![]() When the Discovery enters Jupiter’s orbit, a third monolith appears out among the large planet’s many moons. With HAL essentially dead, Bowman continues on alone toward the ship’s destination. Bowmen figures a way to re-enter without HAL using the emergency control and immediately sets to dismantling HAL. Bowman then heads out to retrieve Poole and bring his body back inside the ship, but HAL locks the pod entry door while also cutting off the life supply systems to the three hibernating astronauts. ![]() ![]() Poole goes outside the Discovery in the pod to replace the crucial component, but when he attempts to re-enter the ship, HAL cuts his lifeline. ![]() The subject of their conversation is the potential disconnection of the computer if his contention that unreliability of his prediction of his prediction of component failure does not turn out to be human error like the computer insists. What the astronauts do not know is that HAL can read lips. In addition to his misstep on the issue of the antennae, HAL seems to be behaving erratically and Bowman and Pool meet to discuss the issue in the place where the computer cannot heard them: inside an enclosed pod used for exterior repairs. The calculation winds up proving that HAL is very capable of making errors, however. The two watch a BBC interview they conducted in which HAL emotionlessly but somehow proudly asserts that his computer functioning is foolproof and utterly incapable of making any errors.Īs if proving his capacity for infallibility, HAL calculates the failure of part of the ship’s antennae. Bowman and Poole go about the tedious day to day duties of staying fit, contacting earth and interacting with HAL more than they interact with each other. Actual control of the Discovery’s systems is a voice-equipped computer referred to as HAL 9000 or, more often, just plain HAL. Frank Poole are charged with maintaining everyday duties and earth contact. Three of the explorers are in cryogenic hibernation while Dr. When sunlight strikes the object for the first time, an incredibly loud and shrilly piercing radio signal is produced that seems to be directed straight toward the position of Jupiter.Ī year and a half later, the spacecraft Discovery One is headed for Jupiter with five astronauts. Beneath the lunar surface has been lying-apparently for millions if not billions of years-a large, black monolithic structure. Heywood Floyd is taking the step to investigate a strange discovery by astronauts exploring the surface the moon. With the meat supply gained from killing their prey their brains can begin to develop the addition of protein that has been lacking in their vegetarian diet.Įvolution of humanity is about take one giant leap for mankind.įour million years later, Dr. With the advantage of tools, the apes can begin to kill animals and evolve from prey to predator. With the infusion of intelligence that allows manipulation of their physical dexterity, the apes can make tools. Lions and hyenas don’t have fingers or opposable thumbs, but the apes have not yet learned how to manipulate this advantage to establish superiority. That connection stimulates the ape toward a new level of consciousness that draws them inexorably to the next stage of evolutionary development: the ability to use the primary physical differentiation between them and the current kings of the African landscape to make tool. Eventually, one of the apes seems to make some sort of non-visceral connection with the monolith and this leads to a palpable connection. The alien and unfamiliar newcomer to their land does not seem to pose a threat, but approaches toward it are tentative anyway. Until the day the apes awaken to discover a large, black monolithic structure that wasn’t there when they went to sleep. Physical might makes rights in this strangely verdant yet desolate landscape and every day passes to another that will be just like the one before it and the one after it. The prehistorical world before man entered the picture is one of kill or be killed, survive or die. Ape-like progenitors of what will eventually evolve into homo sapiens enjoy vegetarian meals while using only their wits. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.
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