Moon Zero Two

Moon Zero Two is a science fiction film produced by Hammer Films and released in 1969. It was billed as a space Western.

In the year 2021, the moon is in the process of being colonized, and this new frontier is attracting a diverse group of people to settlements such as Moon City, Farsideand others.Two such denizens of this rough and tumble lunar society are the notorious millionaire J. J. Hubbard and formerastronautturnedsatellitesalvager Bill Kemp. The first man to set foot on Mars, Kemp has now left the Space Corporation because he wants to do space exploration whereas his former employer only wants to do commercial passenger flights to Mars and Venus the first manned mission to Mercury has not yet been made since there is no compelling financial interest. When Hubbard hears of a small 6000tonne asteroid made of pure sapphire that is orbiting close to the moon, he hires Kemp to capture it using Kemps old Moon 02 space ferry and bring it down to the lunar farside although it would be against the law. However, Kemp has little choice since he has learned that his flight license soon will be revoked due to protests from the Corporation. Hubbard also reveals that he plans to use the sapphire as a rocket engine thermal insulator he would build more powerful rockets capable of finally colonizing Mercury and the moons of Jupiterfor profit. ........

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