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...the Discovery

and its computer systems...

...because that is United States territory.

You are authorized to observe

other aspects of our mission.

We have no other obligation.

A lot has happened

while you have been asleep.

ORLOV:
It is not our choice.

The problem in Central America

is growing worse.

It looks like youve detected chlorophyll.

The United States is threatening

a naval blockade.

Theres only ice there.

How can there be chlorophyll?

You know and I know that my

country cant allow a blockade.

FLOYD:
How fast is it moving?

TANYA:
We have instructions--

Just because our governments are

acting like asses doesnt mean we have to.

Were scientists, not politicians. How fast?

Dr. Floyd, I am also an officer

of the Soviet Air Force.

How fast?

One meter per minute.

FLOYD:
Dont worry. Im just observing.

FLOYD:
Towards the sun?

ORLOV:
Yes.

Thats incredible!

We are going to send a probe down.

Good!

[Electronic beeping and clicking]

[Overlapping voices speaking Russian]

[Low hum, probe hisses]

[Rhythmic electronic beeping]

[Low humming echoes]

[Electronic beeping,

crew speaking in Russian]

[Rapid beeping]

[Beeping intensifies]

FLOYD:
Oxygen?

[Rapid beeping]

Chlorophyll.

Jesus!

FLOYD:
ls it organic?

ORLOV:
I think so.

ORLOV:
lll bring the probe lower.

FLOYD:
Whats down in that crater?

FLOYD:
There! There!

[Beeping intensifies]

[Sonic blast roars]

[White noise]

[Electronic humming]

FLOYD:
Let me get this straight.

FLOYD:
Theres no telemetry?

KOVALEV:
lts all gone.

ORLOV:
What about the backup device?

KOVALEV:
Nothing.

Everything was erased.

MAXIM:
There was an electrostatic

buildup of some kind.

Well probably find more of it

when we get close to lo.

It has happened before.

There was something down there.

It was organic.

ORLOV:
There was life.

MAXIM:
You dont know that.

ORLOV:
I believe that.

TANYA:
What should we do?

ORLOV:
Send another probe.

TANYA:
But were getting farther

from Europa.

ORLOV:
Can we slow down?

TANYA:
We dont have the fuel.

How do we know the same thing

wouldnt happen again?

MAXIM:
Electrostatic buildups

dont occur often.

FLOYD:
It wasnt any buildup.

TANYA:
Oh, really, Dr. Floyd?

And just what do you think it was?

A warning.

FLOYD:
Theres something

down there all right.

We all saw it. We read the data.

We know its there.

But just suppose...that it had

something to do with the monolith?

Now before you get that look on your

face just listen to me for a minute.

Weve been sending probes out here

since the 70s.

So have you guys.

But none of us have ever encountered

even the slightest signs of chlorophyll...

...on any of Jupiters moons. Never.

FLOYD:
And we certainly were close

enough, werent we?

Nine years ago

the monolith was detected here.

Discovery was sent up and everything

went wacko. You catching my drift?

So here we are, nine years later,

trying to figure out what happened...

...and what the monolith is all about.

FLOYD:
And guess what we discover

along the way?

The possibility of life of some kind...

...where it never existed before.

I dont think its electrostatic anything.

I think something wants us

to stay away from Europa.

FLOYD:

Dear Caroline, I miss you terribly.

The time has come to put ourselves

in an orbit around lo...

...which is where the Discovery is.

And we don't have enough fuel

to slow ourselves down so...

...we are about to use a technique

called aero-braking.

The theory is that we will enter

the outer layer of Jupiter's atmosphere...

...using what is called a ballute for a shield.

The atmosphere will slow us down,

and Jupiter's gravity will grab hold of us...

...and slingshot us around

behind the dark side.

If all goes well,

we'll wind up in a gentle orbit around lo.

It's dynamite on paper.

Of course, the people who came up

with the numbers on the paper aren't here.

Since no one has ever done this before,

everyone up here is as scared as I am.

The difference is they're busy.

I have nothing to do

but wait for it to happen.

And I hope this is all worth it.

INTERCOM:

Aero-braking in two minutes.

[Breathes deeply]

One minute, 50 seconds.

[Low humming]

One minute, 40 seconds.

One minute, 30 seconds.

One minute, 20 seconds.

One minute, 10 seconds.

Aero-braking in one minute.

[Loud hissing]

Aero-braking in 50 seconds.

[Eerie space sounds echoing]

Forty seconds.

Thirty seconds.

Twenty seconds.

Ten seconds.

You speak English?

No English.

Swell.

[Faint banging]

[Low rumbling]

[Woman speaks in Russian]

[Loud rumbling and creaking]

[Explosion]

[Flames roar]

[Thunderous roar]

[Speaks in Russian]

[Noises gradually stop]

[Loud boom]

[Rapid electronic beeping]

[Gasping]

[Speaks in Russian]

[Sighs deeply]

Okay?

Da. Okay.

[Eerie ambient music]

BOWMAN:
[Distorted]

My God, it's full of stars!

My God, it's full of stars!

My God, it's full of stars!

INTERCOM:

Dr. Floyd to the medical bay.

FLOYD:
How do you feel?

CURNOW:
Like sh*t.

Thats about right.

CHANDRA:
I have this terrible taste

in my mouth.

FLOYD:
It takes about 12 hours

to go away.

CHANDRA:
Everything all right?

FLOYD:
Yeah.

Are we there yet?

FLOYD:
Well reach the Discovery

tomorrow morning.

How was aero-braking?

FLOYD:
Were here, so it worked.

CHANDRA:
I wish I could see that.

FLOYD:
I wish I couldve slept through it.

By the way, all your messages

are in the communication bay.

Theyre probably decoded and copied now.

I hope you didnt have anything private.

Theres a certain paranoia here.

Yeah, what the hell is going on?

This doctor....

CURNOW:
Whats his name?

FLOYD:
Rudenko.

Yeah, he acted like hed found us

under a rock.

FLOYD:
lts the Honduras thing,

its getting worse.

CURNOW:
Still?

FLOYD:
Theres a blockade.

The Russians tried to break it.

I dont know. It doesnt look good.

Do we have all the telemetry

on the Discovery and the monolith?

Theyre all in your cassettes. Dont expect

too much cooperation from this crew.

Yeah, whats the matter with them?

Its not their fault. Well, maybe it is.

If it has to taste like this...

...l dont care if my electrolytes

are balanced or not.

FLOYD:
Theres more.

Something extraordinary has happened

on Europa.

But we shouldnt talk here.

FLOYD:
Dear Caroline, the first part

of thisjourney is coming to an end.

We are about to rendezvous with

the Discovery. The race will be on now.

We're going to send a boarding party over

to climb inside this...

...800-foot-long shipwreck floating over lo...

...to see if she can be rescued

before her orbit gives out.

There are nine years of secrets inside...

...including a sleeping computer

who knows the answers.

My past is also inside...

...and I want those answers.

[Eerie space sounds echoing]

CURNOW:
lm not an astronaut.

I'm an engineer. What am I doing here?

FLOYD:
Temperatures good.

CURNOW:
Yeah.

CURNOW:
You know, I hate heights.

FLOYD:
So do l.

CURNOW:

Weve picked good jobs, huh?

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