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 Mar 18 2008, 10:03 PM
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Just wanted you to know...
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Mar 20 2008, 10:51 AM
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It's thirty years and more since I read it, but I vaguely remember a line in The Sentinel where - upon the initial discovery of the alien artifact emplaced on the Moon - one of the characters burns the breakfast sausages.
Everytime I destroy something in the kitchen, and render the edible inedible, I find myself thinking, in that Clarkesian accent "these pancakes/potatoes/lasagne/whatever have made their trip in vain..." Andy 
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Mar 20 2008, 12:46 PM
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I know that this might not be consensual (who likes consensus anyway?...) but wouldn't it be a fair tribute to ACC to have the Phoenix landing site named after him? The Sir Arthur Charles Clarke Memorial Station? Is it the right time and place for such naming?
I'm curious about your opinion here... 
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Mar 20 2008, 01:12 PM
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QUOTE (ustrax @ Mar 20 2008, 01:46 PM)  Is it the right time and place for such naming? I'm wondering how featureless the Phoenix landing site will be, will it be worthy of such a name? Someone mentioned the idea a Europa mission should bear his name. I don't know, I think it would probably be more fitting to name the landing site of the first Europa lander (if there ever is one) after him. -------------------- |
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Mar 20 2008, 03:31 PM
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QUOTE (ugordan @ Mar 20 2008, 08:12 AM) I'm wondering how featureless the Phoenix landing site will be, will it be worthy of such a name? Someone mentioned the idea a Europa mission should bear his name. I don't know, I think it would probably be more fitting to name the landing site of the first Europa lander (if there ever is one) after him. Name a Europa lander after ACC? After he specifically told us to attempt no landings there???  -the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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Jyril Arthur C. Clarke R.I.P. Mar 18 2008, 10:03 PM
ElkGroveDan Someday we will plant banyan trees on Mars in his ... Mar 18 2008, 10:04 PM Stu Very sad news. I'm sure many of us here were i... Mar 18 2008, 10:42 PM ngunn A giant, a true prophet of the age, gone. My first... Mar 18 2008, 11:02 PM djellison RE: Arthur C. Clarke R.I.P. Mar 18 2008, 11:50 PM mcaplinger "No one dared disturb him or interrupt his th... Mar 18 2008, 11:55 PM nprev I am happy that he lived long enough to see ... Mar 19 2008, 12:43 AM mchan My first ACC book was a juvenile titled "Dolp... Mar 19 2008, 01:31 AM jsheff His "Profiles of the Future" probably di... Mar 19 2008, 01:41 AM Astro0 Thank you Arthur C. Clarke.
Safe passage 'beyo... Mar 19 2008, 02:16 AM nprev Wonderful tribute to the man, Astro0!
My firs... Mar 19 2008, 03:23 AM
JonClarke QUOTE (nprev @ Mar 19 2008, 03:23 AM) My ... Mar 19 2008, 09:37 AM
dilo This is a great loss. I was already depressed by t... Mar 19 2008, 02:10 PM PhilCo126 The visionary of the geostationary satellite orbit... Mar 19 2008, 09:26 AM Toma B QUOTE (PhilCo126 @ Mar 19 2008, 11:26 AM)... Mar 19 2008, 06:05 PM JonClarke QUOTE (Toma B @ Mar 19 2008, 07:05 PM) Yo... Mar 19 2008, 10:13 PM jamescanvin Would many of us be here at UMSF without him? Than... Mar 19 2008, 09:37 AM PhilCo126 Arthur C Clarke: "How inappropriate to call t... Mar 19 2008, 09:39 AM ustrax Ultreya et Sus Eia Arcturus!
Thank you for sh... Mar 19 2008, 10:10 AM brellis R.I.P. Arthur Clarke, may your next destination be... Mar 20 2008, 12:02 AM edstrick I had a few words with Arthur C. Clarke at the 197... Mar 19 2008, 10:21 AM Juramike Arthur C. Clark inspired generations as an enginee... Mar 19 2008, 02:56 PM monty python QUOTE (Juramike @ Mar 19 2008, 09:56 AM) ... May 11 2008, 05:51 AM marsbug The world will miss him. I hope we can do his memo... Mar 19 2008, 04:47 PM hendric My favorite science fiction story of all time has ... Mar 19 2008, 05:12 PM nprev QUOTE (hendric @ Mar 19 2008, 10:12 AM) M... Mar 19 2008, 11:30 PM climber I red "First Born" (coautored Stephen Ba... Mar 19 2008, 09:48 PM nprev Interesting, very illuminating portrait of him:
h... Mar 20 2008, 04:20 AM AndyG He already has an asteroid. A lunar crater is a mu... Mar 20 2008, 01:47 PM angel1801 I have an idea to remember Arthur C. Clarke. Could... Mar 20 2008, 02:01 PM NGC3314 QUOTE (angel1801 @ Mar 20 2008, 08:01 AM)... Mar 22 2008, 02:15 AM nprev QUOTE (NGC3314 @ Mar 21 2008, 07:15 PM) ... Mar 22 2008, 02:58 PM ugordan Well, technically, it was not him who told us that... Mar 20 2008, 03:40 PM Ant103 Sad new
He had a great life and bring many many t... Mar 20 2008, 03:51 PM As old as Voyager I've been inspired by Arthur's writing sin... Mar 20 2008, 07:38 PM ustrax QUOTE (As old as Voyager @ Mar 20 2008, 07... Mar 20 2008, 08:11 PM dilo QUOTE (ustrax @ Mar 20 2008, 09:11 PM) An... Mar 22 2008, 08:50 AM Tesheiner This is a planned imaging sequence to be taken by ... Apr 4 2008, 12:52 PM ustrax QUOTE (Tesheiner @ Apr 4 2008, 01:52 PM) ... Apr 4 2008, 03:24 PM Tesheiner No, it isn't.
Here's the image taken after... Apr 14 2008, 10:10 AM djellison That'll be the usual El Dorado monitoring sche... Apr 14 2008, 10:59 AM ustrax Forget what I've said, I was thinking about Op... Apr 14 2008, 11:43 AM jamescanvin I'm not so sure that it is part of the 'us... Apr 14 2008, 11:49 AM fredk QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Apr 14 2008, 11:49 A... Apr 14 2008, 04:19 PM nprev Juramike: 'Arthur C. Clarke once said, "I... May 11 2008, 10:56 AM dvandorn My understanding has always been that Kubrick edit... May 11 2008, 11:17 AM imipak QUOTE (dvandorn @ May 11 2008, 12:17 PM) ... May 11 2008, 12:23 PM nprev <pfffft!!!!...cough, cough, cou... May 11 2008, 11:30 AM edstrick "...was shipped off to one Alex North, who wr... May 12 2008, 02:25 AM |
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