It was also the age of the super computer. A highly intelligent machine named HAL ran and controlled an entire ship, while playing chess with his co-workers. Hal, was born January 12, 1992 in Urbani Illinois.

While we are on the moon, we have detected an object roughly 20 feet beneath the surface, an object that seems to have been put there purposefully. After we excavate the object and a man physically touches it, The metallic rectangle of 10 feet sends out a radio beacon to Jupiter that can also be heard by the communications system of the workers.

Ship,

and planet

18 month later, there is a secret voyage to Jupiter The director uses both music and editing to give a feel for what is happening in the film. Only two of the astronauts are awake during the voyage, the others in hibernation. These people have a relative body temperature of 3 degrees Celsius, and take one breath per minute. Their hearts beat only three times per minute. We are also told that while in this state they do not dream, a subject that interests HAL very much. It is interesting to note that in 2001 there is also gravity in space ensuring that the astronauts coffee will not spill.

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