X Minus One · 1955 · 26 min · 3,501 words
The transcript of “Mars Is Heaven”, an episode of X Minus One from 1955. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). X Minus One plays X Minus One free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.
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Count down for blast off X minus 5 minus 4 minus 3 minus 2 X minus 1 fire Horizons of the unknown come transcribed tales of new dimensions in time and space These are stories of the future Adventures in which you'll live in a million could be years on a thousand maybe worlds the National Broadcasting Company presents
Dennis. X-axis-axis. Minus. Minus. The night story, Mars is Heaven. When the 1st Space Rocket lands on Mars, what will it find?
Only the ruins of a dead and deserted planet, or will there be life intelligent life in some strange form that we can only imagine. Will we be welcomed with open arms, or will the Martians treat us as invaders?
Only one thing is certain. Some day a giant metal ship will take off from Earth to travel through the black velocities, the silent goats of space, to descend at last into the darkness of the upper Martian atmospheres.
on that day. Man will finally know the answers. The day we first land on Mars. Now I hear this, now I hear this broaching, critical deceleration. Fashion, gravity, and suits stand by the land. There it is. We've intersected the course of register. Alright, Mr. Lustig. Over to manual control.
I see. Masters. Sound general quarters. I see. What do you make of the terrain? There seems to be a heavy crown, Miss Captain. We won't be able to use the infrared lights. And we'll have to come in on radar.
There's not a little risky, sir. Landing in the dark. I'd rather run the danger of a blind landing lieutenant and come in without the cover of darkness. Remember, we don't know what kind of reception is waiting for us down there.
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