The molding process produces flames and vapors, causing he enthusiastic astronomers to rejoice.On the tops of the roofs of the town, pompous preparations have been made.At the launch site, the rocket shell is in position, ready to receive the travelers.The six travelers arrive - they respond and reply to the acclamations of the crowd and then enter he steel-riveted shell (their space vehicle).It is the first step in her own romantic downfall: "I wonder if my tie""s on straight.I certainly upset them, don""t I? Now who else is after me? Ah, the lady champion wrestler, wouldn""t she make a houseful.Desperate to make a deal, Dave ran after Lou and tried o befriend him after earlier shunning him, claiming that the word in Las Vegas was that he was "the man to know.The same imagery was utilized by Spielberg for his filmE.T.: he Extra-Terrestrial (1982).Touching the Monolith approximates he Biblical equivalent of eating the forbidden fruit of Knowledge.