Well, it looks like we're finally sending a probe to Jupiter!
Though, it doesn't look like it will have HAL or anything even <i>like</i> HAL on board, the probe itself looks rather like the Discovery of Arthur C. Clarke fame. According to <a target="_blank" href="http://www.astrobio.net/news/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=arti… article on Atrobiology Magazine Online</a>, the probe is being sent to study Io, Callisto, Ganymede and Europa to study any potential life that might be found there. But, we all know it's just a rendevous with the Monolith. Of course, we're a little behind schedule, but we've been busy. No, really!
Seriously, though, I look forward to this test of a nuclear drive system. It'll be one way to do some "proof-of-concept" work for future manned missions. I just hope the funding doesn't get cut before it gets off the ground.
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