In these modern times, people are always in a hurry.
We like speed, and prefer handling everything quickly.
Everything seems like a race "Who is the most hasty." It's like a competition.
Though our lives have become more comfortable, it is difficult to eat and live well today. Without composure of the mind, we work and study like machines. It seems like we are slaves to velocity. In accordan
walks into close up; Steely determination.
COMMANDER
Activate the Omega 13.
The crewmates exchange expectant and terrified glances. CLOSE UP
of a crewmans hand as he operates a series controls which in
turn opens five layers of mechanical locks revealing a serious
looking lever. The Commander pulls that lever. A MACHINE Is
revealed, rising from the floor in the middle of the room. It
begins to GL
walk INTO
FRAME. The VOICE belonging to the legs talks down to Baby
Herman in a maternal coo.
VOICE (O.S.)
Mommys going to the beauty parlor,
darling. But Im leaving you with your
favorite friend, Roger. Hes going to
take very, very good care of you...
(voice turns
ominous)
... cause if he doesnt, hes going
back to the science lab!
Roger gulps as he watches the legs disappear. We HEAR
FOOTSTEPS r
walks up to the bush,
which abruptly stops moving.
A small, lizard-like animal, dark green with brown stripes
along its back, steps out from the bush. Only about a foot
tall, it stands on its hind legs, balancing on its thick tail.
It walks upright, bobbing its head like a chicken.
CATHY
Well, hello there!
The animal (a COMPSOGNATHUS) just stares at her. Cathy squats
down on her haunches.
CATHY (
walk.
Shit. The people at this place - do they know what theyre doing?
I believe so. I bloody well hope so.
Whyd they pick us?
Its the largest radio telescope in the Southern Hemisphere.
Whats it doing in the middle of a sheep paddock?
MAN: The Parkes radio telescope, or, as we call it, the dish,
will track Apollo 1 1 throughout its journey
gathering voice signals from the astronauts,
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