Comments on: Arthur C. Clarke, 1917 – 2008

By: Larry Sessions

Larry Sessions — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:43:39 +0000

Due to an unusual coincidence of ACC’s passing and the detection of a Gamma Ray Burst that may well be the most spectacular explosion ever witnesses from Earth, I have proposed that henceforth astronomers refer to the March 19 GRB as “The Clarke Event.” I wrote to several of the principle investigators and others, and have received many positive responses to this idea:
http://blogs.earthsky.org/larrysessions

Larry Sessions
Denver

By: isileth

isileth — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:21:49 +0000

I am very sad for such a loss.
His story, The Star, is one of the greatest ever written.
He put stars in our hearts and our eyes.
May he join the universe forever.

By: StevoR

StevoR — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 06:57:01 +0000

“At this point I cannot resist mentioning that I am the proud, though absentee landlord of about a hundred square miles of prime real estate just outside the orbit of Mars. In 1996, the International Astronomical Union gave the name ‘Clarke’ to the asteroid previously known only as 4923; I was apologetically informed that 2001 was no longer available having been assigned to a certain A. Einstein.”

- Page 140, Arthur C. Clarke, ‘Profiles of the Future’, Indigo, 1999.

I suggest as a special tribute to Sir Arthur C. Clarke that, if possible, we make this one of the first asteroids we visit – perhaps in 2063 as we seem unlikely to be sufficently advanced in 2010 .. Or if not ready even by then perhaps in 2131? (When ‘Rama’ arrives in book I of the Rama series.)

Sad to think how much closer we are tio 2010 than 2001 now -and how little we’e progressed space~wise.

But I’m fairly hopeful that Clarke was still a visionary and we will get somewhere near what he imagined (space stations, Lunar bases and more) – eventually!

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PS. I’m not sure if there are also asteroids named in honour of Isaac Asimov and Robert Heinlein but I would expect so.

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By: Stan/Tx

Stan/Tx — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 10:45:41 +0000

Thanks to a great man whoes books mean a lot to me. His writing opened doors and created an interest in science for me.
May he rest in peace.

By: Mark Welton

Mark Welton — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 01:27:19 +0000

Sir Arthur was simply unique. “Rendezvous With Rama” gripped me from the first sentence to the last. Passages from “2010:Odyssey Two” still have power to stir the emotions; the spectral David Bowman’s journey to the centre of Jupiter is the finest chapter sign-off I have ever read. And as for “2001″… reading the book and watching the film back in 1970 was literally a life-changing experience.
I had the privilege of listening to a lecture he gave in about 1981, about the Space Elevator. I still have his autograph from that occasion.

Sir Arthur – you were an inspiration. Thank you for all you did for the human race.

By: Buzz Parsec

Buzz Parsec — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 06:48:22 +0000

Someone mentioned Jules Verne, which got me to thinking…
Have the decided on the name yet for the next ATV? Clarke would certainly be appropriate.