The molding process produces flames and vapors, causing he enthusiastic astronomers to rejoice.On the tops of the roofs of the town, pompous preparations have been made.At the launch site, the rocket shell is in position, ready to receive the travelers.The six travelers arrive - they respond and reply to the acclamations of the crowd and then enter he steel-riveted shell (their space vehicle).A third film to complete a trilogy, namedCloverleaf(a reference o LA""s freeway system and its massive interchanges - with its notorious air pollution), was shelved whenThe Two Jakesfailed at the box-office.If the Russian ship crossed the line, it would be considered a declaration of war, forcing the US "to retaliate with a full nuclear response." The accommodations - a cramped upper-floor bunkhouse was dirty and unsatisfactory for McCabe""s tastes and he complained: "I wouldn""t stay up there for free if you had a goddamn San Francisco whore in every bed.