Destination Moon Page #3

Let me out of here!

Help! Help!

At the start, the jets blast powerfully

enough...

to counteract the gravitational

pull of the Earth.

Once out of the Earth's atmosphere,

the rocket just keeps on going...

encountering no resistance to

slow it up.

The rocket does not appear

to be traveling...

but the high speed or escape velocity

as we call it...

is about 7 miles a second.

It keeps falling in outer space in the

direction in which it was started.

Now as it nears the moon,

that planet's gravitational field

begins to pull it toward it.

Can't hear you, Woody! No air

remember. Turn on your aerial!

Hey, no brakes on this thing!

I'm going to crash!

How do I land?

Very simple. Just reverse the takeoff.

But what about the wings?

Can't use them. The moon has no air.

Now he tells me!

Turn the ship around. Use the shotgun

kick of the exhaust to break the speed...

and set her gently on her tail.

Se we made it!

But how do we get home from this

piece of cheese?

Shooting a rocket from the moon

to the Earth...

is a great deal easier than shooting

from the Earth to the moon...

because it's downhill

almost all the way.

The V2 rocket could do it today.

On the return trip, we use the wings

to glide in.

And for economy's sake, we finish

the landing like this.

Sensational!

I'm sold!

I'll back it to the hilt!

Here's my 2 bucks!

Well, when do we start building?

Well gentlemen, when do we start

building?

You've examined our model;

you've seen our little picture.

I hope we've succeeded in dispelling

your original skepticism.

Mr. Barnes can you imagine me going

before a meeting of my stockholders...

and reporting that I'd put millions

into a trip to the moon?

Why some would lynch me!

I doubt it even in Texas,

when you tell them why.

It just happens we have no choice.

If we want to stay in business,

we have to build this ship!

Did you say "have" to build it, Jim?

That's what I said!

- If it's that important a project...

why doesn't the government undertake it?

The vast amount of brains, talent,

special skills, research facilities...

necessary for this project are not in

the government!

Nor can they be mobilized by the

gov't in peacetime without fatal delay.

Only American industry can do this job!

And American industry must get

to work now!

Just as we did in the last war!

Yes, but the government

footed the bill!

And they'll foot this bill too if we're

successful. You know that.

If we fail, we'll take a colossal

beating, so we can't fail!

Not only is this the greatest adventure

awaiting mankind...

but it's the greatest challenge ever

hurled at American industry!

And General Thayer

is going to tell you why!

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