March 20th, 2008 by Kevin A. Barnes
Early on Wednesday morning (March 19, 2008), I was writing an article tentatively entitled “What is a Futurist?” when I heard on the radio of the death of Arthur C. Clarke. My first thought after hearing the news was that the world had lost one of the great modern futurists.
Clarke is perhaps best known for 2001: A Space Odyssey, as well as the 1948 short story “The Sentinel” upon which the novel and film of 2001 were based. But Clarke also was known as a “prophet of the space age” because of how accurately many of his essays and science fiction short stories anticipated humankind’s first steps into outer space. Read the rest of this entry »
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March 10th, 2008 by Kevin A. Barnes
I have been watching the U.S. presidential candidates (in both parties) for statements on their positions and viewpoints regarding space exploration. (See The Candidates’ Stand on Space Exploration — December 31, 2007.) When it comes to space exploration, the topic has rarely come up in the current presidential campaign. Thus I’ve been reporting any written or verbal comments on the topic that I can find, or that come to my attention.
Last Friday, March 7, 2008, Senator Barack Obama added some additional detail to his position. Read the rest of this entry »
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