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Could this incident have given Clarke the factual basis for the airlock scene in 2001? More than most SF authors, he liked his fiction to be broadly plausible.
by mannykannot 8y ago
Could this incident have given Clarke the factual basis for the airlock scene in 2001? More than most SF authors, he liked his fiction to be broadly plausible.
- pavlov 8y agoClarke’s 1955 novel “Earthlight” had suitless spacewalk as a major plot point. I think he had a long-term fascination with the topic.