"I saw it when it first came out, and I was really wowed by it. I saw it just recently, and I was bored out of my skull. I just thought it was flat. I guess expectations of the film changed after seeing 'Jurassic Park'. (When it first came out, '2001') sort of got us ready for 'Star Trek'."
--Howard Wolinksy, technology and business reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times
Just what do you think you're doing, Dave?
Sound: Courtesy 2001 I.R.A.Noted sci-fi design consultant got his start in the 1968 classic
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NASA looking beyond 2001
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Links to "2001" websites
Includes interviews, essays, pictures, sound bites and a chance to talk to HAL9000
