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Supersensitive Star Drive

Space Patrol · July 24, 1954 · 23 min · 3,957 words

The transcript of “Supersensitive Star Drive”, an episode of Space Patrol first broadcast July 24, 1954. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Space Patrol plays Space Patrol free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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Space, but full! My adventure in the wild, vast reaches of space, visions of daring in the name of interplanetary justice, travel into the future with fun, quarry, commander in chief of the Space, but full!

Commander Corrie and to that happy are the lunar fleet base on the Earth's moon. Just inside the north rim of the huge atmosphere shell is a large hangar entirely surrounded by a high fence of Endorium mesh.

A command car falls to the gate. An armed guard examines the credentials of the three men in the car, then salutes. The car pulls to the gate and heads toward the hangar. Behind its giant door lies one of the most costly and carefully guarded secrets that space patrol scientists have ever undertaken.

A subject car is just into the hangar if you will, to the... Yes, sir. Isn't anyone working around here today outside of the guard, I mean? No, it's United Planet's day, remember? Oh, sure, the holiday.

That's why I've suggested that today would be ideal for a final inspection of the ship before the official task. So, uh, ready, Mr. Maile? If, uh, if you don't mind, Commander, before I open it, hang your door, I'd like to collect my thoughts.

Of course. Been three years. Three years of almost constant work. You've had a tremendous responsibility, not certain. Yes, but it must have been exciting, building a spaceship with a super-sensitive star drive. A ship that can go anywhere in the galaxy.

Alright, did you? I know you're anxious to see it. I'll open your hand, your door. Come in there. Are we going to be aboard tomorrow on the first one? Not on the first one, hap.

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