together in the mid one nine hundred sixty s. americans and serviettes were vying to be the first to reach the moon to develop a visionary but believable set design kubrick hired nasa experts who had worked with rocket pioneer vana from back on the frankfurt show explores how meticulously every technical detail was planned. kubrick was the first to use product placement this futuristic watch from a luxury brand hamilton went on sale as the film opened but only a few original props are preserved cooper destroyed most of them. this is a replica of the model of the famous centrifuge a hamster wheel weighing fairly tons and twelve meters in diameter feelingless so complicated that it took several days to shoot just a few seconds. won t see much of the galaxy.