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"I suspect that religion is a necessary evil in the childhood of our particular species. And that's one of the interesting things about contact with other intelligences: we could see what role, if any, religion plays in their development."
- Arthur C. Clarke
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| Free Fall | ||
| Phrase describing how bodies move in orbit. |
First use of this phrase.
| Since they were to use the space control, though, they would be subject to infinite acceleration, it would be a free fall, and Fuller would remain helplessly weightless. |
| From Islands of Space,
by John W. Campbell. Published by Amazing Stories in 1931 Additional resources -
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