 |
Science
Fiction in the News Articles
Related to material in The Lady Who Sailed The Soul
by Cordwainer Smith
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:
Cosmos 1 Sets Solar Sail - Update
Cosmos 1, the world's first solar sail spacecraft, is scheduled to be launched on March 1, 2005 - Car Sagan's birthday. The mission of the flight is to perform the first controlled solar sail flight.
NanoSail-D Solar Wind-Rider
Sailing between the planets with noting but light pressure is a long-held sf dream; NASA engineers take a good shot at it this summer.
Ikaros Solar Sail Craft Photo Of Venus
Impressive proof of the value of solar sail-powered vessels.
Bigrating Laser Beam-Riding Light Sail Is Self-Correcting
'That sail will be twenty thousand miles at the wide part.' - Cordwainer Smith, 1960.
Technovelgy.com is devoted
to the creative inventions of science fiction authors and movie makers. Look
for the Science Fiction Invention Category that
interests you, the Glossary of Science Fiction
Inventions, the Timeline of Science Fiction
Inventions, or see what's New.
Find new authors and technologies - Shop for yourself,
your library and your lab.
Science
Fiction
in the News
re: Edmond Hamilton
(11/3/2024)
re: Neal Stephenson
(11/1/2024)
re: Philip K Dick
(10/29/2024)
