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Good evening.
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Three weeks ago, the American spacecraft,
Discovery One...
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...left on its half-billion mile voyage
to Jupiter.
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This marked the first manned attempt
to reach this distant planet.
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Earlier this afternoon, "The World Tonight"
recorded an interview...
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...with the crew of Discovery at a distance
of80 million miles from Earth.
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It took seven minutes for our words
to reach the giant spacecraft...
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...but this time delay has been edited
from this recording.
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Our reporter, Martin Amer,
speaks to the crew.
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The crew of Discovery One
consists of five men...
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...and one of the latest generation
of the HAL-9000 computers.
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Three of the five men
were put aboard asleep...
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...or to be more precise,
in a state of hibernation.
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They were Dr. Charles Hunter,
Dr. Jack KimballandDr. Victor Kaminsky.
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We spoke with Mission Commander,
Dr. David Bowman...
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...and his deputy, Dr. Frank Poole.
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Well, good afternoon, gentlemen.
How is everything going?
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Marvellous. We have no...
we have no complaints.
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Well, I'm very glad to hear that
and I'm sure that the entire world...
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...would join me in wishing you
a safe and successful voyage.