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Jet Morgan and his crew continue on their journey to the moon. After blasting off, and taking a space walk, the three astronauts return to the rocket’s cabin. They discuss the strange music they heard, or didn’t hear while on the space walk. Where is it coming from? The moon? Might there actually be life on the moon?
Minds are calmed once a normal routine returns. Critical moments arise at a transition point on the journey. Soon it’s time to take positions for a landing. Just when the ship is about to land on the dangerous terrain of the surface, that music kicks up again. Will our astronauts be safe? Will the landing go wrong somehow? The crew manages to land and prepare to explore. What new discoveries will they find? Will our explorers find the moon surface to be much the same as they expect, and the same as it was discovered to be by real astronauts in years to come? Will this trip throw open the doors to commercial moon travels any time soon?
Just when things are going smooth, and with no signs of life, here comes that strange music again. Suddenly there’s movement. Jet is missing.
I love this whole serial, and this episode is particularly memorable for a modern audience who remember the real moon landing many years later. Uncanny is a good word for the resemblance between the two.
But don’t touch that dial — lots more adventures lie in the next episodes of Jet Morgan !