:30:00
I haven't had breakfast yet.
Someone's meeting me in the restaurant.
:30:03
I'll just sit with you a few minutes
and then I must be off.
:30:06
-Are you quite sure?
-I'm quite sure, thank you.
:30:10
-And how's Gregor?
-He's fine.
:30:12
He's been doing some underwater research
in the Baltic so...
:30:16
...I'm afraid we don't get a chance
to see very much of each other these days.
:30:20
When you do see him,
give him my regards, huh?
:30:22
Yes, of course.
:30:24
Well, where are you all off to?
Up or down?
:30:27
Oh, we're going home.
:30:28
We have just spent three months
calibrating the new antennae at Tchalinko.
:30:33
-And what about you?
-I'm just on my way up to Clavius.
:30:36
Oh, are you?
:30:40
Dr. Floyd, I hope you don't think
I'm being too inquisitive, but...
:30:44
...perhaps you can clear up
the great big mystery...
:30:46
...about what is going on up there.
:30:50
I'm afraid I don't know what you mean.
:30:52
Oh, it's just that for the past two weeks...
:30:54
...some extremely odd things
have been happening at Clavius.
:30:58
-Oh, really?
-Yes, yes.
:31:00
For one thing, whenever you phone
the base all you get is a recording which...
:31:05
...repeats that the phone lines
are temporarily out of order.
:31:10
Probably having some trouble with
their equipment or something like that.
:31:14
That's what we thought
was the explanation at first...
:31:17
...but it has been going on now
for the past ten days.
:31:19
You have not been able to contact anyone
for the past ten days?
:31:22
That's right.
:31:24
Oh, I see.
:31:25
And there's another thing, Heywood.
:31:27
Two days ago, one of our rocket buses
was denied permission...
:31:30
...for an emergency landing at Clavius.
:31:32
That does sound odd.
:31:33
Yes, yes. I'm afraid there's going to be
a bit of a row about that.
:31:37
Denying the men permission to land is
a direct violation of the l.A.S. Convention.
:31:41
Yes, of course. Of course.
:31:43
-Did the crew get back all right?
-Yes, fortunately they did.
:31:46
Well, I'm glad about that.
:31:51
At the risk of pressing you
on a point you seem reticent to discuss...
:31:55
...may I ask you
a straightforward question?
:31:58
Well, certainly.