Pat Flannery writes:

On 3/16/2010 7:08 PM, David Spain wrote:
Pat writes:
quarters onboard Discovery, or if they just slept in the centrifuge; I don't
remember seeing any beds in there other than the three chambers for the crew
in hibernation.

There is a short scene where you see Poole walking around in the centrifuge
and Bowman is asleep in his hibernaculum. There were 5. There are scenes in

Are two of the other three astronauts to stay out of hibernation on the way
back, I assume?


No. There were 5 hibernaculum in the centrifuge which could double as beds.
Enough for all 5 crew members. Two awake and three asleep on the way out.
All five asleep at mission end until picked up by Discovery II. Well
according to the book.

But in the movie since they were in Jupiter space, and Discovery I was
supposed to be able to return from Jupiter, maybe you're right...

Dave