Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-cougar!trandolph From: trandolph@cougar.DEC Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Re: 2010 letdown Message-ID: <253@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Thu, 13-Dec-84 14:31:12 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.253 Posted: Thu Dec 13 14:31:12 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 14-Dec-84 07:30:53 EST Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 22 >(3) people walking around normally in 0 g; > >(5) "blat-blat-blat" sound (radar?) coming from probe monitor on >board ship as probe nears moon, which purely for dramatic effect >increases in frequency and loudness as probe nears area where >chlorophyll is present, as if all their instruments were designed >by Mattel. > >Pat Clancy >{ucbvax,decvax,ihnp4,allegra,uw-beaver,hplabs}!tektronix!tekecs!patcl I wonder if anyone remembers - a reason was given for (3) above in the original 2001 novel - "Velcro" on the floors and the soles of shoes (to tell the truth, I really didn't notice whether they used that gimmick in either 2001 the movie or 2010). My own interpretation of the "blat-blat" was some kind audio altimeter for the human (remote-control) "pilot" - why the Leonov's computer wasn't used for the remote control is beyond me... T.F.Randolph UUCP: ...{allegra,amd,decvax,ihnp4,nsc,ucbvax}! decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-cougar!trandolph USnail: DEC, Mail stop LMO2/E01, 111 Locke Drive, Marlboro, MA 01752