I approached him, introduced myself and explained that rarely was I this forward, but I had to meet him. of America – I would have the opportunity at the 1982 UN Unispace Conference in Vienna to meet the man whose work so influenced my life.Īs a speaker at the NGO session of the conference, I received an invitation to a reception held at the American embassy honoring Arthur Clarke – of course I went. Years later, when I was living that adventure – heading up the Washington, D.C. It certainly was for me – I knew, after seeing the movie in 1968, I wanted to be a part of the adventure. Inventor of the geosynchronous telecommunications satellite, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, underwater explorer, best selling author of fiction and non fiction, Sir Arthur was knighted in May 2000 for his services to literature.Ĭlarke wrote the short story, and co-wrote the screenplay for Stanley Kubrick’s epic film 2001: A Space Odyssey, widely considered one of the most influential films of all time. As befitted the times, those who observed and translated this great human spectacle for all of us became epic in their own right. For many Baby Boomers, nothing preoccupied us more than the Space Race, epitomized by the goal of reaching the Moon.
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