 By the year 2001, some of the product placements had become  outdated. RCA Whirlpool, the maker of the zero gravity food  preparation unit on the moon shuttle, had become Whirlpool. The Bell  System had been divested and the long distance service became AT&T.  Pan Am had ceased operations as an international air carrier. (In  fact, the Whirlpool change had already happened by the time of the  films original release.)