Did Kubrick really bury a time capsule of props from 2001: A Space Odyssey?

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After completing 2001: A Space Odyssey in 1968, Stanley Kubrick ordered nearly all sets, props, and models destroyed to prevent them from appearing in inferior productions - a practice he repeated throughout his career. However, Kubrick reportedly kept select items stored away in carefully cataloged boxes at his estate in Childwickbury Manor, Hertfordshire, England. When the Stanley Kubrick Archive was donated to the University of the Arts London in 2007, researchers discovered thousands of meticulously organized boxes containing production materials, correspondence, and select props from across his filmography. The film itself, made for $10.5 million, pushed visual effects so far ahead that NASA engineers reportedly consulted Kubrick's team about realistic space depiction.