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Old 10-09-2011, 20:52   #10
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Re: Astronomy

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Originally Posted by jamiefrost View Post
Surprising how many clever ideas Arthur C Clarke had while writing

Geosynchronous communication satellites for one.

J
indeed he did ,the space elevator being another using diamond filament or hyper filament which apparently NASA have looked into and said is possible
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