Tag: arthur c clarke
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The Coming Strong Delusion
Was Clarke privy to secret knowledge, strictly forbidden to a profane public?
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Iapetus: A Moon, A Mystery
“Half of Iapetus appears as dark as asphalt and the other half as bright as snow,” begins narrative by Arthur C Clarke in video describing unusual Saturn moon. Iapetus discovered by Giovanni Cassini in 1671, is best known for its two tone coloration and huge equatorial ridge that extends halfway around it.
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Iapetus: Is Saturn Moon Artificial?
Is Iapetus an artificial moon? Saturn’s third largest moon orbits at a much greater distance 2,213,000 miles than the planet’s other large moons, Titan and Rhea. Richard C Hoagland examines unusual and baffling physical characteristics of Iapetus in a 2005 article, “Moon With a View: Or, What Did Arthur Know…and When Did He Know It?”.
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1908 Tunguska Blast: ‘The Biggest Inter-Dimensional Cross Rip’?
The Tunguska blast over Siberia remains the largest recent explosion much more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
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space elevator: an idea whose time has arrived
Has the advent of carbon nanotubes delivered a space elevator into the realm of reality? Momentum is mounting for research on a 22,000 mile elevator ride. The cost of getting […]