@ Christopher Snow - Actually the dimentions are 1:4:9... 1 squared, 2 squared and 3 Squared... a sign that intelligent beings made it.
I read the book (I have a first edition) and in it the ship went to Saturn and the Monolith was in orbit around Titan. In the 1960's, Titan was thought to have an atmosphere resembling Earth in the distant past.
The monolith was a tool of aliens that boosted Creatures into sentience and giving them an evolutionary jump start.
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NASA's budget in 2011... $19 billion.
Result: Hi-resolution images from 127 million miles away.
AT&T's budget in 2011... $20 billion.
Result: Still can't get any signal from my bathroom.
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