氏に関して記事をかいたのが13日で19日には亡くなっていた…90歳だったらしい…知らなかった〜とりあえず、nasaの追悼文なんかを見るといかに偉大な人だったがわかるような気もするが〜
http://www.technobahn.com/news/2008/200803211809.html
NASAが米国の宇宙開発計画とは直接的にはつながりのない個人の死去にあたって、追悼声明を出すのは極めて異例だそうですが・・・
Dwayne Brown
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1726
dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov
March 19, 2008
RELEASE : 08-083
NASA Statement on the Death of Arthur C. Clarke
WASHINGTON - The following is a statement from Alan Stern, NASA associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at Headquarters in Washington, regarding the death of Arthur C. Clarke:
"Arthur Clarke was a gifted writer of science and science fiction, and an unparalleled visionary of the future, inspiring countless young people throughout the middle and later 20th century with his hopeful vision of how spaceflight would transform societies, economies, and humankind itself.
"Although his personal odyssey here on Earth is now over, his vision lives on through his writing; he will be sorely missed."