 Other life the stars man has been face-to-face with them for centuries It is barely able to penetrate their unknown secrets Sometime Someday the barrier will be pierced. Why must we wait? Why not now? So I say you're out help the others. All right. You're sleeping beauties hit the deck sure kid Exum bets space people not yet first. I want your initial reports. Remember. This is a scientific expedition and not a stunt How are you on course Helen on course? Are you sure quite? I have the strangest feeling as though all this has happened before Rocket forward a white sand Granger speaking, can you hear me? We have passed the two thousand mile level are traveling in space speed seven miles a second Motor smooth fuel consumption point eight six five temperature density of Adam Chamber unchanged Nitrate pigtail acid secure. We will report again at fourteen hundred over and out No, oh come on layer. Don't be stuffy. All right speak from your stations, but be brief I Get forward a white sand stand by the next voice you hear will be kip rice in a copilot All I got to say is watch off of that first step. It's a pip Helen Salinger navigator Hello, Alpha. We're on our way. This is Doug Smith radio operator. I want to bring you a piece of that green cheese for sure Walt Wall is engineer. We're humming along folks that new lubrication by the Delphite oil company sure turn the trick Over to you white sands That plug ought to make a couple of grand Over and out Atomic chamber heat radiation going up fast And paying more attention to our work, this might not have happened Doug didn't immediately appear in the view screen I don't know sir. I was listening to it exactly well The rest of this journey we operate strictly by the book Planners of this expedition of foreseen all contingencies. We hope we do more than hope we work with confidence Now then Helen will you set us on course? Yes, sir Doug tune in white sands. I'm trying sir But there's no pip. I'm afraid I'm out of business Commander the atom chamber the nitric acid One of the containers must have broken the acid reach the fuel chamber will explode won't we turn on the water line? That'll implies it Nothing happened sir Paradigm it won't work sir. It's got to work What are you doing? I want to check that obstruction on the water line gas will burn through that soup in one minute flat I'll just mean 59 seconds. I hope come back here It's sore after all I didn't go over his head Well, he gave us another lecture on discipline. He's right. You know kid We came only this far because we did it by the book some things aren't in the one after all you his girl But the duration of this trip the only relation I have with Laird is a scientific one This is no time to pamper with the emotion But you got that from him It's true. It's who we You can't turn love on and off like a faucet. Give me baby. If I were fell in love with you I'd she should cross the world around the moon and away stations right here. Oh, I'll go talk to Laird If you don't mind it'll only be about our land. You two make a great team strong mind and strong back I suppose so view screen should be okay now, sir Thanks, Doug. Who is alpha on the radio? You said alpha. We're on our way. I Don't remember saying that Oh, he does a touch of space madness. You know as one school of thoughts You'd be all going saying pick your landing spot and start figuring I Already have we're on course That's what I call a navigator. It's a valley on the dark side of the moon the dark side How could you possibly know anything about the dark side? Oh men has ever seen as the bright side Well, the bright side cuts across part of this valley. You can just barely see it on the photographs Why there we'd plan to study the bright side and then circle at the dark side. Please lad This is a perfect landing place. Believe me. I don't know why I know it But I know it for sure the other navigator. We'll take a look at it anyway Please take your stations, please. We're coming in. No, it was the right place What do we do first layer? Do you want to check the ship do a repair job of necessary? Let's make some findings. We're on the moon not in a machine shop. I'll go along with Helen on that We'll make a short exploratory tour back grab some sleep, and then we look the ship over okay But I feel a lot better if I was sure we're ready to take off at a moment's notice. Why it's my navy background Many engagement be prepared to disengage. Well, this isn't the navy come on dog help me into my suit You'll notice it when you get outside. I Want everybody to check everybody else's equipment. It must be set number two Because of the absolute cold in the dark side and when you get out there remember stay in the dark side Without any oxygen. What can you possibly want with cigarettes? I feel more at home caring about as silly as that gun You know, there's no life in the moon. I guess I'm like Helen. I feel more at home that way I wish you'd tell him not to lared. I agree with you Helen, but I guess it won't do any hurt There's too much infantile romanticism in this crew. Well, I guess I'd better leave this behind then I was going to do this outside, but I guess it can wait What are those first lettuce from the moon? I even got my own cancellation stamp ought to be worth a couple hundred bucks a piece Why didn't you make up about 50 of them brings the price down boy stamps has got to be rare Mr. Wilders When you're ready all set sir I'll go first. You wait here 200,000 miles away. We were yet We knew it would be like this any particular reason Trader over there. I noticed as we were settling in buried treasure perhaps kid Would you mind very much if we did operate by the book for a while? Whatever the commander says Single file may not seem like much to us But if Helen will fish me up one of those silly cigarettes, I'll show you something just like Helen said Permit an observation Oh, come on. Keep we don't have to get that formal Well, I only want to point out that from the angle the ship entered the crater It would have been impossible for Miss Salinger to spot that cave You mean she just guessed it was there She could guess a landing spot on the dark side of the moon. I suppose she could guess a cave What are you driving yet? I don't know But I'll guarantee it isn't in the book Magnificent might as well advice for someone to stay behind and guard the ship. I don't think anybody will take it Please I dreamed it or did I? Maybe this is the dream you had enough If you're tired, we can go back. No We go on this way atmosphere This may be something that only looks like one Scientist doesn't know enough to come in out of the rain There's there occurred you that maybe this is atmosphere on the moon could be why it's hard for us to walk But this atmosphere has got to be gravitational pull to hold it even I know that We'll go back and get our instruments that won't be necessary that means oxygen one at a time It was the first man to breed on the moon. Maybe we could bottle this stuff for sale Moon mist for chronic coughs and asthma in the book How do you figure it that makes you very happy? I suppose. No Just curious Magnetic field in the dark side could exhibit a gravitational pull Special one Of course, you'd have to verify it and this is a natural decompression chamber, isn't it sir? We're almost at the end How do you know we're almost there? Well, it stands to reason the air isn't stuffy so there must be an opening nearby All right, we'll leave the suits here one thing that goes with me this Whether it's oxygen that can be like and whether it's like this death There you go again kip. Why is it that the unknown always frightens people? Why can't we expect love and friendship instead of death? I'm all for love and friendship, but I worry If you don't mind Laird, I'll take the lead, but I do mind Fact I was about to suggest that you bring up the rear make it I'm so sorry. I was cross with you. All right, Helen Yes Just let me rest a little for me. We're going back and guard those spacesuits The rest of you follow soon as he'll come walk. Don't take this Any objections Laird? Okay Go ahead. Just open my eyes and missed you I'm all right now. Should we go on keep them while I come back to suits. We can join them if you're able Back why back? I think we've had enough for one day. No You've been listening to Kip. He's just afraid. I don't think Kip was afraid of anything, Helen But we don't know what's ahead. Well, I'll tell you then adventure discovery knowledge Isn't that why we came of course, but another day now if you don't want to come with me You listen to me. I'm still commander of this expedition. You're not my commander. I know where I want to go I'm going to Helen. What's cutting in? Granger that gone the spacesuits you must have missed they're gone all right commander You went back to the place we left them the remarks and sams that have been dragged away just to make sure we checked back as far as we could On the arena out of air but without suits trap. Let me find the Joker took them now that gun now That settles the argument Laird and I were having we can't go back the obvious thing to do is go forward You seem very proud of yourself Helen. I am there it is. You said that as if you knew it all the time It ain't true Can't be another world in the bowels of the moon That's exactly what it is. I'd say there hasn't been a fire lit in this place in many years Perhaps centuries probably an extinct civilization Took some form of intelligence to steal those spacesuits Of course it did and a very high form to build a place like this you seem to know all about it What do they look like hey come here it's already for lighting Bring your cigarettes and matches. I told you I didn't feel at home without them. Oh, that's better I was getting a mighty lonely feeling Helen Helen I asked you a question What? You seem to know this place was here What else do you know? Nothing Certainly, I've never been here before I must have dreamed. Did you dream who stole our spacesuits? Of course not Grant you keep this is something we didn't foresee But let's not lose our senses completely somebody stole our suits Not somebody must still be around here that guy sounds lost Come on Doug. Let's look around Something jumping what sort of thing I couldn't tell I jumped on my back and tried to get to my throat Where's Helen? I don't know, but I caught a glimpse of her during the fight. She was just standing there watching Alan pretty quickly Professor I Don't know what to believe anymore. Well, you can believe this they were definitely after this gun from here on We stick together so they can't pick us off one by one. I've got a hunch. Helen will be back. We'll wait We'll we'll give her one hour. I'm still in command here kid That's right Laird If you order us to separate and go hunting for Helen We will I'm here alpha. It has been a long journey Helen Welcome to the moon This is my second in command beta and This is lambda The others you will meet in time. There's still so much. I Don't understand. You are now one of us ask anything well, I Still can't be sure whether you're speaking my language or are yours We need no language Helen. We can project our thoughts long distances as you well know Someday we will teach you in the meantime. We will speak your tongue Just as we speak all of us tongues Remember that our generation predates yours by centuries What you taught me about celestial navigation made me look like quite a genius But why me alpha and not the others we have no use for men What beta means is that we have no contact or control over them as we do among ourselves It seemed rather difficult to get a crew entirely composed of women. We decided to concentrate on you With your wisdom How is it you never came to us on earth? Our ancestors made one fatal error Helen When they discovered that the atmosphere around us was beginning to disappear They decided to conserve oxygen. Do you know what that meant? maximum energy reduction Plan genocide to reduce population Then we discovered we were only postponing the inevitable. It was too late Our only hope was that a spaceship would come to us and now that we're here You will take back only three of us We only women We have no men, but my knowledge is limited to navigation. Can you can you run the ship without them? They will teach us how But you said you had no control over them show us their weak points We'll take care of the rest Strange. I should care what happens to them Yet, I don't know You see We don't care and you are one of us All right, kip. It's one hour. You were wrong. Wait a minute. I hear some I've been trying to convince them where for their friends You know kip. It was your gun that frightened them. I promised them you'd put it away an unpromise This gun stays out until they produce the space suits Try to convince them of that Have no fear lieutenant riser your suits are safe and we return to you at the end of your visit Helen they speak English There's is an ancient culture layered their communication system is far in advance to us. You want to be friends? And bring the space suits here now. Oh, don't be a bore It's all right my dear. I understand Your suits will be returned to you in the morning lieutenant Good. That's when I'll start being friendly Pay no attention to him. He's only the co-pilot Commander Granger here is our chief pilot and head of our expedition This is Doug Smith radio operator and Walt Walters is our engineer. I Don't know all of their names yet, but this is alpha lambda and beta and most important of all here is food Alpha yes, they seem to have mastered the art of mental telepathy I don't understand it yet myself, but she was sending me messages all the way She should we take a chance? Why not? delicious Tastes a little like honey do man. May we serve you earthmen? Thanks Come sit down. He'd like it. Come on kip. It's great. I brought my dinner with me Rascals you must be nuts Yes, sir This is a nice layout. I wonder what the folks back home would think of They knew I was having dinner with a beautiful moon Do you have a special earth girl? No, but it's special What you Incidentally Where are your men folk? You're the first man. I've ever seen Ours died off when I was still a child Gee and it's a lucky thing we came along. I mean so you'd know what a man looks like. I mean I'm sorry about your manifold. I didn't mean any other way. I Understand but after the navigator has set the course How do you adjust this automatic pilot? That's pretty complicated and besides this restricted information Let's talk about your people I want to know how that girl Lambert disappeared from right under our noses and how you were able to contact Helen before we even hit the moon That commander is a good deal more complicated than your automatic pilot But if you will explain the one I would at least try to indicate how we have achieved complete control over our bodies and minds Perhaps some of the day I'm sure you understand, but I'm under orders as you wish Some of our wine you wouldn't have any small works of art that I could take home with me as a souvenir Would you you may have this night? I was admiring it It's made up You have no metal on earth to compare we call these things slave bracelets I made out of gold sometimes gold Why the carriage trade plenty expensive gold, but it's so common Old common we don't even bother to dig it I mean it just hangs around loose There's a place near here Where there's more gold than you could carry away in your rocket ship in a hundred years I don't believe it At least not until you show me I'll make a bargain with you You take me aboard your rocket ship I'll show you the cave of gold Skipper wouldn't buy it just wouldn't go for it Besides we need those space suits to get out of that tunnel. I Know where the space suits are a whole cave And you'd keep it a secret just between us you wouldn't tell anybody or on Saturday night you can go out on the town Dad's drink Just laugh a little too hard. I'd like the driving down to the beach best Stretching out on the sand just a boy and a girl together and maybe what you call a Coke that's what I like best with the right girl of course to the everlasting friendship of our peoples Amen, and now I know you must be tired We will return tomorrow and with your space suits my foolish friend. I can be head. I hope you had yourselves a time We didn't blunder ahead and start a war between the worlds. It's no thanks to you. No thanks asked Question is who's gonna stand the first two hour watch tonight Helen what for Walt? Where is well last I saw he was wandering off with beta Fast worker that guy. That's not funny Walt What didn't we agree to stick together? I don't think he's in danger. Kip. What do you think miss? I think you're spoiling for a fight. You're so right. Would you like to step into my private office any time? Yeah, don't worry. I won't slugger Doug stand guard cake. Yeah, this way miss Salinger now then which side are you on I didn't know we had sighs I'm convinced you deliberately let us into this. I'd be very happy if you don't convince me I don't know what you mean look Helen. I have a very high regard for you You're smart you have courage and you're all woman and I've hadn't been for leather to try to make it you and me a Long time ago flattery will get you no place Helen Not until you level with me come on now. I'm not hurting you that much. Don't let go Kip Then what's the matter danger Kip? They want to kill you. They'll take the spaceship and they'll make me go with them Well, how they can keep they control me. I told you even with Laird I like you best But Laird knew more and they wanted me with him. They don't control you now do they no But hang on Hold on tight. You don't go on right. I will your dog gone right You won't tell Laird about this will you one of us all have to Don't want to hurt him and I'll handle it Let's get back to earth first sure look tell me How do these cat women tend to play their hand? Well, not for a few days But don't worry. They can't do a thing without me. I understand What about Walt? Boys will be boys I guess Can we go in I'm exhausted Sleep well Helen well Right Laird My apologies to find girl. Of course. She is you know, there's a lot of things I don't understand yet But you can be sure that there's a perfectly valid and scientific reason for all of them. That's right These people may be far ahead of us in many things not as far as they think What do you mean? Nothing we talk about in the morning. Let's get some sleep, and I don't think we need to stand guard By the way if Walt comes back eat him up on general principles, will you you're the expert at that? You got my full permission in other words this controls this in a ratio of six to one The speed control retarder the stabilizer and the cutoff You're too smart for me, baby. I like them stupid Why don't you stay on the moon and let me do your job? Well, if that goal is pile as high as you say it is one more trip and you can have my job It's there for the looking Come on. Let's go and a fraternity dance. What's the matter? Doug's just gone off a little tip. She's the dangerous one Dangerous that kid. Yes, you better go after them. There may have been a change in plans. Okay They're moved. I don't imagine they went very far It's really gold Yes, Doug. What's the matter? Go away quick quick Why it's anything I said no did no No, please save yourself from what? For me Because I love you Doug yet. I must kill you. I love you too lambda And I'm not afraid Listen to me The survival of my people is at stake In another few years this underground world will be as dead as the bright side of the moon. I Will come back the ship is only the first of many Don't you see we must be sure Two million years of civilization Does one gamble that on a promise? Kip old man. I'm afraid I'm going to have to intercede for Walden duck. You know There must be something to this moon and romance stuff All right Now Helen you say something It's all this isn't it all that poppycock. I told you out on the terrace was just to get you to go away now go away Will you that's what I'd like to do? But I'm sure not getting any help She's in tune with Helen Granger is explaining the automatic pilot. I must talk to alpha Helen can tell her later Is it important? Yes, I think we should take one of the men back with us. Why? Because if we show good faith they might send more ships Four of us will be enough We will get their women under our power and soon we will rule the whole world But I don't want to rule the world. I want to live on it just like the earth people do Lambda we are coming into a new situation. We must bring our culture to earth. No She's fallen in love with the radio operator Is that true and what if it is? There is no room in your life for love We will choose your man eugenically you and beta will have girl children fit to carry on The best of the earth mongrels will be none too good. I won't do it. I love Doug and you must take him Threats my dear. Yes It just so happens you can't leave without us and I won't tell you why Lambda you will tell me why You think you can force me my will is just as strong as yours and now we have no time to waste Kip well, I didn't expect to see you again I think we'd better plan on getting out of here No, why don't you arrive at that momentous decision some of these moon people are planning to steal our ship now But one of them is on our side I suppose you mean Helen well Helen's love to be a bit of a problem too. She's been marked She's under the influence of these people kid you into these strangely what gossip column you've been reading Lambda told me I guess we sort of fell in love blessings on you She say when the cat women intend to try the little game as soon as they get all the information They need about the ship someone was supposed to work on Walt and someone else on layered On layered. Well, have you been never mind that We're just curious to know what you two love birds have been talking about don't tell him why not I'm afraid you'd be very much disappointed. We were just talking shop anything wrong with that No, not a thing except the cat women are out to seal our ship and Helen's tied body and soul to them. That's a lie Resent that kept what's your evidence? Well for one thing Doug got the dope from little Lambda Oh for another Helen told me herself. We're out in the terrace. No, she told me to hold it tight Not the kisser, but just to hold her hand This time baby, thank you. Oh, let's set the record straight. Are you in love with Laird? No, have you been bleeding him for information to pass on to alpha? Yes, and who? Do you really love I couldn't stop them who Helen alpha and beta just the three of them They're going to steal the rocket ship. Why did they take two more of your people they didn't want you for one thing They couldn't for another I hid out to the spacesuit. It was still in business provided We can stop them before they reach the ship who goes with me Doug. Let's go. I mean you can't find it They look how much head start you think they have too much and that's something holds them up Would you leave me but you turned against us? How could I it was a moment of weakness? Wait for me here, and I'll get another suit and join it for travel. Come on. I Won't let you go Helen look at me. My will is as strong as theirs They'll kill you as they've killed Walt Stay here You will come with us Listen stand firm What's done is done. You're ready. You okay? It's okay sir contact white sands. Tell them we're coming in moon rocks for calling white sands Moon rocket for calling white sands come in you hear me white sands Don't blow a gasket white sands. We're coming in leaving moon at zero one seventeen your time. It's a long story Over to you now