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The crew of Discovery One
consists of five men...
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...and one of the latest generation
of the HAL 9000 computers.
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Three of the men
were put aboard asleep...
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...or to be more precise,
in a state of hibernation:
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Dr. Charles Hunter, Dr. Jack Kimball
and Dr. Victor Kaminsky.
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We spoke with mission commander,
Dr. David Bowman...
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...and his deputy, Dr. Frank Poole.
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Good afternoon, gentlemen.
How is everything going?
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Marvelous.
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We have no complaints.
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l'm glad to hear that.
l'm sure the entire world...
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...joins me in wishing you
a safe, successful voyage.
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-Thanks very much.
-Thank you.
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Although hibernation has been used
on previous space efforts...
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... this is the first time men were
put into hibernation before departure.
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Why was this done?
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This was done to achieve
the maximum conservation...
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...of our life-support capabilities,
basically food and air.
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The three hibernating crew members
represent the survey team.
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Their efforts won 't be utilized
until we approach Jupiter.
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Dr. Poole, what's it like
while you're in hibernation?
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lt's exactly like being asleep.
You have no sense of time.
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The only difference is
that you don 't dream.
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As l understand it, you only breathe
once a minute. ls this true?
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Right, and the heart
beats three times a minute.
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Body temperature is usually down to
about three degrees centigrade.
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The sixth member of the crew
was not concerned...
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...about the problems of hibernation...
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...for he was the latest result
in machine intelligence:
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The HAL 9000 computer,
which can reproduce...
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... though some experts prefer
to use the word ''mimic''...
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...most of the activities
of the human brain...
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...and with incalculably greater
speed and reliability.
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We next spoke with
the HAL 9000 computer...
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... whom, we learned,
one addresses as ''Hal. ''
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Hello, Hal.
How's everything going?