Kudos to Hiro, who took the time to transcribe an extensive list of highlights from the Halo preview in the August 2000 issue of Computer Games. There's quite a bit of it to be read--an excerpt:
Under a picture appears this heading- Bungie has not yet determined whether or not you will be able to pilot the dropships, but they will play a role in the story.
Perish the thought! A fairly detailed Q&A session with Halo project lead Jason Jones makes up most of the article, and the topics range from story to physics... well worth the browsing.