:40:02
But you'll look sweet
:40:05
Upon the seat
:40:09
Of a bicycle built for two
:40:15
Good day, gentlemen.
:40:21
This is a prerecorded briefing...
:40:24
...made prior to your departure...
:40:27
...and which, for security reasons
of the highest importance...
:40:32
...has been known on board
during the mission...
:40:36
...only by your HAL 9000 computer.
:40:42
Now that you are in Jupiter's space...
:40:44
...and the entire crew is revived...
:40:47
...it can be told to you.
:40:51
Eighteen months ago...
:40:55
... the first evidence
of intelligent life off the Earth...
:40:59
... was discovered.
:41:02
lt was buried 40 feet
below the lunar surface...
:41:06
...near the crater Tycho.
:41:10
Except for a single, very powerful...
:41:14
...radio emission aimed at Jupiter...
:41:19
... the 4-million-year-old monolith
has remained completely inert...
:41:25
...its origin and purpose...
:41:29
...still a total mystery.