Arthur C. Clarke 1917-2008, Sci-Fi Author & Space Visionary

by Scott Beale on March 18, 2008 · 4 comments

Renown science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke has passed away at the age of 90 in his adopted home of Sri Lanka. Clark, the author of “2001: A Space Odyssey”, came up with the concept for communications satellites and geosynchronous orbits.

Here’s a video by TVE Asia Pacific of Arthur C. Clarke reflecting upon his life after 90 orbits around the sun. In the video he expresses his three wishes for mankind and how he would like to be remembered.


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daniel March 18, 2008 at 9:14 pm

he says that he has been monitoring the renewable energy scene but feels like there are no large scale possibilities, what about Paul Pantone?

spacemonkey March 21, 2008 at 9:31 am

Sounds like the Universe put on a nice show for his passing:

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/03/21/gamma-ray-burst.html

Reminds me of his story ‘The Star’.

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