2001: A Space Odyssey

had become a satellite of a satellite.

It was roughly three meters high by 1.3m across by about 0.3m deep. When its size was measured with great care, the relationship between the three figures was exactly 1 to 4 to 9. This remained true to the limits of accurate measurement. It was also true that no technical process on Earth could shape a block of any material so accurately.

The thin material was covered with wiring, so it looked like a piece of modern art.

there was life down there, how long would it take to find it.

oole put on his pressure suit and climbed inside the small vehicle designed for work outside Discovery.

as round in shape and had a large window in front which gave the operator

Though he had come back from the furthest borders оf sleep, and the nearest borders of death, he had been gone only week. The mission was still more than a year in the future.

The sixth member of the crew cared for none of these things, as it was not human. It was the HAL 9000 computer, the brain and nervous system of the ship.

build a computer simply by designing a learning programme. In this way, an artificial brain could be grown in a very similar way to the growth of a human brain.

than half his life, and would continue to be one till he retired. At thirty-five