Overview
Shortly after leaving their original crash-site planet, Smith spots a familiar star and, in an amazing show of stellar navigational skill, calculates the course to get back to Earth. He extracts a promise from Don and John that they'll return to Earth, or else he'll destroy his navigation data. They agree, but inform the family at dinnertime that they are headed for Alpha Centauri after all, mainly because the Earth is on the other side of the Sun (how do they know that? - do they know the date? And besides, from Alpha Centauri, Earth revolves clockwise, visible all the time). Smith changes course 180 degrees, then clumsily jettisons most of the fuel. They reach a refueling barge, one of several that Alpha Control put out in 1996, top up the tanks, and resume course for Alpha Centauri, not knowing that they've picked up a tailgater who follows them after Smith reverses course to Earth again. The alarm goes off in the night, and they expend a lot of fuel pulling away from the Earth's
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2 - 1Blast Off into Space September 16, 1966 -
2 - 2Wild Adventure September 21, 1966 -
2 - 3The Ghost Planet September 28, 1966 -
2 - 4Forbidden World October 05, 1966 -
2 - 5Space Circus October 12, 1966 -
2 - 6The Prisoners of Space October 19, 1966 -
2 - 7The Android Machine October 26, 1966 -
2 - 8The Deadly Games of Gamma 6 November 02, 1966 -
2 - 9The Thief from Outer Space November 09, 1966 -
2 - 10The Curse of Cousin Smith November 16, 1966 -
2 - 11West of Mars November 11, 1966 -
2 - 12A Visit to Hades December 07, 1966 -
2 - 13The Wreck of the Robot November 14, 1966 -
2 - 14The Dream Monster December 21, 1966 -
2 - 15The Golden Man December 28, 1966 -
2 - 16The Girl From the Green Dimension January 04, 1967 -
2 - 17The Questing Beast January 11, 1967 -
2 - 18The Toymaker January 25, 1967 -
2 - 19Mutiny in Space February 01, 1967 -
2 - 20The Space Vikings February 08, 1967 -
2 - 21Rocket to Earth February 15, 1967 -
2 - 22The Cave of the Wizards February 22, 1967 -
2 - 23Treasure of the Lost Planet March 01, 1967 -
2 - 24Revolt of the Androids March 08, 1967 -
2 - 25The Colonists March 15, 1967 -
2 - 26Trip Through the Robot March 22, 1967 -
2 - 27The Phantom Family March 29, 1967 -
2 - 28The Mechanical Men April 05, 1967 -
2 - 29The Astral Traveler April 12, 1967 -
2 - 30The Galaxy Gift April 26, 1967