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- From: roberts@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov (John Roberts)
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- Subject: Re: 2001/2010 Rocket Engines
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- Date: 22 Jan 93 05:05:18 GMT
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- -From: mrw9e@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Michael Robert Williams)
- -Subject: Re: 2001/2010 Rocket Engines - What are they?
- -Date: 21 Jan 93 18:02:38 GMT
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- -I don't know about the "Leonov", but I remember reading something about
- -Clarke's intentions for the Discovery's engines. He wanted to use a pulsed
- -nuclear drive (something like Orion, I think) and tried to convince
- -Stanley Kubrick to show the Discovery's engines pulsing on and off as
- -the drive fired. It's been a while since I saw the film, but I don't
- -remember seeing anything like that.
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- As I recall, they don't show the Discovery's engines firing until "2010".
- I don't think Kubrick was involved in that movie.
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- John Roberts
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