astronomer,
I can't but be pleased
with a fortunate choice of
exactly Alpha-Cassiopeia
as the object of research.
Moreover,
here, in our close circle,
I can inform you that the character
of the signals we receive from there
makes us suppose
that some civilization
from the depths of space
is addressing us.
Yes, us.
That's why your project
will get
all the support
from the astronomy center.
Unfortunately, I have
to add to this ointment
a big fly.
As a biologist, l'm definitely opposed
to sending to space
children under 16,
for their bone and muscular
system is not formed up yet.
Academician Kurochkin is wrong.
How old is he?
About 15.
You mean he's older?
He's not 14 yet.
Acceleration.
Our generation is developing
faster than the preceding one.
All right, l'll take care
of Academician Kurochkin.
In the meantime,
start to select the crew,
train and work.
Excuse me, please.
I'll keep you just a moment.
Please.
Sign for receiving it.
Right in this square,
please.
You have a fine handwriting.
Thank you.
Top secret
Excuse me, how did you manage...
Look, where did he disappear?
Some miracle.
Center of Cosmonaut Training
It's a hell of work.
Yuri Petrovich had you rotated
real fast.
Good for you,
you can endure 5 g-force.
And numbers poured out of you,
like from a calculator.
You have the seventh sense
developed just awesome.
Vitya.
- You're here again?
- Yes.
I told you not to come,
nothing will come of it anyway.
Yesterday I got the 2nd category
in gymnastics.
I can live without food for 2 days.
l've tested myself.
Don't you understand
that I got to fly?
There's nothing I can do.
The crew have been selected
and approved.
Stop coming here. You got it?
- But I have to help them.
- Whom?
The extraterrestrials.
Come on.
Sorry, I can do nothing.
Look, maybe it was Okorokova
who wrote the note?
No, you've checked her
handwriting yourself.
Yes, I have.
We've gathered here
because of unexpected complications
related to the make-up
of the starship's crew.
The crew make-up was fixed
by the scheme "three plus three".
Three girls and three boys.
But today it became known
that, unfortunately, the candidacy
of Lena Kashkina has fallen away.
- Why?
- Lena Kashkina's fallen away?
Yes, fallen away.
Lena Kashkina's grandmother
did not give her consent.
And since it's necessary
to have all close relatives' consent
to the flight,
Lena Kashkina is out.
What shall we do?
Cancel the flight?
Since at the last meeting,
at the suggestion of
Viktor Danilovich,
we approved Mikhail Kopanygin
as a member of the crew,
the boy who has a phenomenal memory
enabling him to memorize
10 pages of small print text
after reading it once,
I would recommend the board
to look at these documents.
Top secret
Mishka + Katya = love
A fine candidacy.
What's the girl's name?
Yekaterina Sergeyevna Panfyorova.
Winner of Olympiads of
Young Archeologists, Hydrographers,
Crystallographers, graphers... graph...
One.
I've been authorized to inform you,
Yekaterina Sergeyevna,
that the selection board
approved your candidacy.
Congratulations. You will fly.
Where?
To space.
- Four.
- Excuse me, "four" what?
Four pancakes.
Flying to space, is it for long?
No. Well...
for your whole life.
Whole life?
To be more exact,
for about 50 years.
All right, I'll fly,
but only on one condition.
Great, we accept your condition.
How do you know what the condition is?
Your condition is that
a boy should fly with you.
Right.
And you know who the boy is?
You can be sure that you're already
flying.
1, 2, 3, 4...
And so, our starship,
created by the efforts of designers,
engineers and workers,
will enable the crew
to make
a many-year trip to Alpha
Cassiopeia and come back.
You've just seen
the command module.
Let's continue our tour.
What were the principles
of selecting the crew?
Given the longevity of the journey,
the key to its success is the