Characters

David Bowman
Frank Poole
HAL 9000
Heywood Floyd

David Bowman

David Bowman is one of two astronauts composing the working crew on the Discovery. He survives HAL 9000's attack, and disconnects him. At the end, the mysterious forces change him into a star child.

Frank Poole

Frank Poole is the one of two astronauts composing the working crew on the Discovery. He goes outside the ship, and is killed by HAL 9000.

HAL 9000

HAL 9000 is an artificial inteligence onboard the Discovery, and is responsible for watching over the entire operations of the ship. After a programing error, HAL 9000 tries to break contact with Earth, and tries to kill the crew. HAL 9000 is disassembled by David Bowman, bringing him offline.

Heywood Floyd

Heywood Floyd is a scientist who heads to the moon to investigate an artfact found on the moon. He is very high up in the ranks of government.