Science Fact From Fiction

Embedded Geek writes "The European Space Agency maintains an ongoing project called Innovative Technologies from Science Fiction for Space Applications (ITSF) (Cliquetez ici pour la version française). Its goal is "to review past and present SF literature, artwork and films in order to identify and assess innovative technologies and concepts described which could be possibly developed further for space applications." While I had known about Clarke first envisioning the geostationary satellite, the site also lists some other interesting ideas first pitched in SF: planetary landers, rocket fins, and space stations assembled in orbit. Visitors to the site are encouraged to submit technologies from SF works, although they should look at the master keyword list to avoid duplication first. Also of interest is a spiffy little brochure and a writing contest. Even if it never results in any new technology actually being developed, the site is a nice resource for science educators and science fiction fans."

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[mackstann]

for $6K, you could build a hell of a system. 15K SCSI drives in a RAID 5 array, dual Athlon 2600+'s or whatever the newest is (or dual xeons or whatever), but this thing is pretty fucking lame. is this a joke? why the hell was this posted? remember cowboyneal, there are p4 3.06's now? and the systems with them dont cost $6K? and they arent in shoddily painted cases and overpriced by about 5x?