Discovery One
Discovery launching an EVA pod.
First appearance	2001: A Space Odyssey
Last appearance	2010
Fate	Destroyed
Affiliation	United States
General Characteristics
Registry	XD-1
Auxiliary craft	EVA Pods
Propulsion	Cavradyne Plasma Propulsion Engines
Power	Nuclear Reactor
Mass	5,440 tonnes
Length	140.1 m
Width	16.7 m
Height	17 m

United States Spacecraft Discovery One is a fictional spacecraft appearing in The Space Odyssey series, including the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. Discovery One is a large, nuclear-powered interplanetary spaceship. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Astronaut Bruce McCandless on an untethered EVA Extra-vehicular activity (EVA) is work done by an astronaut away from the Earth and outside of his or her spacecraft. ... 2010: The Year We Make Contact, also known as 2010, is a science fiction film released in 1984 directed by Peter Hyams. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... EVA pod is a two member band out of central Florida, located in a crappy county called Polk. ... For other uses, see Fiction (disambiguation). ... The Space Shuttle Discovery as seen from the International Space Station. ... The Space Odyssey series is a science fiction series of novels and films created from 1953 to 1997 primarily by the science-fiction writer, Arthur C. Clarke and by the film director, Stanley Kubrick. ...

History

The spacecraft is founded on solid, if as-yet unrealised, science. One concession was made for the purpose of reducing confusion, and that was to eliminate the huge cooling "wings" which would be needed to radiate the heat produced by the propulsion system. Stanley Kubrick felt that the audience might interpret the wings as meaning that the spacecraft was intended to fly through an atmosphere. The Space Shuttle Discovery as seen from the International Space Station. ... A remote camera captures a close-up view of a Space Shuttle Main Engine during a test firing at the John C. Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Mississippi Spacecraft propulsion is any method used to change the velocity of spacecraft and artificial satellites. ... Kubrick redirects here. ... Atmosphere is the general name for a layer of gases that may surround a material body of sufficient mass. ...

Discovery was named after Captain Robert Scott's RRS Discovery, launched 1901; Arthur C. Clarke used to visit the ship when she was moored in London. Scott of the Antarctic redirects here. ... The RRS Discovery was the last wooden three-masted ship to be built in the British Isles, and was launched on 21 March 1901, designed for Antarctic research. ...

Early pre-production illustration of Discovery

Description

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In the fictional universe of 2001: A Space Odyssey, the Discovery is described as a 460-foot (140 m) long and is powered by "Cavradyne" gaseous core nuclear reactor engines. 275 feet (84 m) of tankage and structure separate the spherical part of the ship where the crew quarters, the computer, flight controls, small auxiliary craft, and instrumentation were located. In the centrifuge, a crew would have enjoyed Moon-like gravity conditions created by spinning; it was there that they spent most of their time and where the hibernating astronauts slept in their hibernacula. Actual piloting, navigational checks, and the like took place in the zero-gravity environment command module. Other sections of the sphere include the pod bay, where three one-man repair and inspection craft were housed, and the HAL 9000 computer with its level-upon-level of memory storage and related elements. Because of its lack of aerodynamics design and its large size, the ship was assembled and launched from Earth's orbit. As described in the novel Discovery One was originally intended to survey Jupiter only but the mission was switched to Saturn to investigate the transmission of the Tycho monolith. As a result the mission becomes 'one way', following the survey of Saturn the crew are to remain in Hibernation for an unknown period until a sister ship Discovery Two is built that will be able to travel to Saturn and return the crew. The resulting uncertainty contributes to the paranoia that leads to HAL's breakdown. Image File history File links Emblem-important. ... Gas core reactor rockets are a conceptual type of rocket that is propelled by the exhausted coolant of a gaseous fission reactor. ... Artificial gravity is a simulation of gravity in outer space or free-fall. ... Gravity is a force of attraction that acts between bodies that have mass. ... This article refers to the process of hibernation in biology. ... Look up pilot in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Description Role: Earth and Lunar Orbit Crew: 3; CDR, CM pilot, LM pilot Dimensions Height: 36. ... HALs iconic camera eye. ... This article is about the machine. ... For the Daft Punk song, see Aerodynamic (song). ...

Discovery en route to Jupiter

Cavradyne Engines: Propulsion controls, designed with the assistance of General Electric's Valley Forge Space Technology Center and the UK Atomic Energy Authority, were located in the command module. Honeywell's nuclear reactor control panel displayed information on such parameters as turbine, compressor, heat exchanger, secondary circulatory, and radiator liquid helium storage, generator and recuperator performance, and pressures and temperatures at various stations. Precise readings could be obtained instantaneously on the control screen, if desired, as well as past performance and predicted future performance. The Cavradyne engines were based on the assumption of years of research and development, during the 1980s and '90s, of gaseous core nuclear reactors and high-temperature ionized gases. Theory was presumed to have shown that gaseous uranium-235 could be made critical in a cavity reactor only several feet or meters in diameter if the uranium atomic density were kept high, and if temperatures were maintained at a minimum of 20,000 °F (11,400 K). At first, progress was slow because of such early unsolved problems as how to reduce vortex turbulence in order to achieve high Separation ratios, and how to achieve adequate wall cooling in the face of the thermal radiation from the high-temperature ionized plasma. In the Cavradyne system, the temperature of the reactor was not directly limited by the capabilities of solid materials, since the central cavity was surrounded by a thick graphite wall that moderates the neutrons, reflecting most of them back into the cavity. Wall cooling would be ensured by circulating the hydrogen propellant prior to its being heated. Fissionable fuel energy was said to be transferred to the propellant by radiation through a specially designed rigid -- and coolable -- container. GE redirects here. ... Honeywell Heating Specialties Company Stock Certificate dated 1924 signed by Mark C. Honeywell - courtesy of Scripophily. ... Control panel of the engines of the Clémenceau. ... A Siemens steam turbine with the case opened. ... A gas compressor is a mechanical device that increases the pressure of a gas by reducing its volume. ... Helium exists in liquid form only at very low temperatures. ... Nuclear power station at Leibstadt, Switzerland. ... This article is about the chemical element. ... The general meaning of atomic is irreducible. That is, reduced to the smallest possible part. ... Vortex created by the passage of an aircraft wing, revealed by coloured smoke A vortex (pl. ... For other uses, see Radiation (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Graphite (disambiguation). ... Properties In physics, the neutron is a subatomic particle with no net electric charge and a mass of 940 MeV/c² (1. ... This article is about the chemistry of hydrogen. ... A propellant is a material that is used to move an object by applying a motive force. ... A propellant is a material that is used to move an object by applying a motive force. ... For other uses, see Radiation (disambiguation). ...

The Centrifuge in Discovery One.

Centrifuge: The centrifuge was a spinning band of deck, mounted inside the crew compartment. The centrifugal force created by its spin simulated the effects of gravity. It was the primary living and work area, featuring consoles, panels, screens, and devices. There was an automated kitchen developed with the assistance of RCA Whirlpool; a ship-to-Earth communications center; a complete medical section where the astronauts undergo regular automated checkups (results were displayed and recorded, and diagnosis of deficiencies given directly on a readout screen, and medicament or other treatment prescribed) an observatory, created with the help of astronomers at the Royal Greenwich Observatory; and a geophysical exploration module worked out with French engineers from the Paris-based Schlumberger Limited. The latter permited a wide variety of surface and subsurface experimentation to take place on an alien body, such as an asteroid or a moon. Since subsurface structure could be extremely important in the spaceship's investigatory program in the Jovian system, a drill was incorporated into a remotely-controlled surface lander. Controls on the console included a depth selector, drilling rate selector, equipment calibration, recording and error analysis controls, and various screen and gage indications of subsurface characteristics. This article is about the scientific device. ... Centrifugal force (from Latin centrum centre and fugere to flee) is a term which may refer to two different forces which are related to rotation. ... A kitchen is a room used for food preparation and sometimes entertainment. ... RCA, formerly an acronym for the Radio Corporation of America, is now a trademark owned by Thomson SA through RCA Trademark Management S.A., a company owned by Thomson. ... This article is about the water movement. ... U.S. Space Shuttle astronaut Bruce McCandless II using a manned maneuvering unit. ... In general, diagnosis (plural diagnoses) has two distinct dictionary definitions. ... This article is about scientific observatories. ... Royal Observatory, Greenwich The original site of the Royal Greenwich Observatory (RGO), which was built as a workplace for the Astronomer Royal, was on a hill in Greenwich Park in Greenwich, London, overlooking the River Thames. ... Schlumberger Limited is the worlds largest multinational oilfield services corporation, incorporated in the Netherlands Antilles. ... For other uses, see Asteroid (disambiguation). ... A natural satellite is an object that orbits a planet or other body larger than itself and which is not man-made. ... Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 70 kPa Hydrogen ~86% Helium ~14% Methane 0. ... For other uses, see Drill (disambiguation). ... This article is about the spacecraft type. ...

Communications: Despite its huge size, Discovery could be handled by the two astronauts (Dave Bowman and Frank Poole) and HAL 9000. In the book IBM predicted that computer development would have advanced to such an extent that the mission could be undertaken with all the astronauts placed in hibernation. It was said to be desired, however, that regular communications be maintained throughout the voyage between the pilot and copilot and mission control back on Earth. During communication, account was taken of the elapsed time for electromagnetic waves crossing space between the spaceship and the Earth. Naturally, this time would depend on the relative positions of the bodies in the Solar System at any given moment. U.S. Space Shuttle astronaut Bruce McCandless II using a manned maneuvering unit. ... David Bowman is a character in the Space Odyssey series. ... Frank Poole vs. ... For other uses, see IBM (disambiguation) and Big Blue. ... U.S. Space Shuttle astronaut Bruce McCandless II using a manned maneuvering unit. ... This article refers to the process of hibernation in biology. ... In human spaceflight, a pilot is someone who directly controls the operation of a spacecraft while located within the same craft. ... Electromagnetism is the physics of the electromagnetic field: a field, encompassing all of space, composed of the electric field and the magnetic field. ... This article is about Earth as a planet. ... This article is about the Solar System. ...

The Fate of the Discovery

Following the malfunction of HAL 9000, Bowman deactivated the adverse computer and thus effectively isolates himself onboard Discovery. When the spacecraft arrived at Jupiter, it encounters TMA-1's considerably larger cousin, 'Big Brother' or 'TMA-2' at the L1 point between Jupiter and Io. Bowman decides to leave Discovery and examine the Monolith only to be taken millions of light years away from the Solar System via a stargate. Discovery is left abandoned and becomes a satellite of Jupiter's volcanic moon. HALs iconic camera eye. ... For other uses, see Jupiter (disambiguation). ... In celestial mechanics, the Lagrangian points, (also Lagrange point, L-point, or libration point) are the five stationary solutions of the circular restricted three-body problem. ... Atmosphere Surface pressure: trace Composition: 90% sulfur dioxide Io (eye-oe, IPA: , Greek Ῑώ) is the innermost of the four Galilean moons of Jupiter and, with a diameter of 3,642 kilometers, is the fourth largest moon in the Solar System. ... A light-year or lightyear (symbol: ly) is a unit of measurement of length, specifically the distance light travels in vacuum in one year. ... This article is about the Solar System. ...

Nine years later, a joint Soviet-US mission (including Heywood Floyd) aboard the spacecraft, Alexei Leonov travels to Jupiter to investigate the mysteries surrounding the 2001 mission, believing Discovery harbours many of the answers. Leonov docks with Discovery, reactivates the onboard systems and brings it out of orbit around Io. Hal's creator, Dr. Chandra is sent aboard to reactivate the HAL 9000 computer and ascertain any information he can regarding the previous mission. 2010: Odyssey Two, is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke (January 1982) and also a motion picture (1984) by Peter Hyams entitled simply 2010, or sometimes 2010: The Year We Make Contact. ... Heywood Floyd is a character in the Space Odyssey series by Arthur C. Clarke. ... The Leonov was the fictional Russian spaceship in the novel 2010: Odyssey Two, and its film adaptation 2010: The Year We Make Contact. ... For other uses, see Jupiter (disambiguation). ... HALs iconic camera eye. ...

Later on, an apparition of Dave Bowman appears before Floyd, warning him that Leonov must leave Jupiter within fifteen days. Floyd asks what will happen at that time and Bowman replies, 'Something wonderful.' Floyd has difficulty convincing the rest of the crew, at first, but a dark spot on Jupiter begins to form and starts growing. HAL's telescope observations reveal that the “Great Black Spot” is in fact a vast population of monoliths, increasing at a geometric rate. (The film accelerates the pace, both shortening Bowman's deadline to two days and making the spot grow faster.)

Initially it was planned to inject Discovery on an Earth-bound trajectory (though it would not arrive back for some years), however when faced with Bowman's warning, Leonov crew devises a plan to use Discovery as a 'booster rocket', enabling them to return to Earth ahead of schedule, but leaving Discovery in a wide orbit of Jupiter. The crew worries that Hal will have the same neuroses on discovering that he will be abandoned yet again, and Chandra must convince HAL that the human crew must leave. A booster in space-related applications is usually a solid rocket booster: a solid fuel rocket of which two or more are attached to the main rocket to provide the main thrust in the initial phase of the rockets flight. ... This article is about Earth as a planet. ...

Detaching itself from Discovery, Leonov makes a hasty exit from the Jupiter system, just in time to witness the swarm of Monoliths engulf Jupiter. Through a mechanism the novel only partially explains, these monoliths increase Jupiter's density until the planet achieves nuclear fusion, becoming a small star. The deuterium-tritium (D-T) fusion reaction is considered the most promising for producing sustainable fusion power. ...

As Leonov leaves Jupiter, Bowman instructs HAL to begin repeatedly broadcasting the message "ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS EXCEPT EUROPA. ATTEMPT NO LANDINGS THERE." (The movie version adds the words "USE THEM TOGETHER. USE THEM IN PEACE", as part of its heightened Cold War emphasis) at Earth. The new star, which Earth eventually dubs "Lucifer", destroys Discovery entirely. HAL is transformed into the same kind of life form as David Bowman, and becomes Bowman's companion. For other uses, see Cold War (disambiguation). ... This article is about Earth as a planet. ... This article is about the star or fallen angel. ...

Specifications

Official Name: USSC Discovery One
USSA "Registration Number": XD-1
Overall Length: 140.1 m
Overall Beam: 16.7 m
Overall Draft: 17 m
Command Module Diameter: 16.5 m
Reactor Module Length: 32.2 m
Reactor Module Draft: 8.8 m
Mass: 5,440 tonnes
Life Support: (two men, out of hibernation): 90 months This article refers to the process of hibernation in biology. ...

Engine Type: Cavradyne Plasma Propulsion System (Six Engines) - Liquid Ammonia Fuel- Thrust Deflector Plates- Maximum Thrust 280,000 kgf (2.75 MN). For other uses, see Plasma. ... A remote camera captures a close-up view of a Space Shuttle Main Engine during a test firing at the John C. Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Mississippi Spacecraft propulsion is any method used to change the velocity of spacecraft and artificial satellites. ... For other uses, see Ammonia (disambiguation). ... Thrust is a reaction force described quantitatively by Newtons Second and Third Laws. ... The unit kilogram-force (kgf, often just kg) or kilopond (kp) is defined as the force exerted by one kilogram of mass in standard Earth gravity. ... In physics, the newton (symbol: N) is the SI unit of force, named after Sir Isaac Newton in recognition of his work on classical mechanics. ...

Bowman enters HAL 9000's Central Core in the Discovery.

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2001: A Space Odyssey — Three of the Discovery One crew are in a state of hibernation, ostensibly to conserve resources for the voyage.

Suspended Animation System: Meditech 712-R Hibernacula (3 Centrifuge, 5 Medical Level) A movie poster from the original release of 2001 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) is an immensely popular and influential science fiction film and book; the film directed by Stanley Kubrick and the book written by Arthur C. Clarke. ... Not to be confused with cryogenics. ...

EVA Craft: Grumman DC-3 EVA Pods (3) Astronaut Bruce McCandless on an untethered EVA Extra-vehicular activity (EVA) is work done by an astronaut away from the Earth and outside of his or her spacecraft. ... The EVA Pod is a fictional spacecraft seen in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

Pod Bay features: Three each Pod turntable Base, Extension motor, Extension Platform, Outer hull door, Space suit rack. Test bench with two LCD screens and HAL 9000 terminal. Two large emergency oxygen bottles. Nine small emergency oxygen bottles. Circuit Breaker Box. Manual control station with HAL 9000 terminal, Six LCD screens, and full control set. Apollo 15 space suit A spacesuit is a complex system of garments, equipment, and environmental systems designed to keep a person alive and comfortable in the harsh environment of outer space. ... LCD redirects here. ... This article is about the chemical element and its most stable form, or dioxygen. ... For other uses, see Circuit breaker (disambiguation). ... LCD redirects here. ...

Pod Bay Deck: Along with the Pod Bay, the Pod Bay Deck also features an emergency airlock, circuitry storage bay, two fresh water tanks, a maintenance equipment room, an emergency shelter and space suit rack, emergency batteries for the centrifuge and pod bay, and a zero-g toilet. A glovebox for handling air-sensitive substances. ... Impact from a water drop causes an upward rebound jet surrounded by circular capillary waves. ... Apollo 15 space suit A spacesuit is a complex system of garments, equipment, and environmental systems designed to keep a person alive and comfortable in the harsh environment of outer space. ... For other uses, see Battery. ... This article is about the scientific device. ... For other uses, see Toilet (disambiguation). ...

Living Module: Centrifuge, Magnetic-Drive type. 11.6 m. diameter. Rotation Rate 3 RPM. Living Module Control Stations: 12-screen HAL 9000 interface/ communications module, Nuclear reactor monitoring station, Remote probe control, Radar mapping station, climate control, and Revival Monitoring Station. The user interface is the part of a system exposed to users. ... Core of a small nuclear reactor used for research. ... It has been suggested that Space probe be merged into this article or section. ... For other uses, see Radar (disambiguation). ...

Living Module Habitation Features: Sanitary module, (Shower, Sink, Waste water recycling Control) Three Meditech 712-R Hibernacula, Sun-ray tanning station, Water closet (Head), Three Circuit breaker panels. One emergency space suit locker, Two spare part lockers, Three clothing lockers. Flush toilet A flush toilet or water closet is a toilet that disposes of the waste products by using water to sweep them away down a drainpipe. ... For other uses, see Circuit breaker (disambiguation). ...

Cockpit: Two seats for Mission Commander and Deputy Commander. Full range of instruments and control panels. Two sets of four LCD screens and HAL Visual Sensor. Cockpit of a light aircraft, showing instrumentation dials and dual control yokes. ...

Command Deck: The Command Deck includes the cockpit, zero-g astronomy lab, zero-g sciences lab, two fresh water tanks, six-spacesuit recharge unit, a pre-launch personnel clearance area, the circuit breaker room, and a zero-g toilet. The Command Deck also includes all HAL 9000 related systems (see below). Cockpit of a light aircraft, showing instrumentation dials and dual control yokes. ... For other uses, see Astronomy (disambiguation). ... For the village on the Isle of Wight, see Freshwater, Isle of Wight. ... For other uses, see Circuit breaker (disambiguation). ... HALs iconic camera eye. ...

HAL 9000 systems: Logic memory center, auxiliary power unit, computer climate regulation system, autonomic systems control center, and reactor control system. HALs iconic camera eye. ...

Discovery three weeks after launch

Thrusters: Eight Mk 114 on command module. 720 kgf (7.1 kN) thrust each. Two forward and two aft of reactor module. Nine Mk 29 vernier thrusters; three clustered around each Cavradyne engine exhaust. 1,600 kgf (15.7 kN) thrust each. Eight mid-course correction thrusters (four on each TJI propulsion mount) Four emergency escape rockets at Command Module rear. // In the context of spacecraft, attitude control is control of the angular position and rotation of the spacecraft, either relative to the object that it is orbiting, or relative to the celestial sphere. ... Reactor may relate to the folowing: A chemical reactor: a device for containing and controlling a chemical reaction. ... Description Role: Earth and Lunar Orbit Crew: 3; CDR, CM pilot, LM pilot Dimensions Height: 36. ...

Central Communications Complex: Discovery One's central communications complex is mounted atop the seventh fuel module aft of the command section. The main audio-visual communications antenna measures 4.13 meters in diameter. Both telemetry antennas measure 1.26 meters across. The entire assembly can be swiveled 360 degrees and aimed upwards or downwards at any angle between 0 and 285 degrees. A Yagi-Uda beam antenna Short Wave Curtain Antenna (Moosbrunn, Austria) A building rooftop supporting numerous dish and sectored mobile telecommunications antennas (Doncaster, Victoria, Australia) An antenna is a transducer designed to transmit or receive radio waves which are a class of electromagnetic waves. ... Telemetry is a technology that allows the remote measurement and reporting of information of interest to the system designer or operator. ... This article describes the unit of angle. ...

Misc. Equipment: An emergency communications antenna, about half the size of the main antenna, is stored beneath the blow-away cover at the command module's top. Four probes (two atmospheric, two remote-controlled landers) and a telescope array are stored beneath the bottom blow-away cover. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Structural Support: Discovery One's reactor module is secured to the aftermost fuel module by four heavy-duty docking latches. Twelve reinforced coupling units along the spine provide additional support. The spine and reactor module are held in place by six docking latches at the intermodule adapter plate. The entire spine/reactor assembly can be jettisoned in an emergency by eight explosive separation bolts installed in the adapter plate. Finally, the entire Emergency Propulsion System can be jettisoned using a ring of 16 explosive bolts installed in a ring around the forward section of the EPS. There is no re-docking capability for any assembly. Reactor may relate to the folowing: A chemical reactor: a device for containing and controlling a chemical reaction. ... An explosive bolt is a fastener that incorporates a pyrotechnic charge that can be initiated by an electrical command. ... A remote camera captures a close-up view of a Space Shuttle Main Engine during a test firing at the John C. Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Mississippi Spacecraft propulsion is any method used to change the velocity of spacecraft and artificial satellites. ... Explosive bolts are known predominently for their use in the NASA Space Shuttle program. ... EPS is an initialism which most often means: Earnings per share, a stock market concept. ...

Crew:
David Bowman (Mission Commander)
Frank Poole (Deputy Commander)
Victor Kaminsky (Survey Team Leader) [Geophysicist in the novel]
Jack Kimball (Geophysicist) [Peter Whitehead/Survey Team Leader in the novel]
Charles Hunter (Astrophysicist)
Keir Dullea as David Bowman. ... Frank Poole vs. ...

References

• Arthur C Clarke "The Lost Worlds of 2001", Signet, 1972
• Sir Arthur C. Clarke at MysteryVisits.com