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March 18, 2008
Arthur C. Clarke, a visionary science fiction writer who penned more than 100 books on space, science and the future, died Wednesday at home in Sri Lanka. He was 90.
I grew up reading Clarke’s works and, of course, watched “2001 : A Space Odyssey” as well as the follow-up 2010.
Clarke was regarded as a technological seer as well as a science-fiction writer. He was credited with the concept of communications satellites in 1945, decades before they became a reality.
Geosynchronous orbits, which keep satellites in a fixed position relative to the ground, are called Clarke orbits.
Clarke spent his life hoping to come in contact with life from another world, and while I have no such aspirations, I thank him for providing vast universes to get lost in while I was child.
“All explorers are seeking something they have lost. It is seldom that they find it, and more seldom still that the attainment brings them greater happiness than the quest.” - Arthur C. Clarke.
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