Tag: monolith
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On “Mad Men,” Technology Is An Omen — But Of What?
from salon.com: The chorus of recappers rehashing last week’s episode of “Mad Men” are unanimous: “The Monolith” — in which the admen gathered in awe around a chunky, alien-looking computer — was a glaringly obvious homage to Kubrick, whether it be the slab of IBM technology stabbing skyward and recalling “2001: A Space Odyssey” or…
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phobos mystery
Why does Martian Moon Phobos generate intense interest? In 1959, Russian Samuilovich Shklovsky, an astronomer, suggested Phobos may be artificial, since he concluded the moon’s orbit was decaying and could only be due to a very low density, possibly, even hollow. Buzz Aldrin, former astronaut, touted Phobos to President Obama as key to permanent space…