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It took seven minutes for our words
to reach the giant spacecraft...
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...but this time delay has been edited
from this recording,
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Our reporter, Martin Amer,
speaks to the crew,
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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 five men
were put aboard asleep...
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...or to be more precise,
in a state of hibernation,
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They were 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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Well, good afternoon, gentlemen,
How is everything going?
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Marvelous, We ha ve no...
we have no complaints,
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Well, I'm very glad to hear that
and I'm sure that the entire world...
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... would join me in wishing you
a safe and successful voyage,
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- Thanks very much,
- Thank you,
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Although hibernation has been used
on previous space efforts...
1:00:00
...this is the first time that men have been
put into hibernation before departure,
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Why was this done?
1:00:06
Well, this was done in order to achieve
the maximum conservation...
1:00:10
...of our life-support capabilities,
basically food and air,
1:00:14
Now, the three hibernating crew members
represent the survey team,
1:00:18
And their efforts won 't be utilized
until we are approaching Jupiter,
1:00:22
Dr, Poole, what's it like
while you are in hibernation?
1:00:26
It's exactly like being asleep;
you have absolutely no sense of time,
1:00:30
The only difference is you don 't dream,
1:00:33
As I understand it,
you only breathe once a minute,
1:00:36
Is this true?
1:00:37
That's right,
1:00:38
And your heart beats three times a minute,
body temperature is usually down...
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...to about three degrees centigrade,
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The sixth member of the Discovery crew
was not concerned...
1:00:48
...about the problems of hibernation,
1:00:50
For he was the latest result
in machine intelligence,
1:00:54
The HAL-9000 computer
which can reproduce...
1:00:58
...though some experts still prefer
to use the word "mimic "...