2001: A Space Odyssey Page #12

SEE POD ARMS:

SECURE COMPONENT.

POOLE:

Hal, please rotate Pod Number

Two.

SEE THE CENTRE POD

ROTATE TO FACE THE

POD BAY DOORS.

POOLE ENTERS POD.

INSIDE POD, HE DOES

INITIAL PRE-FLIGHT

CHECK, TRIES BUTTONS

AND CONTROLS.

POOLE:

How do you read me, Dave?

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C33

BOWMAN IN COMMAND

MODULE.

BOWMAN:

Five by five, Frank.

C34

INSIDE POD.

POOLE:

How do you read me, Hal?

HAL:

Five by five, Frank.

POOLE:

Hal, I'm going out now to replace

the A.O. unit.

HAL:

I understand.

POOLE:

Hal, maintain normal E.V.A.

condition.

HAL:

Roger.

POOLE:

Hal, check all airlock doors secure.

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C34

CONTINUED:

HAL:

All airlock doors are secure.

POOLE:

Decompress Pod Bay.

SEE BIG POD BAY AIR

PUMPS AT WORK.

HAL:

Pod Bay is decompressed. All

doors are secure. You are free

to open pod bay doors.

POOLE:

Opening pod bay doors.

INSIDE POD, POOLE

KEYS OPEN POD BAY

DOORS.

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C34

CONTINUED:

POD SLOWLY EDGES

OUT OF POD BAY.

C35

POOLE MANOEUVRES

THE POD CAREFULLY

AWAY FROM DISCOVERY.

C36

INSIDE COMMAND:

MODULE, BOWMAN

CAN SEE TINY POD

MANOEUVRING:

DIRECTLY IN FRONT.

C37

POOLE SEE BOWMAN

IN COMMAND MODULE

WINDOW.

C38

POD SLOWLY MANOEVRES

TO ANTENNA.

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C39

POD FASTENS ITSELF

MAGNETICALLY TO:

SIDES OF DISCOVERY

AT BASE OF ANTENNA.

C40

SPECIAL MAGNETIC

PLATES GRIP:

DISCOVERY SIDES.

C41

THE POD ARMS WORK

TO REMOVE THE FAULTY

COMPONENT.

C42

EASY FLIP-BOLTS OF

A SPECIAL DESIGN

FACILITATE JOB.

C43

INSIDE THE POD,

POOLE WORKS THE:

ARMS BY SPECIAL:

CONTROL.

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C44

IN COMMAND MODULE,

BOWMAN SEES INSERT

OF WORK TAKEN FROM

TV CAMERA POINT-OF-

VIEW IN POD HAND.

C45

HAL STANDS BY.

C46

POOLE SECURES THE

FAULTY PART IN ONE

HAND.

C47

THE NEW COMPONENT

IS FITTED INTO PLACE

BY THE OTHER THREE

HANDS ARE SNAPPED

CLOSED WITH THE:

SPECIALLY DESIGNED

FLIP-BOLTS.

POOLE:

Hal, please acknowledge

component correctly installed

and fully operational.

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C47

CONTINUED:

HAL:

The component is correctly

installed and fully operational.

C48

THE POD FLOATS AWAY

FROM THE DISCOVERY BY

SHUTTING OFF THE

ELECTRO-MAGNETIC

PLATES.

C49

THE POD MANOEUVRES

AWAY FROM THE ANTENNA

AND OUT IN FRONT OF

DISCOVERY.

C50

BOWMAN SEE THE POD

THROUGH THE COMMAND

MODULE WINDOW.

C51

POOLE SEES BOWMAN

IN COMMAND MODULE

WINDOW.

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C52

POOLE CAREFULLY:

MANOEUVRES TOWARD

THE POD DOORS.

C53

POD STOPS A HUNDRED

FEET AWAY.

C54

POOLE KEYS AUTOMATIC

DOCKING ALIGNMENT

MODE.

C55

POOLE CHECKS AIRLOCK

SAFETY PROCEDURE WITH

HAL.

C56

HAL APPROVES ENTRY.

C57

POOLE ACTUATES POD

BAY DOORS OPEN.

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C58

SEE POD BAY DOORS

OPEN.

C59

POD CAREFULLY:

MANOEUVRES ON:

TO DOCKING ARM,

WHICH THEN DRAWS

POD INTO POD BAY.

DISSOLVE:

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C60

POD BAY:

THE FAULTY A.O. UNIT

LIES ON A TESTING BENCH

CONNECTED TO ELECTRONIC

GEAR.

POOLE STANDS FOR

SOME TIME CHECKING HIS

RESULTS.

THERE SHOULD BE SOME

UNDERSTANDABLE DISPLAY,

WHICH INDICATES THE PART

IS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY,

EVEN UNDER ONE HUNDRED

PERCENT OVERLOAD.

CIRUIT CONTINUITY

PULSE SEQUENCER.

ENVIRONMENTAL VIBRATION.

VK INTEGRITY.

BOWMAN ENTERS:

BOWMAN:

How's it going?

POOLE:

I don't know. I've checked this

damn thing four times now and

even under a hundred per cent

(cont'd)

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C60

CONT'D

POOLE (cont'd)

overload. there's no fault prediction

indicated.

BOWMAN:

Well, that's something.

POOLE:

Yes, I don't know what to make of it.

BOWMAN:

I suppose computers have been known

to be wrong.

POOLE:

Yes, but it's more likely that the

tolerances on our testing gear are

too low.

BOWMAN:

Anyway, it's just as well that we

replace it. Better safe than

sorry.

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C61

DISCOVERY IN SPACE

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C62

CENTRIFUGE:

BOWMAN ASLEEP.

POOLE WATCHING:

AN ASTEROID IN THE

TELESCOPE.

HAL:

Hello, Frank, can I have a word with

you?

POOLE WALKS TO THE

COMPUTER.

POOLE:

Yes, Hal, what's up?

HAL:

It looks like we have another bad

A.O. unit. My FPC shows another

impending failure.

C63

WE SEE DISPLAY APPEAR

ON THE SCREEN SHOWING

SKELETONISED VERSION

OF SHIP, CUTTING TO

SECTIONALISED VIEW,

CUTTING TO CLOSE

VIEW OF THE PART.

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C64

CENTRIFUGE:

POOLE THINKS FOR

SEVERAL SECONDS.

POOLE:

Gee, that's strange, Hal. We

checked the other unit and couldn't

find anything wrong with it.

HAL:

I know you did, Frank, but I assure

you there was an impending failure.

POOLE:

Let me see the tracking alignment

display.

C65

COMPUTER DISPLAYS

THE VIEW OF EARTH

IN THE CENTRE OF THE

GRID WITH CROSS-

HAIRS. THE EARTH IS

PERFECTLY CENTRED.

C66

CENTRIFUGE:

POOLE:

There's nothing wrong with it at

the moment.

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C66

CONTINUED:

HAL:

No, it's working fine right now,

but it's going to go within seventy-

two hours.

POOLE:

Do you have any idea of what is

causing this fault?

HAL:

Not really, Frank. I think there

may be a flaw in the assembly

procedure.

POOLE:

All right, Hal. We'll take care

of it. Let me have the hard copy,

please.

HARD COPY DETAILS

COME OUT OF SLOT.

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C67

DISCOVERY IN SPACE,

NO PLANETS VISIBLE.

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C68

CENTRIFUGE. BOWMAN

GETS OUT OF BED, WALKS

TO THE FOOD UNIT AND

DRAWS A HOT CUP OF

COFFEE. POOLE ENTERS.

POOLE:

Good morning.

BOWMAN:

Good morning. How's it going?

POOLE:

Are you reasonably awake?

BOWMAN:

Oh, I'm fine, I'm wide awake.

What's up?

POOLE:

Well... Hal's reported the

AO-unit about to fail again.

BOWMAN:

You're kidding.

POOLE:

No.

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C68

CONTINUED:

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