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Jul 13, 2024 · Arthur C. Clarke, English science fiction author best known for his script for and novel of 2001: A Space Odyssey. He invented the communication satellite in 1946, nearly two decades before the first such satellites launched. He also wrote Childhood’s End and Rendezvous with Rama.
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Jul 17, 2024 · "This Arthur Dent," comes the cry from the furthest reaches of the galaxy, and has even now been found inscribed on a mysterious deep space probe thought to originate from an alien galaxy at a distance too hideous to contemplate, "what is he, man or mouse?
2 days ago · Space exploration is the use of astronomy and space technology to explore outer space. While the exploration of space is currently carried out mainly by astronomers with telescopes, its physical exploration is conducted both by uncrewed robotic space probes and human spaceflight.
4 days ago · 2010: The Year We Make Contact (or simply 2010) is a 1984 American science fiction film written, produced, shot and directed by Peter Hyams. Serving as a sequel to Stanley Kubrick 's 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey and based on Arthur C. Clarke 's 1982 sequel novel, 2010: Odyssey Two, the film follows a joint American and Soviet crew who are ...
4 days ago · James Arthur Lovell Jr. ( / ˈlʌvəl / LUV-əl; born March 25, 1928) is an American retired astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot and mechanical engineer. In 1968, as command module pilot of Apollo 8, he became, with Frank Borman and William Anders, one of the first three astronauts to fly to and orbit the Moon.
Jun 29, 2024 · Arthur C. Clarke — ‘Behind every man now alive stand thirty ghosts, for that is the ratio by which the dead outnumber the living. Since the dawn of time,...
Jul 1, 2024 · Arthur C. Clarke, We'll Never Conquer Space (1960) We cannot predict the new forces, powers, and discoveries that will be disclosed to us when we reach the other planets and set up new laboratories in space.
