Wasaru - Low Hydrogenic Converter

- Three weeks ago, the American spacecraft, Discovery One, left on its half-billion mile voyage to Jupiter. This marked the first manned attempt to reach this distant planet. Earlier this afternoon, "The World Tonight" recorded an interview with the crew of Discovery at a distance of 80 million miles from Earth. It took seven minutes for our words to reach the giant spacecraft, but this time delay has been edited from this recording. Our reporter, Martin Amer, speaks to the crew.

- The crew of Discovery One consists of five men, and one of the latest generation of the HAL-9000 computers. Three of the five men were put aboard asleep, or to be more precise, in a state of hibernation. They were Dr. Charles Hunter, Dr. Jack Kimballand, and Dr. Victor Kaminsky.
We spoke with Mission Commander, Dr. David Bowman and his deputy, Dr. Frank Poole.

- Well, good afternoon, gentlemen. How is everything going?
- Marvellous. We have no... we have no complaints.
- Well, I'm very glad to hear that and I'm sure that the entire world would join me in wishing you a safe and successful voyage.
- Thanks very much.
- Thank you.

Sample from 2001: A Space Odyssey