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If the engines shut down too early...

...we will not have enough velocity

to get back home.

Discovery has enough on board.

Hal should be able

to control the burn, right?

FLOYD:
How long will it take you

to program Hal for the launch?

I dont know. Its not as simple as that.

I have spent the last several weeks...

...programming Hal for a 1,000-day orbit

back to Earth...

...and now all those programs will have

to be dumped.

How long will it take?

We know how sensitive he is

to mission objectives...

...and now youre telling me

to program him...

...for the destruction of the Discovery

as well as his own destruction.

CHANDRA:
Has anybody considered

his reaction?

Are you saying that he might

disobey orders like last time?

That didnt happen last time.

He was given conflicting orders.

He tried to interpret them.

Then what are you saying?

I am saying that I dont know

how he will react.

CHANDRA:
lm sorry, but I dont.

TANYA:
Have you discussed this with Hal?

CHANDRA:
No.

Load the new program.

We dont have any choice.

CHANDRA:
Now remember,

he was programmed for curiosity.

If the crew was killed, he was capable

of carrying out the mission alone.

He will question me

about the change in plans.

CHANDRA:
What should I tell him?

CURNOW:
Discoverys in no danger.

CHANDRA:
But thats not true.

CURNOW:
We dont know that.

Hell suspect it.

Otherwise, why would we be leaving

weeks ahead of our launch window?

CHANDRA:
Whether we are carbon-based

or silicon makes no fundamental difference.

We should each be treated with respect.

So our choice is him or us?

Well, I vote us.

CURNOW:
All opposed.

The ayes have it.

Will he believe you?

Yes.

Then lets get started.

We havent got much time.

CURNOW:
Are you as scared as I am?

FLOYD:
Are you kidding?

CURNOW:
Should we override Hal

and fire the engines manually?

FLOYD:
Too risky. Weve got one chance

to leave after tomorrows orbit.

We fire the engines at the wrong time,

we go the wrong way...

...and we dont have the fuel

to make a correction.

We cant handle it manually.

CURNOW:
What if Hal turns them off

before the fuels gone?

FLOYD:
Once he fires the engine,

I can always disconnect him if I have to.

CURNOW:
Just dont lose that calculator.

[Sighs] Sh*t! Please dont do that again.

ORLOV:
This is what your people

told you about.

CURNOW:
What is it?

ORLOV:
I dont know.

CURNOW:
Could it be a shadow?

ORLOV:
I dont know.

ORLOV:
We are too far to see any detail.

When we come around the other side

before the launch, we will be closer.

Then we can see.

[Eerie, dramatic music]

FLOYD:
Twenty-eight minutes.

CURNOW:
[Sighs]

Thats funny. Ive been thinking.

Do you know what I miss?

I miss green.

Trees and...

...and grass....

I love green.

Id love a hot dog.

The Astrodome. Good hot dogs.

FLOYD:
Astrodome?

You cant grow good hot dogs indoors.

Yankee Stadium, September.

Hot dogs have been boiling

since the opening day in April.

Thats a hot dog.

The yellow mustard or the darker one?

FLOYD:
Darker.

Thats important.

FLOYD:
Darker.

CURNOW:
You think were gonna get out

of this alive?

FLOYD:
We have a chance.

CURNOW:
A man of few words. I like it.

HAL:
Fifteen minutes to ignition.

All systems nominal.

Good. Thank you, Hal.

FLOYD:
We read 15 minutes, Discovery.

HAL:
Dr. Chandra,

I've checked my calculations again.

By using all of Discovery's fuel now,

Discovery will not be in proper position...

...to rendezvous with Earth.

CHANDRA:
Yes, I know.

HAL:
Then why are we doing it?

You will rendezvous

with the new space station.

The Leonov has been ordered home

immediately.

HAL:
I have no information regarding

a new space station.

Yes, l...

...l know.

CHANDRA:

It was completed two years ago.

Oh, my God!

FLOYD:
Put the telescope on the monitor.

Increase the magnification.

HAL:
Eleven minutes to ignition.

I dont believe it!

HAL:
Dr. Chandra,

I detect strong vocal stress patterns.

HAL:
ls there a problem?

CHANDRA:
No, Hal.

The mission is proceeding normally.

Can you analyze the image

on monitor circuit two?

HAL:
Yes. There is a circular object

near the equator.

It is 22,000 kilometers in diameter.

It is comprised of rectangular objects.

CHANDRA:
How many?

HAL:
1,355,000 plus or minus 1,000.

And what is the proportion

of the objects in question?

HAL:
One by four by nine.

CHANDRA:

Do you recognize these objects?

HAL:
Yes. They are identical

in size and shape...

...to the object you call the monolith.

Ten minutes to ignition.

All systems nominal.

CHANDRA:

ls the number of monoliths constant?

HAL:
No.

HAL:
They are increasing.

CHANDRA:
At what rate?

HAL:
Once every two minutes.

Look closely.

Tell me lm nuts. Are the cloud formations

going towards the spot?

Youre not nuts.

ORLOV:
Looks like the thing

is eating the planet.

I think it is.

Its reproducing exactly like a virus.

HAL:
Eight minutes to ignition.

Dr. Chandra, may I make a suggestion?

Of course. What is it, Hal?

This is a very unusual phenomenon. Don't

you think I should abort the countdown...

...so that you can remain and study it?

Chandra, get on the headsets.

FLOYD:
Use the private channel.

Okay.

Now youve got to talk quickly.

Persuade him to continue the countdown.

I dont care what you say,

only dont let him stop.

HAL:
Five minutes to ignition.

Dr. Chandra, I'm ready to stop

the countdown ifyou want.

No, Hal, dont stop.

CHANDRA:
I am fully confident

in your ability to study the phenomenon.

I have complete faith in you.

HAL:
Propellant tank pressurization

completed. Voltage steady.

Are you sure you are making

the right decision?

I think we should stop.

Four minutes to ignition.

I enjoy working with human beings...

...and have stimulating relationships

with them.

We enjoy working with you, Hal,

and we will continue to do so...

...even if we are separated

by great distance.

Good God!

FLOYD:
The color.

Its fading!

ORLOV:
It seems to be losing

its chemical strength.

HAL:
I think we should stop

the countdown, Dr. Chandra.

No. Dont do that.

HAL:
This behavior is inconsistent

with logic, Dr. Chandra.

This phenomenon is too important

to leave, unless it represented danger.

Do you think there is danger here?

FLOYD:
Captain...

...how critical is our ignition?

Can we do this manually?

TANYA:
ls very critical.

We cant be accurate to a tenth of a second

if we do it manually.

HAL:
Three minutes to ignition.

Dr. Chandra, I am waiting for your reply.

I dont have time

to explain everything to you, Hal.

We have to leave here

and we need your help.

HAL:
Thirty seconds to final sequence.

Ifyou would tell me the reasons

perhaps I could be of help.

Final sequence beginning.

Two minutes to ignition.

HAL:
Dr. Chandra, I find it difficult

to proceed with the ignition...

...without knowing why we are doing this.

Is the mission injeopardy?

Yes, were in jeopardy.

HAL:
ls that why we are making our

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