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Article: Imagine that -- Science Fiction Museum in Seattle lets you go where sci-fi writers have gone before
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- October 29, 2006
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SEATTLE -- A few weeks ago, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, one
of the most powerful spacecrafts sent to the Red Planet, settled into
orbit, providing a way for NASA scientists to study the heavenly body
in unprecedented detail.
Could this have happened without the existence of science fiction?
Could engineers have designed and built the spacecraft, or any
previous rockets, without first thinking about the 1902 pioneering
science-fiction film "A Trip to the Moon," which was based on a story
by Jules Verne?
And what about the iPod or other MP3 player you're listening to?
Could that have been possible without science fiction?
All scientific developments begin with a concept, no matter how ...