From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!mclure
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Title: Re: Re: 2010 - (nf)
Article-I.D.: sri-unix.5329
Posted: Wed Mar  9 07:17:51 1983
Received: Fri Mar 11 21:35:45 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