:53:01
We've known it exists
even though we never saw it.
:53:04
Like the structure of the atom.
:53:07
But to actually see
one of the miracles of the universe,
:53:12
the engineering of the cycle of a breath...
:53:15
I wouldn't call it a miracle.
Just an interchange of gases.
:53:18
The end product
of 500 million years of evolution.
:53:23
You can't believe all that is accidental? That
there isn't a creative intelligence at work?
:53:29
Well, the creative...
:53:34
- Mr Grant?
- Yes, skipper?
:53:36
I'm losing pressure in the flotation tanks.
:53:39
Check the manual control panel.
It's aft on the starboard side.
:53:51
The left tank's losing pressure.
:53:59
There must be a short
in the electrical valve circuit system.
:54:05
Yeah.
:54:13
That takes care of the valves. I suppose it
happened because of that electric shock.
:54:17
- Is there any damage?
- Not to the valve.
:54:20
But we've lost so much air
we can't make it the rest of the way.
:54:24
What do you propose to do, Captain?
:54:26
There's nothing we can do.
We can't continue without full tanks.
:54:30
- Any reserve air?
- Enough to breathe, but that's all.
:54:40
Just a few cells away from a vast air chamber,
:54:43
one of the countless alveoli of the lung,
:54:46
and we can't get enough air
to fill a microscopic tank!
:54:50
Maybe we can.
:54:51
- Skipper, is there a snorkel on this sub?
- Yes, there is.
:54:55
Could I run a tube through that wall
without harming Benes?