From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!mclure Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Title: Re: Re: 2010 - (nf) Article-I.D.: sri-unix.5043 Posted: Fri Jan 14 10:43:04 1983 Received: Mon Jan 17 03:10:05 1983 #R:watmath:-418500:sri-unix:13200004:000:294 sri-unix!mclure Jan 13 09:34:00 1983 Jupiter was used in 2001 movie simply because at that time special effects could not realistically duplicate Saturn's rings. Nowadays, of course, it's almost "trivial" compared to things like the trip through the asteroid belt in The Empire Strikes Back (my favorite special effect). Stuart