Description of main characters: David Bowman: David was the captain of the Discovery spacecraft. He was sent on a mission to reach the planet of Saturn. HAL: HAL (for Heuristically programmed Algorithmic computer) was the brain of the Discovery. He was the best artificial intelligence humans had created at the time. Dr. Heywood Floyd: Dr. Heywood is a space specialist doctor. He had a great love of knowledge and he had the equivalent of four …showed first 75 words of 750 total…

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