I don't believe there was any CGI in 2001. The wireframe animation of the AE-35 unit, the Orion and other craft cockpit displays were all hand drawn. The HAL displays were coloured celluloids on 16mm film projected from the rear.Watch the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey". Released in 1968.
That will give you some idea of what CGI was available at the time.
Even the small details I appreciate. Like, the double-sided tape on the pen stuck to rotating glass for the stewardess to grab, giving the illusion of zero-G. When I watched it most recently, I still didn't know how they did it until I looked it upI don't believe there was any CGI in 2001. The wireframe animation of the AE-35 unit, the Orion and other craft cockpit displays were all hand drawn. The HAL displays were coloured celluloids on 16mm film projected from the rear.
Got several of the Mind's Eye videos and other "random CGI set to New Age & trance" collections on Laserdisc & VHS. A neat little pleasure from a bygone age :DNo news on whether they were involved in the moon landing, but plenty of people probably spaced out to the 1990 Mind's Eye video which popularized the video and other early examples of CGI.