NASA STATEMENT ON THE DEATH OF ARTHUR C. CLARKE
 

On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:28:36 +0900, "Brenda Ann"
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NASA STATEMENT ON THE DEATH OF ARTHUR C. CLARKE

WASHINGTON - The following is a statement from Alan Stern, NASA
associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at
Headquarters in Washington, regarding the death of Arthur C. Clarke:

"Arthur Clarke was a gifted writer of science and science fiction,
and
an unparalleled visionary of the future, inspiring countless young
people throughout the middle and later 20th century with his hopeful
vision of how spaceflight would transform societies, economies, and
humankind itself.

"Although his personal odyssey here on Earth is now over, his vision
lives on through his writing; he will be sorely missed."



What? No mention of his direct responsibility for much of modern space
activity (his postulation of what is known widely as the Clarke Belt, a zone
of space wherein objects fall at exactly the same rate as they orbit the
Earth, making geostationary/geosynchronous satellites, and, therefor, global
satellite communications possible).

Quite likely because NASA had so little to do with geosynch satellites
which were first proven by Hal Rosen and Tom Hudspeth of Hughes
Aircraft Company with the SYNCOM satellite.

NASA STATEMENT ON THE DEATH OF ARTHUR C. CLARKE
 

NASA STATEMENT ON THE DEATH OF ARTHUR C. CLARKE
 

On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:59:28 -0500, clifto wrote:

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What? No mention of his direct responsibility for much of modern space
activity (his postulation of what is known widely as the Clarke Belt, a zone
of space wherein objects fall at exactly the same rate as they orbit the
Earth, making geostationary/geosynchronous satellites, and, therefor, global
satellite communications possible).

Quite likely because NASA had so little to do with geosynch satellites
which were first proven by Hal Rosen and Tom Hudspeth of Hughes
Aircraft Company with the SYNCOM satellite.

I forgot, where exactly is the Hughes launch center?
Hughes built (now bought by Boeing) the satellites but as Hughes never
launched on their own.