Today, the movie is recognized for its predictive power.
The blood that normally pools in the extremities redistributes toward the head, Kramer toldSpace.com.
Its not something that we normally experience on Earth unless youre sort of standing on your hands.
The radiologist noted that this method calls to mind images from2001: A Space Odyssey.
Of course, there had been innumerable space movies, most of them trash, Clarke wrote.
The flight attendants use special shoes to walk around the ship despite the lack of gravity.
But Kubricks true goal was scientific accuracy and he did his research.
Lange drew the designs for the ships of2001based on what hed seen during his NASA years.
These had to be designed as if they could travel to the edge of the solar system and beyond.
Years later, Lange worked on the first threeStar Warsmovies, both in the art and production design departments.
It cost $750,000 to build.
Kubrick nixed Clarkes cooling fins because he thought they looked too much like wings.
The director knew that aerodynamics didnt matter in space.
We wantedDiscoveryto look strange but plausible, futuristic but not fantastic, Clarke wrote inThe Lost Worlds of 2001.
This attention to detail paid off.
But for all it got right, it was also wrong about a few things.
Holding your breath is likely to damage your lungs NASA explains.
to make it feel weight, you dont even need a gravitational force.
All you need is a force from the floor (or something) pushing on you.
