
Destination Moon
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(0.00 / 0 votes)There it is, General.
It's your vindication.
Profit without honor, heh?
Well, at least I'm still alive
to see this.
They'll break their necks to get you
back when they see what this can do!
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2...1...Fire!
Sweeney!
Stay in here!
There may be more explosions!
What happened, Charles?
What went wrong? - I don't know!
There couldn't have been anything
wrong withe the design aeronautically.
No, it was the motor.
Why? Why after 4 years
of development and tests?
It seems impossible but I can
think of only one thing...-What?
Somebody tampered.
- Sabotage?
That's for intelligence to find out
while we build another.
I'm afraid you won't, Charles.
- Of course we will!
Do you think this failure will make it
easier to get new appropriations?
Things like this mean military cuts.
Research is going back to the
laboratories. - Then I will too.
I'm not quiting!
First, I want to re-introduce myself
to my wife and kids.
Mow the lawn, fix leaky faucets,
paint fences and...
...read a few detective stories
in the bathtub.
Then get on with the problem and a
few others I've neglected.
A satellite to circle the Earth
forever at 12,000 miles above sea level.
What did I call it just before
it was fired?
Your vindication, General?
I'm sorry. I'm sorrier
about that than anything else.
For your years of crusading all I've
given you is...
...the most expensive pile of junk
in history.
General Thayer is here, Mr. Barnes.
- Fine. Send him in.
Don't forget to wash behind your ears!
How was your trip, General?
- Very smooth.
I flew in on one of your Skyliners.
Nice ship, Jimmy. Very nice.
Whenever you start with a compliment,
you're after something.
That's hardly civil, Jim.
I haven't seen you for 2 years.
Did I ask you for something the
last time I saw you?
You certainly did!
You wanted a shoulder to cry on
because Cargraves' rocket fizzled.
Glad to see you anyway.
I'm not wasting time crying
about that anymore.
After the way you sold me...
Quote:
"the rocket is an absolutenecessity."
"If any other power gets one into
space before we do...
...we'll no longer be the United States,
we'll be the Disunited World, etc..."
It's twice as true today.
You proved that a satellite rocket
isn't practical.
It blew up, didn't it?
Did it blow up, Jimmy?
Or was it blown up?
Blown up?
Why ask me?
Army Intelligence might know.
They know.
What's your pitch, General?
I'll tell you!
- Wait a minute...
I think I can put this together myself!
You're a satellite rocket man...
You crusaded yourself right out of the
service and you kept on crusading.
Finally they took up the Cargraves
project and it fizzled.
Now, following the course of old
established habits...
...you'd like to drop it
in my lap!
Well, I love you General...
...but I'm just a plain manufacturer,
not the Dept. of Defense!
The answer is no!
Don't light that cigar,
we're going to lunch!
Who said you're anything but a
manufacturer? That's why I came to you.
Building rocket satellites is big stuff.
I couldn't begin to finance one....
I'm not asking you to rebuild
the satellite.
Cargraves spent 4 years
on that project!
That rocket could have and should
have done everything we anticipated!
There's no time nor need
to repeat that experiment.
Then what are you driving at now?
- The moon!
Okay, I'll listen.
Tell me.
I did tell you! The next rocket
we build is going to the moon!
Let's go to lunch.
- I'm serious, Jim.
You can't be! It's too fantastic!
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