This fantastic CGI whirling transparent spaceship Discovery shows key elements of the interior of the habitation/command module sphere at the front of the spacecraft from Arthur C Clarke and Stanley Kurbick's movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. The EVA pod bay, flightdeck and centrifuge living quarters are all clearly visible.
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2001: A Computer Graphics Discovery, and farewell Arthur from RobiNZ CAD Blog on March 19, 2008 11:52 AM
Farewell Arthur: I had this draft form ready to post on 6 April. That would have marked the 40th anniversary since the release of the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. However after today Read More
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Also visible on the Discovery model is the HAL 9000's holographic memory chamber, in red behind the flight deck.