2061

2061 is the year Halley's Comet makes its next pilgrimage to the inner Solar System – and the year centenarian Heywood Floyd encounters once again the alien Monoliths. Near Jupiter, the transfigured forms of Dave Bowman and HAL the computer are Heywood's only chance of survival – if they too are not now alien beings.

2061 este anul in care Cometa Halley isi face urmatorul pelerinaj in Sistemul Solar interior - si anul centenarul Heywood Floyd intalneste din nou monolitii extraterestre. Langa Jupiter, formele transfigurate ale lui Dave Bowman si HAL computerul sunt singura sansa de supravietuire a lui Heywood - daca si ele nu sunt acum fiinte extraterestre.