20 Million Miles to Earth

Great scientific advances are oftentimes sudden accomplished facts before most of us are even dimly aware of them. Breathtakingly unexpected, for example, was the searing flash that announced the atomic age. Equally unexpected was the next gigantic stride when Man moved out of his very orbit to a point more than 20 million miles to Earth.

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Caught me unprepared. I've been cooking over a hot creature all day.

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Marisa Leonardo: Colonel? Col. Robert Calder: Yeah? Marisa Leonardo: I hate to intrude on your precious private thoughts but I'd like to change the bandage on your arm. Col. Robert Calder: Oh. Marisa Leonardo: You're worried about what happened today. About where the creature is tonight, aren't you? Col. Robert Calder: We'll find him. We've got to. Marisa Leonardo: Guess I've been pretty inconsiderate and self-centered. You've got a lot on your mind. Col. Robert Calder: If that's an apology I think it went in the wrong direction. All you've done is try to help. All I've done is snarl at you. I hope when this is all over, you'll let me try to make it up to you - over a table for two in a dark café. Marisa Leonardo: With a candle burning on the table? Col. Robert Calder: And a bottle of wine. Maj. Gen. A.D. McIntosh: What I have to say you will find incredible- but true. Colonel Calder here has just returned from an expedition to Venus. Contino: To Venice? Perhaps you mean Venezia? Col.

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