Posted by : Ray Plumlee in (Space Patrol)
Posted on March 16th, 2010
Listen to Space Patrol Episode 20 The Mysterious Meteor
Tagged Under : 1950s, 1953, Bela Kovacs, Cadet Happy, Captain Dick Tufeld, Commander Correy, Ed Kemmer, Lyn Osborn, Major Robertson, Meteor, Mike Moser, Norman Jolley, Old Time Radio, OTR, Outer Space, sci-fi, science fiction, Space Patrol, Spaceship, Terra, Terra V, Venus
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Our story begins with Commander Correy and Cadet Happy on their way to the New Arcadia Space Port in Arizona, Earth in a surface car when they see a meteor shower then one of the meteorites crashes into the city of New Arcadia. Buzz and Happy race to the scene where they find the meteorite has crashed in one of the parks of New Arcadia.
Major Robertson the Space Patrol’s Security Chief greets and briefs the Commander. He informs him that the meteor crash created a pit nearly twenty yards across but fortunately no one was injured.
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An Atomo Power Shovel, A futuristic machine with a large scoop like shovel, is brought in to help with removing the meteorite. Professor James King, a meteor expert who is supervising the removal of the meteor when the Atomo Power Shovel’s scoop is destroyed. Commander Correy orders that no more attempts to remove the meteorite until a scoop is found made of endurium.
The next morning Commander Correy, Major Robertson, Professor King and Cadet Happy are gathered near the meteorite crater. Commander Correy won’t let them to attempt removal until he conducts a couple of tests. His testing is to toss some small fragments of common metal at the meteorite. First he throws a piece of steel, then a piece of nickle and each of them disintegrated. Then Buzz throws a piece of endurium which does not disintegrate.
Correy then give permission to use the Atomo Power Shovel, now equipped with an endurium shovel, to remove the metal and place it in an endurium crate for transportation to Terra.
After preliminary studies are done Professor King reports that the metal will have a violent reaction to any metal that the meteorite itself contains. He says that he and his colleague Dr. Rowlins have concluded that the meteorite is made of reverse matter (what we would call today anti-matter). He explains that atoms in our universe are composed of negatively charged electrons whirling around a positively charged nucleus. The reverse matter is composed of negatively charged nucleus with positively charged electrons. The reverse matter was undoubtedly from another Universe.
The plot thickens when Major Robertson comes in and reports that the Space Dispatcher has informed him that the meteorite has been placed on the wrong Space Freighter carrying mining equipment and is on it’s way to Venus.
Commander Correy race after the Space Freighter in Terra V and finally over take him as the Space Freighter enters Venus’s atmosphere. They find out that the Space Freighter is having mechanical problems with his rocket controls and is trying to make an emergency landing outside of Venus City. Correy then explains that he needs to be very cautious because his unintended cargo.
Unfortunately, Bill Craig, the Space Freighter Pilot now in an Ammonia Storm has lost control and crashed into the side of a mountain near a dam just outside of Venus City. What happens next? How do the Space Patrol Officers save the day this time? You will just have to listen to this episode below.
Space Patrol Episode 20, The Mysterious Meteor, is also known as Flash Flood on Venus.
Broadcast Date: 53-02-14
Cast:
Commander in Chief ‘Buzz’ Corey: Ed Kemmer
Cadet Happy: Lyn Osborn
Major Robertson (Security Chief): Ken Mayer
Other Cast:
Professor James King: Bela Kovacs
Bill Craig, Space Freighter Pilot – Norman Jolley
Other Credits:
Network: ABC
Announcer: Captain Dick Tufeld
Creator: Mike Moser
Written By: Lou Huston
Directed By: Larry Robertson
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Space Age Jargon This Episode:
Atomo Power Shovel – A futuristic machine with a large scoop like shovel.
Endurium – Space age metal many times harder than any other known metal.
Reverse Matter – A substance we would call today as anti-matter.
Space Cadet Ring – Ring worn by Space Cadet Happy.
Space Dispatcher – Space Port Officer responsible for directing traffic at a Space Port.
Cosmic Surface Car – Also called just a Surface Car. A plain old automobile but probably not powered by fossil fuel.
Viewscope – An optical type of radar.
Space Ships/Ports/Stations This Episode:
New Arcadia Space Port in Arizona, Earth
Space Freighter – Private space craft used to hall freight between planets.
Terra a man made planet that is where the United Planets headquarters is based.
Venus City, Venus
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