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Come in, please.

We request an update on our position.

Moon rocket, you have just cleared the Earth's magnetic field at a speed of 13

kilometers per second.

Congratulations, Professor.

Everything has gone exactly as you planned it.

What is it, Professor?

Are you ill?

No, Wolf, it's relief.

Just imagine if we'd made a mistake on the figures.

Then we wouldn't be here to talk about it.

My dear fellow, if it were only that simple. But it's far more serious than

that. We'd have to start our calculations all over again.

Thundering typhoons.

Fine,

then.

Captain,

why don't you try to relax?

Relax?

Relax? How am I supposed to relax stuck in this tin can?

But, Captain, think of it. We're going to the moon.

It's a dream come true.

A dream?

All this mumbo -jumbo and jiggery -pokery is no dream of mine. Just give

first piece of solid rock that comes along.

Ah,

here you are. Whatever happened?

An earthquake?

Earth to moon rocket, what's going on up there? We hear strange voices.

Everything's okay, Control.

It's Detectives Thompson and Thompson.

They managed to get themselves stuck on board.

What? Oh, no.

What in the blistering blue blazes are you two doing here? We decided to make

one final inspection before takeoff.

Speaking of takeoff, what time is it?

It's 2 a .m.

Fine. Plenty of time.

That is, if the launching's still set for 1 .34.

The rocket left Earth half an hour ago. We're on our way to the moon.

That's a good one, Professor.

To be precise, very funny.

This is a joke. You're trying to frighten

us, right?

You just told us the launching was scheduled for 1 .34 p .m., right?

A .M., not P .M.

This poses a bit of a dilemma.

We assessed our oxygen supplies for four people. Now there's six.

You hear that, you dinosaurs?

We're going to run out of oxygen all because you can't tell the difference

between morning and night.

Misery of miseries. Stop sniveling like that. You're making carbon dioxide.

I'm going below.

I've got important work to do. And don't you come down gulping up my oxygen.

Good old Snowy. I don't mind sharing my air with you.

You need to be alone to understand a subject like this. It takes a lot of

concentration.

Ah, a nice cool drink would go down well.

Oh, my.

Unless I'm dreaming, I'm looking at... Adonis! Who's Adonis? A friend of yours?

Adonis is an asteroid. A dwarf planet approximately a mile in diameter.

Here, see for yourself.

But whatever you do, don't touch anything.

A mistake right now could pull us right into that asteroid.

Amazing! So that's Adonis.

Thompson, take a look at this.

What's your claim?

To the moon.

Huh?

Thundering typhoons.

Get back in my glass this minute.

Blistering barnacles.

What's happening? When you pulled that lever, you stopped the nuclear engine.

The constant acceleration is what created our artificial gravity.

Without that gravity, we float.

Please, Professor, not a physics lecture now. We must restart the motor.

I'll try to get to it.

Whoa.

I've got it.

I can just about reach it.

If I touch you, Snowy, you're it.

Uh -oh.

Steady on.

Got

it.

Hold on, everybody.

Holding on.

Look, Snowy, it's magic.

No.

and thundering typhoons. Ouch!

That does it.

Funny. We were holding on tight.

Earth to moon rocket. What's happening up there?

Moon rocket to Earth. One of the detectives accidentally shut off the

we've started it up again.

Over and out.

What will those two bundlers do next?

If the motor is shut down again, these magnetic soul boots will prevent us from

floating. Hmm.

There are six pairs of boots and six people on board, so why am I holding an

extra pair?

They must be the captain's. I'll give them to him.

Hello, Snowy. Are you all right? And you, Captain?

Now, where has he disappeared to?

What's this?

Great snakes!

Trebethar, come quick!

I'd better rework the design on these boots.

Professor Calculus, the captain's gone.

Oh, my goodness. That alarm means the outside door's been opened.

That's what I'm trying to tell you. Read this.

Dear everyone, I'm fed up with your silly rocket. I'm going home.

Good gracious.

Earth to moon rocket. Earth to moon rocket.

Come in, please.

Why have your engines stopped again?

Moon rocket to Earth. The captain has left the rocket. We're stopping so the

Tintin can find him. What next?

Adonis' magnetic field!

500 meters, and we won't be able to pull away from the asteroid.

Thundering tangles.

Start the motor, Professor.

Save the rocket. Save yourselves.

We'll be okay as long as the rope holds.

But, Tim, Tim.

Go!

Hang on, dear boy.

I'm sorry, Tintin.

Oh, forget it, Captain.

Can you ever forgive me? Of course. But please try and be more careful in the

future, Captain. You could have killed us all.

Good rocket to Earth.

Tintin and the Captain are safe inside.

Resuming our course to the moon.

There's no excuse.

I'm just a miserable... Ah!

Now what?

Come, quickly!

Huge yellow caterpillars!

What?

Great... Snakes! Thompson and Thompson!

They're experiencing another attack of Formula 14.

Oh, yeah. The pills from Chemidite.

Land of the black gold.

I've concocted an antidote from the rocket's emergency supplies.

I'm not sure if it will be successful, but at least our friends are not in

Fortunately not.

None at all.

Come on, detectives.

And when anyone asks me later on, Paddock, what was your job on the

say, me?

Why, I was the hairdresser.

Thundering typhoons.

A mop like this doesn't need a pair of scissors. It needs a lawnmower.

What's so funny?

If you think you look more dignified than your esteemed colleague, you got

another thing coming.

There.

That's finished.

Ow! Look!

Earth to moon rocket.

Stand by for turning operation.

Ready to cut the nuclear motor?

Ready. Prepare for the countdown.

Brown bristlebacks, centipedes, shaggy -haired dogs!

Captain,

we're about to cut the engines.

Have you got your magnetic boots on?

What's he talking about? These boots. They stop you from floating.

Yours are over there.

blistering barnacles earth to moon rocket standby to start directional

We are now directly above the Hipparchus crater.

Tintin to Earth, we're making final preparations for landing. The professor

now setting the automatic pilot.

What are you doing?

Preparing to lie down, but we refuse to sleep in our clothes.

Hurry, gentlemen. We're landing on the edge of the Sea of Nectar any minute.

Did you hear that? The seaside. How exciting.

Moon rocket to Earth.

The air pressure is tremendous.

It's an effort to make the slightest movement.

and Snowy are getting ready to set foot on the moon.

Fine. But what's that strange rumbling noise?

Rumbling noise?

Oh, a couple of our passengers are having a nap.

This is Tintin, ready to record my first impressions of the moon.

Ready, Snowy?

We're ready, Captain.

Roger, Tintin.

Depressurizing.

The Professor, Captain Haddock, and the Thompsons are taking it out to collect

rock samples.

Wolf and I are staying on board to maintain radio contact.

Sounds good, Moon Rocket. Keep in touch.

Over and out.

Moontank to Tintin.

Tintin here, Moontank. What's your status?

We're heading out to that nearby mountain range. I'm hoping they might be

in important minerals.

Wish us luck.

Good luck, Professor.

Yes, good luck indeed.

Find lots of important minerals for us.

Just remember, your oxygen supply is limited. Don't stay out too long.

Don't worry, Jim Jim. We'll be back within two hours.

Okay, Professor.

Goodbye.

I thought you might be hungry, so I prepared us a little snack.

It should be done by now.

Would you like me to go get it?

No, no.

Don't you bother. I'll go myself.

He seems a little jumpy today.

Oh, it's hot under this flowerpot. I'm positively melting.

Ah, it's much better without the helmet and all that paraphernalia.

Oh, bother, I forgot

the milk.

You stay here. I'll get it. Well, if you don't mind, it's the box right in front

of you as you go into the hold.

Oh, Din Din, we meet again.

Colonel Jorgen always gets his revenge.

Hey, Wolf, get down.

I'm coming.

Hurry up, Wolf.

Was it really necessary to tie him up?

I'm not taking any chances with him this time.

Now prepare to take off.

What do you mean, take off?

We're leaving immediately.

But the others aren't back yet. We can't just abandon them.

They'll never survive.

I won't be a party to such a monstrous deed.

Listen, you fool.

They only planted enough oxygen for four people. With all of them aboard,

there'll be seven of us. We'll all die if we don't get moving immediately.

Understand?

What is it? What's all that noise?

Hello, Professor.

It's Wolf here.

I, uh... It's nothing.

What are you doing? That poor animal won't harm anyone.

We can't take any chances.

Moon rocket, this is Calculus. The tank batteries have short -circuited. The

captain is just connecting the small emergency batteries so that we can get

to base.

See you soon.

Over and out.

You hear that, Wolf? Let's get going.

We can't. I haven't turned the engines on yet and they have to warm up.

Then hurry up and turn them on, you fool.

And stop wasting time.

Oh, my head.

What happened?

Hey, why am I tied up?

That humming noise.

Somebody's starting the engines.

Wolf! Help!

Wolf! Come on, come on. They'll be back any minute.

I can't do anything until the red light comes on.

That's odd. The door's closed. And the ladder's been retracted. Hurry up, Wolf.

Not yet.

Moonrocket, open the doors and put the ladder out, please.

Only 30 seconds to go.

Moonrocket, why aren't you answering me? Push the button, Wolf.

Who's the prize and income who pulled this half -witted stunt?

What happened?

I... I don't know. The engine simply stopped.

You sabotaged it to save the others, didn't you? No.

What are you doing?

No! I'll count to ten.

If we haven't taken off by then, I'll pull the trigger.

What?

Now, hands up, both of you.

It's a small world, isn't it, Colonel? Last time I saw you was in Sildavia.

You were trying to steal the autocar's scepter, as I recall.

And as for accusing poor Wolf of sabotaging the launching gear, I'm sorry

disillusion you, but I was the culprit.

Mr. Wolf, please tie up the Colonel, and be sure to tie him better than he tied

me. Tintin, Tintin, where are you?

Here, Captain.

Lister and Barnacles, where did this jack pudding come from?

Wolf, please tell me this is all a misunderstanding.

Isn't it?

I'm so sorry, Professor. And to think that this bashy bazooka's been helping

himself to our oxygen.

Snowy!

He's been hurt, Tintin.

Or think it's his leg.

You're right. It looks like a bad sprain.

Did you hear that, you unfeeling monsters?

Savages!

Hurting a poor, defenseless animal.

Now, let Captain Haddock have a look.

That doesn't hurt, does it?

Oh, sorry.

A few days rest and you'll be fine.

As for you, Wolf, I think you owe us an explanation.

Three years ago, I was working on a top secret project in another country.

When I developed an unfortunate taste for gambling, it became an obsession.

I couldn't stop gambling until I lost everything.

A stranger approached me and said he would repay all my debts if I told him

about the secret project I was working on.

It was Colonel Jorgen.

He kept asking me for more information, and if I refused, he would expose me as

an irresponsible gambler.

I ran away to Sildavia to get away from him.

and was able to find work on the moon rocket.

When I didn't hear from Jorgen, I thought it was all behind me.

But then, two nights before the launch, he showed up again.

He told me I had to smuggle him on board the rocket so he could capture it and

take it back to his country.

I didn't want to, but again he threatened to reveal my past, which

feared, end my career.

But he promised he wouldn't hurt anyone.

And you believed a fairy tale like that?

Oh, wolf.

If only you'd come to me sooner.

It's a little late for that, Professor.

Come on, you two. I'm taking you down to the hold.

What? We're sharing our precious oxygen with them? They were going to leave us

on the moon, Tintin. Well, I say we leave them on the moon.

Captain, if we did that, we wouldn't be any different from them. So help me get

them downstairs and tied up securely.

Moon rocket calling Earth.

I love it.

Typhoons. What happened to everyone?

I see the Earth is still going around without me. Oh, Captain.

We decided to let you and the Thompson sleep.

It uses less oxygen.

Sorry, but there are as many Thompsons downstairs as there are hairs on

Cuthbert's head.

Then where are they?

I'll tell you where they are. Hands up!

Jorgen, how did you escape?

You have two brilliant colleagues behind those mustaches.

Oh, Wolf, are you still a party to this?

What have you done to the Thompsons? They wanted to change our ropes for

handcuffs. The fools.

They won't get them undone in a hurry. And now, to business.

As you know, there isn't enough oxygen for all of us. You spared my life.

But, unfortunately, I can't return the favor.

Jorgen! You gave me your word that you wouldn't do anything.

Get out of my way, you fool!

Blistering? No, you can't do this!

He's gone.

I... I didn't mean to.

He was the one who... I know, Woe. It's okay. You're one of us again. I trust

you. What? You trust this interplanetary pirate? This freshwater spaceman?

This... Huh?

What's happening?

I feel faint.

Busy. Can't catch my breath. You're feeling the effects of a lack of oxygen.

not to get yourself worked up.

Why don't you go down to your bunk and lie down for a few minutes? It'll make

you feel better.

Tintin's right. We should all nap for a while. It'll help conserve what oxygen

we have left.

Hello?

Where are you going, Wolf?

I'm on my way down to the hole to... I think there's another cylinder of oxygen

down there.

Oh, good. I had to ask, you see. The captain told me to give him details of

every single move you made.

Earth calling Moon Rocket. Earth calling Moon Rocket. Come in, please.

Oh, the radio.

Earth, this is Tintin. Go ahead.

Tintin, the rocket has gone off course.

You must correct the flight path.

Quickly, Professor, hurry.

Come to the control cabin. We're off course.

Good gracious.

Gracious! Obviously the steering gear is out of alignment.

Moon rocket to Earth. The steering gear was jammed. We're getting back on the

right course.

Wolf!

Blistering barnacles! Where's Wolf?

Don't worry, Captain.

I know where he is. He went down to the hold.

What?

I thought I told you to keep an eye on him.

You and your big -hearted gestures.

Look what you're trusting his goddess into now.

Down to the hold, quick.

Maybe we can stop him before he gets up to his old trick.

Now, where's he hiding?

Blistering. There.

What did I tell you?

He sabotaged the wires.

Not so fast, Captain.

It's Wolf's handwriting.

By the time you read this, I shall have left the rocket.

I hope you'll have enough oxygen to reach Earth alive.

Wolf, he cut the wires so that the engines wouldn't stop when he opened the

doors. He jumped into space to save our lives.

Did you find the scoundrel? If you ever say a disrespectful remark about Wolf

again, I'll send you into space to join him. Got it?

Move rocket to Earth.

Our oxygen is very low.

The others have passed out.

I have just opened the last emergency cylinder.

I'm not sure we're going to make it. Hang on, Tintin. You'll be landing in 20

minutes.

Move rocket, stand by for landing procedure.

Prepare to set the automatic pilot.

Professor.

Professor, please.

Yes, it's up to me.

Earth to moon rocket, come in, please.

Earth to moon rocket, you're running out of time. If you don't put the automatic

pilot on, you'll crash.

Moon rocket, come in.

They must have lost consciousness.

Make a tuning signal, quick.

That noise.

Oh, yes.

The automatic pilot.

Tintin here.

Stop that noise.

My head is about to explode.

Whoa. Do you remember the autopilot sequence?

I think so.

Just in time.

Well done, Tintin. You did it.

The automatic pilot's on.

Tintin.

Tintin!

We've lost him.

Maintain radio contact.

I'm going to the landing site.

The rocket is now within telescope range.

The nuclear motor has just cut off for re -entry into the Earth's atmosphere.

Faster, driver! Faster!

has taken over. The rocket is about to land.

Let's hope they're still alive.

There it is.

What's that car doing?

It'll be flattened like a pancake.

Mr. Baxter, the rocket crew are not responding to our calls.

Get electric saws, quick.

We'll cut them out.

Professor! Professor!

Get the oxygen masks, quick!

Where am I?

The rocket! It's all right, Tintin. You made it. You're back on Earth.

What about the others?

Where is Snowy?

Snowy! Hello, old boy. I was beginning to think I wouldn't see you again.

Tintin! We made it!

What an adventure.

One of our best, Captain.

Congratulations, Professor. All your hard work has paid off. You sent a

to the moon.

Yes, and I'm going back soon.

Do you hear me, everyone? We're going back soon.

Not with me, you're not.

I'll never set foot in that flying coffin again.

If there's one thing I learned from all this, man's...

proper place is on the earth.