I don't know what they shot out into space, but they did it with the reverence and honor of a human funeral.
5 seconds sound clip from the The Black Hole (1979) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:40:50.498 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- I guess that'd make you a little bit too real, wouldn't it?
- That Reinhardt sure loves to play God, doesn't he?
- I didn't say it was a robot.
- Maybe there are some survivors still alive.
- What do you think he's up to?
- Well, whatever it is, he seems cooperative enough about getting us operable.
- A wolf remains a wolf, even if it has not eaten your sheep.
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