Sir Arthur C. Clarke Passes Away At 90
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
Author, inventor and futurist Sir Arthur C. Clark passed away early Wednesday at a hospital near his home in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Possibly best known as the author of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Clarke also was the originated of the concept of using geostationary satellites as telecommunications relays in the 1940’s. He also was the first to describe space elevators, something he felt would be his legacy, eclipsing the telecommunications satellite once space elevators replaced rockets as the primary means of reaching or the stars. His television shows, Arthur C. Clarke’s Mysterious World and Arthur C. Clarke’s Mysterious Universe brought topics such as UFOs, cryptids and the paranormal into living rooms around the world. These shows were responsible for many people’s first contact with unexplained phenomena (I know they were mine).
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