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To the stars, Arthur C. Clarke. Never more will he think in his self-chosen exile in Sri Lanka "on the mysteries of the universe. At the age of 90 years died last week one of the great, the father of technically oriented science fiction.
Clarke was more than just a science fiction author. To him we owe also including the concept of geostationary communications satellites without the modern communications would not be what it is today.
He invented the space elevator that could one day revolutionize the space industry.
His technically sound, realistic SciFi was a fountain of inspiration, which is now dry. Fortunately, his works are forever Endure. The images he created with Kubrick in 2001, that influence for getting my vision of the future of man in space.