2001: A Space Odyssey Part 4, Chapter 22

Excursion

• Poole gets in a space suit and then goes into the space pod. There is some discussion of how important space pods are. Summary: They are very important.
• Technobabble, technobabble, technobabble…goose!
• Poole gets outside in the pod, goes out of the pod in his spacesuit, and gets the piece that's causing the trouble.
• All done, he thinks everything's fixed, but it is not.
• Foreshadowing.