Science fiction cinema has offered up countless attempts to foretell human existence beyond the stars. But just how rooted in science are these Hollywood attempts to depict humans settling other planets?
something Wanjek believes is a must unless the journey can be significantly quickened:
What about once we arrive at our destination, be it a planet or space station? As far back as 1968, Stanley Kubrick’s"2001: A Space Odyssey" offered us a glimpse of an elegantly-rotating space station in a now-iconic movie moment and Wanjek believes the need for artificial gravity outlined above could see this concept ultimately materialize: “I think the orbiting, rotating structure seen in '2001: A Space Odyssey' is a natural evolution to simple space stations we see today,”...
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