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Related to material in A Fall of Moondust
by Arthur C. Clarke
Enjoyable Clarke novel has the steady pacing that his fans appreciate. Passengers on a lunar "cruise" ship are enjoying a trip across a crater that has filled with moondust over the eons. When disaster strikes, how can the passengers escape from the ship on the airless Moon?
Science fiction in the News articles describe real-world events that relate to the ideas and inventions in sf novels and movies. Select a news article:
Clarke's Inflatable Lunar Habitats Now NASA's
Arthur C. Clarke calls another one in his early novel A Fall of Moondust.
Moon Base Two Inflatable Lunar Habitat
Very nice drawings of an inflatable lunar base concept; but I think that Clarke's verbal description fifty years ago is better.
Space Habitat Has Inflatable Loft
Tested in a pretty good substitute for Mars, the moon and even asteroids, found right here in the USA.
Bigelow To Offer Inflatable Lunar Bases
Arthur C. Clarke would be thrilled.
Sierra Space Inflatable LIFE Habitat Burst Pressure Test
'It was like being inside a balloon...' - Arthur C. Clarke, 1961.
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