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SBN 0-7497-0167-5,DESTINATION MOON nt Te's the master ‘And Mr Tintin’ How have a good trip? | Fine, thank you Nestor. All well? see the house has Wasnt he He leFt here written to you? three weeks 090 Calculus has ee Calculus? Piast ates gentleman with a foreign accent dame to sce roPessor Calculus: They had along talk. Then the Professor packed aggage and thay want ay, togetoge He sald heould wete to you tm try ut orcad hehe wal, re | Hetio?...Yes...No, this is Captain Haddock... No, he's mot hore... Who is that spcak- ..No,he lett three weeks ago. But who's speaking? Hello ge Helo? Hello? Hello ?..He’s rung off the mitwit talked double” Dutch! Hello?... Hello?... No, he's gone. How oad!...Anyway, T hope no thing has happened to frofessor \Gaculus,..Shall we have a 100k found iis room? | When [went in this morning to air |the room, J noticed nothing unusual .“= Snowy!... Here, SO snowy ean [Sener K —___& Nf enesan? || Who knows I'm {(] “home # \ r DING Se fa? DING ~~ Es B | Gk? post orrice OVERSEAS TELEGRAM No, there's nothing unusual in his room... What is it, Neston? a LI SHLBAVIA STOP COME. 'S10P_aRWG TINTHN OF course !...No need to take the bags upstairs, Nestor. We're leaving at once. In Syldavia '... Calculus is in Syldavia! ... What's the crazy fellow doing there? ft's very odd. He asks us to join hint - Shall we go? ‘ve read this brochure on || |[ He wired us: it comes to the same thing Blistering barnaces, it's true t.. 1 lavia?... What a country! || || $4 _ hadnt thought of that |... He's quite a character, our Fiend Calculus! 2 They export mineral Tm not me w Wot 60 sure. What 1, the poisoners!..- I proof have we that me e1y, you're very preoccupied. || H eent the telegram? Te'something wrong? wen, remember that mys terious telephone call? Ferhaps someone want ous out oF the hos[Your whisky, sir Stop, woman! Don't do that ! Wrat are you doing ®,.. Not one 4 i ee) || drop oF that disgusting mineral- Ah, thats very kind water in my whisky ! esa fe T wonder iF Calculus is here | to meet us... FS Klow, ladies and] gentlemen, Flease Faston safety belts. Re No, [ dowt see him anywhere... He must wave || [| And this... Spirits ! received ourtelegram by now. Well, we shall | || There's a heavy import Se, Herewe are at the Customs. Anything to ||| uty, zi. Only minerabwater | declare, Cactain? beet in Syldavia | ie? .. Nothin. = AS nim . 875. Khors import duty | Bunch]} of pirates! [nour money that'd] be es DY] Strange... I dont see Gileatu: fh jy Take a good look at those two... They re joining the Mammoth | You sce, Zepo have picked them up al~ Your friend...er...not able to] {/ Wait. What about come... he send car... You our luggage * ease” come with we... Tay | Oh, Calculus has sent the car, 4 car Por us. That's ‘ll paceports, please kind of him... Good 1 Follow you. You Captain Hadas Ana him ‘Tintin #Calculus is deing things in style, eh?... With a chauffeur and a Flunkey, by thunder! mea vs ii S= A Sa! I'm watching that car... [b's been Followivig us From the airport [[ What lovely country... [t's a pity they only drink mineral- water. Eugh! and they like it do you keep turning ro ferhaps... Anyway we'll soon be hare. We're coming to a Fown Whats hnpening? Were moron ] low roa ing’ of this ?... Where are you taking us? (eee What's Fhe mean Sprodj yourself, you Bashi- bazouk! You were asked where we're going. Tell us! UH Sprodj, zir. Your XI Friend there... Billions of blistering barnacles! Why didn't {You speak me, zir? T not sée The country is get ting wilder avd wilder. | wonder. Why, whatever's Captain, just look at) that signboard.By thunder, I'm thirsty ! Tim going toget a drink... And while Tn J about it ee just what that Thundering typhoons, I'm thivsty «Thirsty "You understand? Wo} Er. JaisciP...[ch bin durstig, | bliteringbarnaces! Drink.» lus-jug Billions of blue blistering tar] rules! Mineral-water hud you think 1 deink a single drop of that nauseating liquid 2 | Halt! Tin dzckhoujchz blaveh! Fiadimir'!...£h! Viadimir! On ] Flasz Klowaswa vith dzapeil Eth dsztbe \YRA Ah, he's understood What ?.. [5 this how you treat Eourists in this thundering Country of mineral-water ~ drinkers? Sea-gherkin!....Pirate!.... Log- Jarithin!...Ectoplasm!... Baboon ! You call yourself policeman and can't open a bottle properly! NS Tribe of <4 Captain ! took! copter i.By thunder! [Es landing in the rad! . Here, Sprodj, what docs this mean ? Thack- pose, zr. 7 7 map| Giidd ... Zid jz - rg si . é hae) \ " I TI Wall, it’s the } {[8.H.15 calling Con- | |f what's all this First time lve || |] trol...BH.15 calling | || checking business? Control... Expedition Look, a house !... Here, Sprodi, is this where our Friend Where are we,and |) | Calculus lives ¢ ||*Blucbell™ passed where are they lcheck-point...All in |) | Faking us? That's what in wondering. What's possessed | him to come and |nest up here? 7 Thundering typhoons! What > ong on inthis uniry Anyone would Ouink And ngw that baboons} re's a wae On” i]gone off with our PK. calling Control PKA calling Con ! What's he. trol... Expedition Blue- simply...Blistering bell” has arrived. barnaclés! Another check- point | v6 All in oder, ..0pen the doors ... Guad—Teadjana! Yooe quent dooctai i to Ah, all's well [9G Giidd | caw 90: [iC Thundering typhoons, what's happening? ‘Are we driving straight into the garage? ..That's an odd sort of welcome !At last! And it's about time too! waynes] gentlemen. a ae The doors have closed au matically behind us! are opening auto~ ‘And the other doors ‘matically in Front ! But I'd like be know ]| || where we are... And what El - | sters are whoo | Followed us [ Blistering barnacles! When arc they going to make a car that you can got ot of without cracking your skull ? 7... Let me introduce Me. Tintin Na} mysell: Frank WoIFF, assistant UE] engineer to VrofessorCaleulus po?... What sort of || || Fiftle Floor creature is a Zepo? We'll take the Uf Sow see, Captain, LAM Professor Cautus vill aplain everything [Some hes waiting for 7 This is where Profess [| alentne works.Whatisit? || [It’s my dear old Friend, Captain } Who on earth Haddock. ! Um 60 sorry! [ completely Forgot my hel- ] |[ A multiplex helmet ? What imet... It's a new model in multiplex; we for, may Iask ? were testing it for strength no, it's mot _ glass... Multiplex... Glass Believe me, is strong ERR 1 isw't nearly tough enough, all right ! ; fy SSD) | | ET SEAS > - N A F 1 Ig ay, y 2IES, | ————— a) course... But what's What did OF now wh and I'm only alittle mae et nats |_| Ward yousayt | Dye Uhnge ot id af marin ne meant for? ae ge owt eacmny meant for deat people ear. __ J Lertainly, car | | nota hearing aid~ onc of {i : . ‘ (| iaaetet those little instruments 7 4A moment. | |] Fitting into the ear? RN 1 | igo Dy invisible Pe Now look, Mr. Hard-of-Hearing, when | am going to get an answer to my i weetion ° wt short, we have fe much progrese. We question WHERE ARESWEE Know the Mammoth project is going ahcads L Didwt Ma WolfF Fell you?... | || but just how Far- that's the problem:..The only Wall, [ii explain precise information we've managed bo get is this complete list of employers in the Main Work- || [-K.27 has not wasted his time, my dear Jur agent K2T, in the Ministry, phgkooraphedComein here: Tanto ehow J] [Wal wit do you What an cazan that 7 yeu something . think of itt That, Captain, is a part-and || {{ Certainly!... only a part-of the Sprodj Atomic Research Centre, | found in the in atomic research Centre in this land of savages Fich uranium deposits were hipathian mountains ~that is, here...The Syldavian Gov~ ernment immediately embarked onthe building of an atomic research centre... But let's Four years ago wart of the Zmy- Wil you have Captain # Specialists in nuclear physics were recruited from many countries, and work began. It goes without saying that all the research is for humanitarian purposes... No question oF making atomic bombs here... In face, we are | Seeking a way to protect mankind from the lan. “gers of these weapons. [[ Then the Syldavian | T have been very ably supported by |{ Ha! ha! hat ha!... The Moon!... Old Calculus Gorcenment invited me|| || my engineer, Frank WelFF. You ‘onthe Moon! Hal ha! hal... The things towork here. I have met him earlier. And Ine just com~ | || you think of !...The Moon... That a good | been put incharge of pleting plans fora nuclear-powered ‘one | | the astronautical rocket in which [propose to land ON section, as that is THE MOON. the Field with which Tam most familiar Oht ho! hol... [haven't laughed 50 much for a Moon!... As easy as e!...A yan on the con... You'll be And he's quite the man iy the serious about it!... || Moon... Ha! ha! || | You old humbug, | Calculus! Here's to you! ‘aboard the bus!... Sorry, the rockst ! || Ha! ha! ha! Passen— years!...Onthe Moon! | |] gers for the Moon, al You are taking passen: OF course!... Why else do you think I | asked you to jain me! .. i \ iMe?.. Onthe Moon!... With you Blistering barnacles' your brain's gone radioactive! On the Moon! Eh?...What?... What are you saying # without a word !-.Onthe Moon! never set oot in your infernal rec LewtNever You'd just push me around, like that, Hl d'you hear me! Thundering typhoons! Oh, thank you, Captain....thank yeu!..Uknew T could count on you gx 3 — si ket, Haddock Mr. Baxter, the Captain is most onthusiastic. He says he and our good Friend Tintin will be delighted to travel with me to the Moon LC ‘Ah, Mr. Baxter: May [ introduce Captain How do you do, Captain. The best of luck! The Professor told yne Bhat you were aman of remarkable capacity ‘T'See he wasn't exaggerating Me Banter is the Director General ofthe Centre [1 congratulate you too, young | man. In this perilous ven= ture you will represent the eager spirit of youth That's splendid. No, no, don't be modest: a charactsr such as yours is care, all toorare. Teangratulate you, and Lcnvy yous You will have a unique privilege: ike First man toset Foot on our But it is getting late, gentlemen, and you've had a tiving day. We'll show you your rooms, and tomorrow the Profissor will take you round the Centre... This mill be the First Lime outsiders have been admit bed....As you can imagine, we cannck be too careful about spies and saboteurs i Ail the same," They” go abit far. This inspection is absurd. Who could possibly get in here? trl 14 calling Control, Nothing to report na (10)Patrol It calling Control Patrol 14 calling Control! Filing corridors in Sector... Send security squaly at once | Emergency! Dense brown smoke] | Dense emoke reported Control calling Secur ity... Emergency | in corridors, Wall, this Fine’ sta neds Als, there's Fr Dread Ful you say fessor Calculu Hello Tintin. What a to-do! 1 say, Professor, why are you No What did sasing the Captain’ pipe For Well, never, it's the Cap- tain’s pipe!...1 thought L wasn't hearing very well... y It’s in here! Quick, use the foamYou Polynesians, you! You've been smart, haven't you ? You Ku-Klux-Klan! Just when [was out myself. This confounded aarctrampet I Filled it and lit i, thinking it was fla “Oh [see is made The next morning .. The frofessor asked me fo give you this.. He's rather busy himself this morning, 40 he suggested that 1 take you round the Centre...Yewd better put on these over alls; then you cango round without being stopped ammscontinually by ZERO, It started toburn: no Just this blistering smoke _~ebenite! The Zepo again?,..Look here, just what is a Zepo 7 ? The ZEPO?.. 26-P0...ekrett Politze...They are the special police responsible for guarding the atomic. ‘area, For anti-sabetage precautions ‘and for counter- espionage. “On that score the ZEPO have plenty to do... Meanwhile | Despite allour precautions, certain powers | Ve ene code, my dear} know that we are building a moon-rocket and their spies are actively interested Happily Forus they can only succeed iF they have inside men. And even these would have to be senior staff, But we need have ‘no worries about that... Now [ll leave you to put on your overalls. [avon "ack 12 to Nw R. In contact at top level with Main Workshop...” We are now in the central laboratories where the natural uranium = which comes tous in thin metal rods -is converted into plutonium... luton: fam will be used to power frafeesor Calculus’ gy POCK-— e That's that, Now we'll 4 put on the Special clothing to | protect us against radioactivity} +. By the way, with his usual thoughtfulness Professor Cal- Glug remembered your dog ; he's had a suit made For him just the right size. ‘Through this entrance is the bay housing the atomic pile... Have your passes ready (There are tuo principal stages in the production of plutonium : First the “cooking”of the uranium rode in the atomic pile which you will see in a minute ; then the chemical fxtrackion of the plutonia pro, luced in the rods by the Zooking” «Vou Follow mé 2 " y OF eourse!... Tm right behind T know i's very good of Professor Calculus’ but he