The collapse of the Arecibo Observatory in 2020 marked the end of an era for generations of astronomers, climatologists, SETI researchers, and space enthusiasts. From 1963 until its closure in 2023, Arecibo, Puerto Rico housed the world’s largest radio telescope, and “2010” was originally going to start there! Thanks to The Odyssey File, we have Arthur C. Clarke and Peter Hyams’ insightful and hilarious conversations about the concepts, logistics, and challenges that ultimately lead from Puerto Rico to New Mexico and the VLA. Plus: the arguments around transmitting messages to outer space, Car ..read more

Haunted by his past, Dr. Floyd moves to Hawaii and makes a new life with marine biologist wife, Caroline, and young son, Christopher. Still healing from years of tragedy, he finds himself at a crossroads to reinvent his purpose. Taking the last opportunity to atone for all that had gone horribly wrong, and the sacrifices he - and his family - have to make.  "The Odyssey File" is a fascinating peek into the film's development and production, with candid conversations between Arthur C. Clarke and Peter Hyams. They reveal the elaborate details of Heywood's Honolulu home, and the real and sur ..read more

We're back on the Moon! Thanks to the success of our aptly named "Odysseus" lander, NASA and Intuitive Machines are kicking off a year full of amazing lunar landings and experiments. As the crew of Artemis II prepare to launch next September, what could be our future on the Moon? What are the benefits and downsides of nations or corporations leading the charge? The importance of NASA and its core mission to benefit humanity, and the increasing gains in diversity, exciting new accelerated research, and cancer eradication experiments. Plus: pogo sticks, surviving on the air from hot fries bags ..read more

Sunrise at the Very Large Array Telescope (VLA), and Drs. Floyd and Moisevitch have to plan a bi-lateral salvage operation between opposing world powers in less than two minutes. It's 2010's new space race, as filmed during the Cold War in '84. Dial in on the real-life function and history of the world's largest radio telescope array, and its ever-expanding future! Plus: the NICER way of radio scanning, planning a trip to Jupiter, and Lewis & Clarke! (Clive & Arthur - a surprising friendship.) Help children now with UNICEF spacepodyssey.com Twitter @spacepodyssey Facebook at @spacepody ..read more

2010 Year has docked! We’re celebrating the 40th anniversary of Peter Hyams & Arthur Clarke’s knockout followup, 2010: The Year We Make Contact with a year of exciting discoveries following the team who rediscover Discovery One! And, of course, we still have plenty more to come on 2001. This week, a (fairly) spoiler-free introduction to 2010, the background, our love for it, and why we believe it deserves just as much conversation and provokes as many questions for what it is: NOT a sequel to perhaps the greatest motion picture of all time, but its own fascinating story told its own way. A ..read more

Checking in to the universe's most exclusive hotel, it's time to unpack, explore, and maybe play a little chess. Is that a Louis XVI throne pod? Dave and Frank's relationship, and humans' innate need for each other. Long-term isolation: is it tao, torment, or vacation? Gilded cage or petrie dish, this surreal environment evokes the most basic questions of life: What is time?  When is a ceiling a floor? Are we in the bathroom? So many hidden meanings, so little much time.  Plus: Homesteading Space by David Hitt and the Skylab gravitational belly pull factor. www.spacepodyssey.com Twit ..read more

R.H. Vatcher is BACK to toast in the New Year with a smorgasbord of insights from his 2019: The Odyssey Brief: BREACHING THE HULL OF DISCOVERY PARTS III AND IV. Uncovering the many cultural elements revolving around this elliptical journey, from Jungian breakthrough to the groundbreaking scientific discoveries showcased in Life Magazine. How serendipity or subconscious parallels to the prior roles of these now iconic actors may have influenced their casting. The impact of Star Trek on a generation and its connections to 2001. Plus: does Fellini + Kubrick = 2008 & 1/2? (okay, it'd be 2009 1 ..read more

Crusty socks hung with care, meat tube trimmed, hot fries smoking on an electrical fire... We're ready for Christmas, but is HAL? www.spacepodyssey.com Twitter @spacepodyssey Facebook at @spacepodyssey email us at spacepodyssey2001@gmail.com ..read more

Every science fiction movie since "2001" has been inspired, directly or indirectly by it, often by employing its original visual effects pioneers. For one artist, slit-scan was just the beginning... Cinerama to IMAX to the future of moving images with MAGI - Douglas Trumbull has always been at the forefront of experiential cinema. In films like "2001," "Silent Running," "Close Encounters," and "Blade Runner," and large format exhibitions like "To The Moon and Beyond" and "Back To The Future: The Ride" he invented and innovated his way into movie history, and ended up with a few patents along t ..read more

Step right up, folks, step right up - following our interview with Victor Scherrer, it's the SKYLAB Super Show!! SEE: the famous Commander Conrad and his parasol acrobatics duo, Weitz & Kerwin! SEE: Big Al Bean the weightless weightlifter, with "Shades" Garriott & Jumpin' Jack Lausma and the twin pole thermal space waltz! SEE: "Comet" Carr and the Kohouteks live, opening for the Gibson-Pogue Antenna Experiment! AND...the wondrous Alyene Baker and her magical sewing speed skills! Plus: Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum, and the animals of Apollo (oh, and Phooey). Check out the book Homesteading Space an ..read more