1:44:01
In a vacuum, bombarded by electrons?
1:44:04
It shouldn't even be alive!
1:44:05
That's what I wanted to tell you.
1:44:07
The growth program shows
1:44:08
Andromeda can live on anything.
1:44:10
Only gas and light affect it.
1:44:12
You didn't get any no-growth
results on the cultures?
1:44:15
None. Look.
1:44:20
The poorest growth
occurs in pure oxygen
1:44:22
incubated under infrared light.
1:44:25
Andromeda grows best in
carbon dioxide and hydrogen
1:44:28
incubated under X rays.
1:44:30
No excretions.
1:44:32
No waste of any kind.
1:44:33
You'd expect that.
1:44:35
Andromeda's perfect
for existence in outer space.
1:44:38
Consumes everything, wastes nothing.
1:44:44
Good Lord. Stone to Delta Five.
1:44:46
Put me through to Robertson immediately.
1:44:47
What?
1:44:48
God, I hope we're not too late.
1:44:49
Tell me.
1:44:50
It functions like an atomic reactor.
1:44:52
An atomic blast could provide it
1:44:54
with enough energy to grow
1:44:55
into a gigantic supercolony.
1:44:56
In one day.
1:44:59
You can relax now.
1:45:01
We've just left the president.
1:45:03
He agreed to drop the bomb.
1:45:04
No, you've got to stop 7-12
from being carried out.
1:45:06
Now, wait a minute!
1:45:07
We're not playing Ping-Pong.
1:45:09
We just got through
telling the president...
1:45:11
For God's sake, go back!
1:45:12
It grows when exposed to X rays
or any source of energy.
1:45:15
Tell him no nuclear device
1:45:16
must be detonated anywhere near it.
1:45:18
We just found out Andromeda works
1:45:20
like a little reactor:
1:45:21
Converts matter to energy,
1:45:22
energy to matter directly.
1:45:24
Then the bomb would only provide
1:45:26
a fantastically rich growth medium.
1:45:28
Understand?
1:45:29
No, but I'll pass along
the recommendation.
1:45:32
The boss will be pleased to know
1:45:33
that he made the right decision
1:45:35
on 7-12 in the first place.
1:45:36
Congratulate him
on his scientific insight.
1:45:39
And, Robbie?
1:45:41
You'd better get the
atomic self-destruct in here
1:45:43
disarmed as soon as possible.
1:45:44
Right. I'll start on the clearances now.
1:45:47
It'll be done by morning.
1:45:51
No, no, no.
1:45:52
That won't work until
the damn thing's going.