2061 Movie
Mallory Chowansky
2061: Odyssey Three is a science-fiction novel by the British writer Arthur C. Clarke, published in 1987. It is the third book in Clarke's Space Odyssey series. It returns to one of the lead characters of the previous novels, Heywood Floyd, and his adventures from the 2061 return of Halley's Comet to Jupiter's moon Europa.
Clarke had originally intended to write the third book after NASA's Galileo mission to Jupiter had returned its findings in the late 1980s. The probe had been initially scheduled for launch in 1984 but this was delayed, first to 1985 and then to 1986. It was delayed further in wake of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.[1] Deciding not to wait, Clarke took inspiration for his sequel from the return of Halley's Comet. Galileo was eventually launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis on the STS-34 mission in October 1989.[2] It arrived in Jovian orbit almost eight years after the publication of 2061: Odyssey Three.
The opening chapters of 2061 gradually explain the events that have taken place in the interim years. The new sun, dubbed "Lucifer", has transformed the moons of the former Jupiter: Io has become a volcanic hellhole, Europa an ocean world shrouded by clouds, and Ganymede a temperate world that the human race is colonizing. Large-scale interplanetary travel is now commercially viable with muon-catalyzed fusion-powered spacecraft. Humanity is wary of sending spacecraft close to Europa despite its fascinating mysteries, including the appearance of a large mountain, dubbed "Mount Zeus", on its surface. On Earth, a period of relative peace has evolved between the United States, Soviet Union and China, although a non-violent revolution has taken place in South Africa (now the United States of Southern Africa or USSA); the white population has fled, taking most of the country's wealth with them and leaving the black population to rebuild the economy, which they do in a matter of weeks thanks to the country's diamond mines.
Dr. Heywood Floyd, the protagonist of 2010, has had an accident and become a permanent resident of an orbital space hospital. His estranged grandson, Chris II, works aboard the spacecraft Galaxy. Now, at the age of 103, Floyd is chosen as one of six "celebrity guests" to travel aboard the privately owned spaceliner Universe for the first-ever human landing on the surface of Halley's Comet as it again nears Earth. The Universe lands on Halley, and the crew explores its surface and its caves.
On Ganymede, Rolf van der Berg, a second-generation Afrikaner refugee, studies data on satellite surveys of Mount Zeus and forms an astonishing thesis about its nature. He communicates his discovery to his uncle Paul Kreuger, and van der Berg is also invited to join the crew of the spacecraft Galaxy for its flyby of Europa. As Galaxy nears Europa, Rosie, a stewardess, attempts to hijack the craft, forcing it to crash into Europa's ocean. Failing in her plan, she commits suicide, and the Galaxy's crew is stranded. Observing the burgeoning aquatic life forms of Europa, the crew pilots Galaxy to an island that they name Haven.
Universe abandons its exploration of Halley to rescue Galaxy. After siphoning water from Halley's vents to refuel, Universe heads directly for Europa. During the flight, the celebrity passengers discuss the mystery surrounding Dave Bowman and the monoliths, and whether they would be allowed to land on Europa to rescue Galaxy's crew. Floyd follows a suggestion that he simply try to call Bowman on the radio, and later has a strange dream in which he sees a small monolith floating at the foot of his bed.
On Europa, Van der Berg and Chris Floyd take the shuttle William Tsung (nicknamed Bill Tee) to study Mount Zeus. Near Mount Zeus, van der Berg relays the message "LUCY IS HERE" to his uncle Paul. It is revealed that Van der Berg's hypothesis, now proven true, was that Mount Zeus is one huge diamond, a remnant from the core of the exploded Jupiter. The revelation about Mount Zeus explains how Van der Berg got onto Galaxy and why Rosie tried to hijack it; the rulers of the USSA are concerned and the exiled Afrikaners are interested about what might happen to the world diamond market if a vast mountain of diamond were discovered.
Travelling further, the two men find the wreck of the Chinese spacecraft Tsien, which has been completely stripped of its metals, and then find the enormous monolith lying on its side at the border between the dayside and nightside, dubbed the "Great Wall". Beneath it is a town of igloo-like dwellings, but the inhabitants are not in sight. There, Chris sees an image of his grandfather, who tells him that the Universe is coming.
Universe rescues Galaxy's crew; they are brought to Ganymede, where they watch as Mount Zeus, which has been steadily sinking, finally disappears beneath the Europan surface. Kreuger writes a follow-up article for Nature, stating that Mount Zeus was a mere fragment of Jupiter's diamond material, and that it is almost certain that many more such large pieces of diamond are currently in orbit around Lucifer. Krueger therefore proposes a scouting project to seek diamond in the Lucifer system, for eventual mining.
Floyd, Chris, and van der Berg become close. In a later chapter, another Heywood Floyd, now a disembodied creature of pure consciousness, talks with Dave Bowman. It is revealed that the small monolith duplicated Floyd's consciousness; there are now two Heywood Floyds, one an immortal being who resides with Bowman and HAL inside the Great Wall, another who will live and die without knowing this. Bowman shows Floyd images of his experience of studying the life forms of Jupiter before they were killed in the creation of Lucifer, explaining that the monolith weighed the Jovians against the Europans and decided the latter held more promise. Bowman states that during the diamond meteor impact, the immensely powerful monolith tipped over on its side, and may be damaged. He and HAL believe that when Lucifer begins to fail, the monolith will weigh the Europans against humanity and they have only about a thousand years to prepare for that moment.
In an epilogue, set in 3001, the original monolith discovered on the Moon in 1999 has been placed in the plaza of the ancient United Nations Building. Humans have found more quantities of diamond from the former Jupiter and have used it to create space elevators and an orbital ring connecting them, as suggested by Kreuger. Suddenly, Lucifer's light begins to fade and the Monolith reawakens for the first time in a thousand years.
Late in the novel (Chapter 56, "Perturbation Theory"), two real scientific articles are explicitly cited by Paul Krueger, van der Berg's uncle. A 1981 article in Nature lends plausibility to 2061's basic premise that other solar system bodies may contain massive quantities of diamond material,[3] and serves as the basis for 2061's premise of a large diamond being discovered on Europa. A 1966 article in Science examines the feasibility of various materials for the theoretical construction of a space elevator, identifying diamond as the best available known material,[4] and likewise serves as a basis for the space elevators (or towers) which extend from Earth's surface out into space.
I believe if you look on the back of the keyboard near the button where you push to connect it to the computer, there is a small cover with an arrow. You should push on it away from the keyboard itself. It should slide open.
Regarding an SK 2061, I found a possibly removable possible battery-hatch cover, near the blue connect button. The cover runs horizontally along the middle of the 'top' (when the keyboard is held with function keys above the letter keys) of the back of the keyboard. The cover has one marking - a slightly raised horizontal bar that is perhaps 1/5th as long as the cover. Please tell me in which direction I need to move the hatch cover (possibly 'down' when the keyboard is held as noted above?) and how to move the hatch (as yet, pushng on the raised bar in the 'down' direction has not resulted in moving the hatch).
Above, I wrote a question regarding 'knowing where the hatch cover is, but not be able to remove it." So far, some not so good news. I went to the Microsoft store from which I bought the computer (and keyboard). I asked a staff person to open the hatch on a similar keyboard (that was on display). That person knew which way the hatch should move, but could not open the hatch. That person asked a colleague. Same result. A next colleague was - with difficulty - able to open the hatch. One of those people said Fry's Electronics may sell a tool that would be helpful. I don't have a specification for such a tool. I did not go to Fry's to ask.
Subsequently, someone from HP called - to do customer-satisfaction follow up regarding my having tried to get help directly from HP. That person said they would file a report regarding this problem. That person also recommended I call "Executive Customer Relations" (1.800.756.0608 ext 7). I did. I tried to recommend HP recall the keyboards (think automobile-industry recall). That person said (effectively) 'no.' I asked what we or I should do. That person promised to file a report.
I think part of the problem is that the battery cover has about 8 secure points to keep it on the keyboard, which I think would help keep the compartment from wearing out over time when replacing batteries, but since there are not grip points, it is nearly impossible to remove the cover without force.
I have finally opened the battery cover following a suggestion from somebody on your forum. use a screwdriver against the horizontal bar and ease it towards the spacebar end. It jumped out of its socket. this piece of plastic has been over engineered and is extremely difficult to remove.
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