Thirty-Six Hours

Artemis space shuttle releases satellite into space and switches to the ALM automatic landing mode. Mission Control is happy. At Parkland Space Center, a fire truck is let onto the base and hooks up a fire hose to a building and turns on a gas cannister. Mission Control begins passing out. Two men run in, dressed like firemen, and pull a device out of the computer. They unhook the hose and drive away. When Dr. Autrey at Mission Control wakes up, he realizes that the shuttle will land in 36 hours and has no landing device. At home, Matthew is building a house of cards while watching the space shuttle deploy its cargo. Walt can't believe the primitiveness of it all. The communication rings flash and it's time to miss dinner again. Matt and Walt meet General Wymore at the movies; an alien movie in particular. The ALM system has been stolen and time is running out for the space shuttle. The shuttle can't land without it and there is no backup device. Their contact at Parkland will b