Interior Layout of 2001's Discovery?

[FalTorPan]

I seem to recall seeing some drawings of a speculative interior layout of the Discovery from 2001: A Space Odyssey, but I don't recall where I saw them. Does anyone know where I might find such drawings? Thanks in advance!

 

[David cgc]

There were maps that were included in a 2001 and 2010 RPG game. They were pretty plausible. There are links in this thread.

 

[Sykonee]

So that's where the rotating section is! I always thought it was horizontal and along the sphere's equator.

 

[FalTorPan]

Thanks for the link. The cross-section doesn't show where the computer room is. "I can't see it, Dave. I can't... seeeee... it." :-D

 

[S. Gomez]

So that's where the rotating section is!

I was going to say the exact same thing.

 

[David cgc]

Thanks for the link. The cross-section doesn't show where the computer room is. "I can't see it, Dave. I can't... seeeee... it." :-D

The PDF versions of the 2001 and 2010 books have deck-by-deck floorplans that show them.

Kudos to Wendl (where did you get those maps?) and Kirkman

Thanks. I scanned those samples from the adventure module which I bought some years back and still have hanging around. Its creative exploration of 2001 game possibilities seemed to deserve a mention in this thread.

Looking around just now, I was surprised to see that Star Frontiers still has an active fanbase with sites like this one. If you're interested in seeing more of the 2001 module, it's posted there as a pdf file.

part from a 2010 RPG

As it turns out, that's available, too (complete with Leonov deck plans). Ah, Internet - keeping even obscure RPG stuff from a quarter
century ago available for research...

 

[The Squire of Gothos]

So that's where the rotating section is!

I was going to say the exact same thing.

Me too.

I had always imagined the axis of the wheel to be at right angles to the line of thrust of the main engine. So that when it pushes forward, the wheel's rotation would compensate. Otherwise (so I imagined) the crew would slip off the wheel sideways during acceleration.

But then for most of the flight they're in their hybernation pods, including I assume, the long and boring acceleration and deceleration.

 

[Hyperspace05]

But then for most of the flight they're in their hybernation pods, including I assume, the long and boring acceleration and deceleration.

Given that the Discovery has a centrifuge section, it would imply that the ship is not designed for long periods of thrust. Just shorter periods of more intense thrust for orbital insertion and injection maneuvers. (also supported by the fact that it also takes years/months to get to Jupiter)

One would assume he centrifuge section is stopped and locked down during main engine firings.

 

[Canadave]

Interesting, I'd always figured the centrifuge was vertical; after all, the ladders in the middle seem to connect directly to the "spine" of the ship. As far as the acceleration and deceleration goes, I'd always just assumed that Discovery would take a while to get up to speed, accelerating gradually over the course of days, rather than rapidly. So it'd be a bit of an annoyance for the awake crew, but nothing unbearable. It just seems to make more sense, the ship is rather spindly and fragile-looking.

 

[sojourner]

I still have all the material for that game. Including the 2001 and 2010 adventure modules!