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Visions
of The Future
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Arthur C Clarke is one of the greatest twentieth century writers
of science fiction - and a prophet of science fact. He was the
first person to have the idea that satellites could be used
for communication in the nineteen forties and has a vision of
a 'lift' that will one day take people into space.
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Space
Race
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Roald Sagdeev was put in charge of the Moscow Space Science
Institute in 1973. He remembers the days of the 'Space Race'
when the Soviet Union and the United States vied with each other
to make the greatest advances in new technology.
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Finding
New Stars
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The British astronomer Jocelyn Bell-Burnell describes her part
in the accidental discovery of a new kind of star called a 'pulsar'
when she was a graduate student in the nineteen seventies.
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Experiments In Space
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Helen Sharman was the first British person to travel in space.
She remembers docking with the Mir space station in 1991and
her regret at having to return to earth after spending a little
more than a week in space.
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Comets
And Ashes
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Carolyn Shoemaker has discovered thirty-two comets. She talks
about her work and that of her husband - Eugene Shoemaker, the
planetary geologist. He always longed to travel to the moon
but his ambition was only achieved in death - his ashes were
sent to the moon by planetary probe and crashed into the lunar
surface at the end of July.
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