Cold Equation
A good story without the expected happy ending. A beautiful young girl stows away on a spaceship, and must be killed.
A hidden passenger on a rescue spacecraft puts the crew's fuel supply in danger.
A stowaway aboard an emergency dispatch ship dooms the mission’s fuel margin.
X Minus One is an American half-hour science fiction radio drama series that was broadcast from April 24, 1955, to January 9, 1958, in various timeslots on NBC. Known for high production values in adapting stories from the leading American authors of the era, X Minus One has been described as one of the finest offerings of American radio drama and one of the best science fiction series in any medium.
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“Cold Equation.” X Minus One. Radio broadcast, August 25, 1955.
