2010: The Year We Make Contact Page #2

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off the coast of Honduras.

The Russians are moving

some of their big stuff.

You got the Joint Chiefs screaming about

Russian satellites with antimissile lasers.

So we gotta send up our laser satellites

to counteract theirs.

The president has come to the conclusion

that the NCA should be...

...under the jurisdiction of Defense.

Enough with the crazy scientists spending

all this money trying to talk to Martians.

So here we are on your actual brink.

My agency's gonna become

part of the military...

...got a president with his finger on the

button, and you want me to tell him...

...we wanna hitch a ride

with those Russians.

Have I missed anything?

-That's about it.

-I didn't want your job, you know.

I'm not the one that forced you out.

I didn't blame you.

So if this is your plan to try to get me killed,

heh, heh, you got the wrong guy.

Three men.

I figure we need three men.

Russians must be laughing

their asses off.

Curnow.

He's building Discovery 2 right now.

So he knows more about the original

than anyone.

He's the only one that can start Discovery

in a short time.

And I suppose you'll wanna go?

How the hell am I gonna sell it?

The Russians are gonna go

aboard Discovery with or without us.

Ask him if he wants them

to have all the answers.

Not bad.

We lost some good men up there,

and I sent them.

I have to go.

-Who's the third?

-Chandra.

He designed HAL. He can reactivate him.

-I think he is HAL.

-I know.

-Yeah, but can you trust him?

-No.

But I have to.

We have to know why HAL malfunctioned.

I got an idea.

You go tell the president,

I'll go on the mission.

You're the NCA chairman.

That's right, I am.

Look, tell him we're screwed

if we don't go.

Tell him, if we do go, we'll lie...

...give the Russians false information.

Tell him that. He'll love that.

He might.

CHANDRA:

Afternoon, SAL.

Do you have anything for me?

SAL [OVER SPEAKERS]: No, Dr. Chandra.

Do you have anything for me?

We have often spoken about HAL.

Yes, we have.

We've spoken

about HAL's anomalous behavior.

You've told me that we cannot

solve the problem of HAL's behavior...

-...without more information.

-That is correct.

I enjoy talking about HAL.

I agree that we need more information,

so that we may solve the anomalies.

-And how do we get that information?

-That is obvious.

Someone must return to Discovery.

That person should be you.

Well, I agree.

And now it looks as if that is going

to happen sooner than we ever expected.

I am pleased to hear that.

Oh, I knew you would be.

I would like to explore another possibility.

Diagnosis is only the first step.

The process is incomplete

unless it leads to a cure. Do you agree?

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