... that would have been
forty-five minutes after Lunar
sun-set. I see here that
special lighting equipment had
to be brought up before any
futher work could be done.
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B46
TMA-1 EXCAVATION
MICHAELS
Thank you.
FLOYD
And so this is the first sun that
it's had in four million years.
PHOTOGRAPHER
Excuse me, gentlemen, if you'd
all line up on this side of the
walkway we'd like to take a few
photographes. Dr. Floyd, would
you thand in the middle... Dr.
Michaels on that side, Mr.
Halvorsen on the other....
thank you.
THE PHOTOGRAPHER
QUICKLY MAKES SOME
EXPOSURES
PHOTOGRAPHER
Thank you very much gentlemen,
I'll have the base photo section
send you copies.
AS THE MEN SLOWLY
SEPERATE FROM THEIR
PICTURE POSE, THERE
IS A PIERCINGLY POWERFUL
SERIES OF FIVE ELECTRONIC
SHRIEKS, EACH LIKE A
HIDEOUSLY OVER-LOADED
AND DISTORTED TIME SIGNAL.
FLOYD INVOLUNTARILY TRIES
TO BLOCK HIS EARS WITH HIS
SPACESUITED HANDS. THEN
COMES MERCIFUL SILENCE.
11/25/65 b67
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B47
VARIOUS SHOTS OF
SPACE MONITORS,
ASTEROIDS, THE SUN,
PLUTO, MARS.
NARRATOR
A hundred million miles beyond
Mars, in the cold lonliness
where no man had yet travelled,
Deep-Space-Monitor-79 drifts
slowly among the tangled orbits
of the asteroids.
NARRATOR
Radiation detectors noted and
analyzed incoming cosmic rays
from the galaxy and points beyond;
neutron and x-ray telescopes
kept watch on strange stars that
no human eye would eever see;
magnetometers observed the
gusts and hurricanes of the solar
winds, as the sun breathed million
mile-an-hour blasts of plasma
into the faces of its circling
children.
NARRATOR
All these things and many others
were patiently noted by Deep-
Space-Monitor-79, and recorded
in its crystalline memory.
11/25/65 b68
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B47
CONTINUED
NARRATOR
But now it had noted something
strange - the faint yet
unmistakable distrubance rippling
across the solar system, and
quite unlike any natural phenomena
it had ever observed in the past.
NARRATOR
It was also observed by Orbiter
M-15, circling Mars twice a
day; and High Inclination Probe-
21, climbing slowly above the
planet of the ecliptic; and even
artificial Comet-5, heading out
into the cold wastes beyond
Pluto, along an orbit whose
far point it would not reach for
a thousand years.
NARRATOR
All noticed the peculiar burst of
energy that leaped from the face
of the Moon and moved across
the solar system, throwing off a
spray of radiation like the wake of
a racing speedboat.
11/25/65 b69
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B SECTION TIMING
B1-1f 00.50 B25 00.10
B2 00.10 B26 00.20
B3 00.15 B27 00.05
B4 00.15 B28 Out
B5 00.20 B29 00.30
B6 00.15 B30 00.30
B7 00.10 B31 00.25
B8 00.15 B32 00.20
B9 00.10 B33 00.20
B10 00.10 B34 00.30
B11 00.15 B35 00.20
B12 00.50 B36 00.20
B13 01.10 B37 00.30
B14 00.35 B38 02.15
B15 Out B39 00.20
B16 Out B40 00.50
B17 01.15 B41 00.15
B18 00.15 B42 00.10
B19 01.00 B43 00.15
B20 03.55 B44 01.40
B21 00.20 B45 00.20
B21A 00.20 B46 00.40
B21B 00.15 B47 01.25
B22 01.00
B23 00.10
B24 01.30
B SECTION TOTAL: 28 MIN. 10 SECS.
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TITLE
PART III
14 MONTHS LATER
b69a
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C1
DISCOVERY 1,000,000
MILES FROM EARTH.
SEE EARTH AND MOON
SMALL.
WE SEE A BLINDING
FLASH EVERY 5
SECONDS FROM ITS
NUCLEAR PULSE
PROPULSION. IT
STRIKES AGAINST
THE SHIP'S THICK
ABLATIVE TAIL
PLATE.
SEVERAL CUTS OF
THIS.
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C2
ANOTHER CLOSER
VIEW OF DISCOVERY.
SEE BOWMAN THROUGH
COMMAND MODULE
WINDOW.
11/19/65 c2
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C3
BOWMAN INSIDE
DISCOVERY COMMAND
MODULE. HE IS
LOOKING FOR
SOMETHING.
COMPUTER READOUT
DISPLAY SHOWING AN
EVER-SHIFTING
ASSORTMENT OF
COLOR-CODED LINEAR
PROJECTIONS.
WE SEE POOLE IN
BACKGROUND IN
COMPUTER BRAIN
CENTRE AREA.
AFTER A FEW
SECONDS HE EXITS.
THE ELAPSED
MISSION TIMER
READS "DAY 003,
HOUR 14, MINUTE
32, SECOND 10."
11/19/65 c3
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C4
BOWMAN EXITS TO
ACCESS-LINK AIRLOCK.
BRIGHT COLOR-CODED
DOORS LEAD TO
CENTRIFUGE AND POD
BAY. LARGE ILLUMUN-
ATED PRINTED WARNINGS
AND INSTRUCTIONS
GOVERNING LINK
OPERATIONS ARE SEEN.
HE PRESSES NECESSARY
BUTTONS TO OPERATE
AIRLOCK DOOR TO
POD BAY.
11/19/65 c4
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C5
BOWMAN ENTERS POD
BAY AND CONTINUES
HIS SEARCH. SUDDENLY
HE FINDS IT - HIS
ELECTRONIC NEWSPAD.
HE EXITS POD BAY.
11/19/65 c5
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