Science fiction set in what was the future but is now the past, like Arthur C. Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey or Nineteen Eighty-Four, are not alternate history because the author has not made the conscious choice to change the past.

In novels such as The City and the Stars and the story " The Sentinel " ( upon which 2001: A Space Odyssey was based ) Clarke presents ultra-advanced technologies developed by hyperintelligences limited only by fundamental science.

During the second episode, the player can see The Monolith ( from 2001: A Space Odyssey ) on the Moon.

In the 1982 novel 2010: Odyssey Two, Arthur C. Clarke's first sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey, HAL 9000 is described by Dr. Chandra as being caught in a " Hofstadter – Möbius loop ".

He first appears in the story 2001: A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, released as both a novel and a film in 1968.

One famous example of montage was seen in the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, depicting the start of man's first development from apes to humans.

Some of this reputation was founded on the core of talent brought together for the filming of 2001: A Space Odyssey ( 1968 ) who subsequently worked together on series and feature films for Gerry Anderson.

The movie featured in-joke homages to such sci-fi classics as Star Wars, The Terminator, and 2001: A Space Odyssey.

The primary antagonist in 2001: A Space Odyssey, HAL ( Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer ) is an artificial intelligence that controls the systems of the Discovery One spacecraft and interacts with the ship's astronaut crew.

In the French-language version of 2001: A Space Odyssey, HAL's name is CARL, Cerveau Analytique de Recherche et de Liaison ( Analytic Brain for Research and Communication ), however, the television camera eye plates read " HAL 9000 ".

The mission was named as a tribute to Arthur C. Clarke, evoking the name of 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Subsequently, the name 2001 Mars Odyssey was selected for the orbiter as a specific tribute to the vision of space exploration shown in works by Arthur C. Clarke, including 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Minsky was an adviser on the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey and is referred to in the movie and book.

Other licensed works that have been incorporated into the Marvel Universe include Godzilla, 2001: A Space Odyssey ( in the character of Machine Man ), ROM: Spaceknight, the Micronauts, and the Shogun Warriors.

* 2001 – A hydrogen atmosphere is discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope, the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet.

In addition, the NTSB has assisted the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in its investigations of both the Challenger and the Columbia space shuttle disasters, assisted the Department of Justice during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack investigations, and assisted the U. S. military in its investigation of the aircraft that crashed in the former Yugoslavia that took the lives of more than 30 Americans, including Commerce Secretary Ron Brown.

* Orion, a spaceplane in 2001: A Space Odyssey

Its theme is based on an outtake from the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey in which the astronaut ( seen playing chess in the final version ) is playing a two-player pentomino game against a computer.

* 2001 – Deep Space 1 flies within 2, 200 km of Comet Borrelly.

Two modules also re-created the plot and setting of the movies 2001: A Space Odyssey and 2010: Odyssey Two.

* Valentine, Gill ( 2001 ): Social Geographies: Space and Society.

* The final episode, " Fall Out ", received a Hugo Award nomination for Best Dramatic Presentation in 1969, but lost out to 2001: A Space Odyssey.

" The Sentinel " is a short story by Arthur C. Clarke, which was expanded and modified into the novel and movie 2001: A Space Odyssey.

In 2001: A Space Odyssey, the operation of the sentinel is reversed.

* 2001 – Mars Odyssey is launched.

By their fifth album, A Funk Odyssey ( 2001 ), they had evolved so drastically, that some critics and listeners would remark they lost the ' Jamiroquai sound '.

2001 Mars Odyssey is a robotic spacecraft orbiting the planet Mars.

Odyssey was launched April 7, 2001 on a Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, and reached Mars orbit on October 24, 2001, at 2: 30 a. m. UTC ( October 23, 7: 30 p. m. PDT, 10: 30 p. m. EDT ).

Mars Odyssey was originally a component of the Mars Surveyor 2001 program, and was named the Mars Surveyor 2001 Orbiter.

* Mars 2001 Odyssey Mission Profile by NASA's Solar System Exploration

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Although the United States and Vietnam reached a landmark bilateral agreement in December 2001, which helped increase Vietnam ’ s exports to the United States, disagreements over textile and catfish exports are hindering full implementation of the agreement.

A landmark report by the RAND Corporation was commissioned by the Senate Committee on Rules in 2001 when a bill authorizing court-ordered outpatient treatment was being debated in California ( subsequently passed and known as " Laura's Law " for Laura Wilcox ).

This community landmark, which housed the entire school before 1948, served as home of the Pea Ridge High School until 2001, when a new high school complex was completed on West Pickens Road.

In September 2006, a landmark court decision overturned Bush's repeal of the Roadless Rule, reverting to the 2001 roadless area protections established under president Clinton.

After Stanley Kubrick's 1968 landmark 2001: A Space Odyssey, the science fiction film genre was taken more seriously.

In 2001, City Lights was made an official historic landmark.

Opened on 16 April 2001, despite its name it is actually even less central than the old Kuala Lumpur Railway Station, a colonial-era landmark that now remains open for local commuter trains only.

In 2001 it won a landmark legal victory against the Government of Moldova at the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights.

In September 2006, a landmark court decision overturned President George W. Bush's repeal of the Roadless Rule, reverting to the 2001 roadless area protections established under President Clinton.

In 2001, Rockefeller transferred ownership of his landmark 1106-acre ( 4. 5 km² ) JY Ranch to the Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.

It has been adopted by most Indian states after a landmark direction by the Supreme Court of India on November 28, 2001.

On November 28, 2001 the Supreme Court of India gave a landmark direction to government to provide cooked meals to all children in all government and government assisted primary schools.

In a major landmark for colour-blind casting, Oyelowo was the first black actor to play an English king in a major production of Shakespeare, and although this casting choice was initially criticised by some in the media, Oyelowo's performance was critically acclaimed and later won the 2001 Ian Charleson Award for best performance by an actor under 30 in a classical play.

The Italian Ministry for Cultural Affairs declared it a national landmark in 2001.

After a small, but emotional resistance to losing the Western Canadian landmark Eaton's building by some locals and the Save the Eaton's Coalition, which inspired a " group hug " of the " Big Store " by a reported 180 people in 2001, the store was demolished in 2002 to make way for the new entertainment complex.

The building was designated as a landmark in 2001.

On 20 October 2008, in a landmark case that may have set a precedent for cases in the future, Collymore won more than £ 1. 5 million in damages from his financial advisers, for the poor investment advice he had been given since retiring from professional football in 2001.

Bisected from east to west by the Staten Island Expressway and with New York State Route 440 forming its western boundary, Graniteville's most notable landmark is Baron Hirsch Cemetery, an 80 acre ( 324, 000 m² ) Jewish cemetery founded in the late 19th century and still in active use ; in August 2001 this cemetery became the focus of a local health-related story when it was one of six locations on the island where mosquitos carrying the West Nile virus were discovered.

Hercules " retired " from playing as Aylesbury were relegated in 2000, still one goal shy of his landmark 300th, however he returned a few months later as manager and was able to add two more goals to his tally during fleeting substitute appearances as his team earned promotion in his first and only full season at the helm, 2001 – 02.

An important precedent was set in 2001 when an Iban village of Rumah Nor won a landmark court victory against Borneo Pulp and Paper and the Sarawak Government for violating their Native Customary Right ( NCR ) or adat.

IGBP, WCRP and a third programme, the International Human Dimensions Programme ( IHDP, founded in 1996 ), spearheaded a landmark science conference held in Amsterdam in 2001.

A & M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc., 239 F. 3d 1004 ( 2001 ) was a landmark intellectual property case in which the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the ruling of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, holding that defendant, peer-to-peer ( P2P ) file-sharing service Napster, could be held liable for contributory infringement and vicarious infringement of the plaintiffs ' copyrights.

For example, he formed the group Alas with former Therion vocalist Martina Astner, releasing the landmark progressive metal album Absolute Purity in 2001.

Since its designation as a National historic landmark, several policies have been put into place to help restore Revere Beach ’ s water starting with the reinforcement of the BEACH Act that was passed by congress in 2001 seeking to improve water quality of public beaches in the United States to reduce or remove the risk of disease from pathogens in our nations public bathing waters.