Science fiction - science fact


 
Whether it’s Star Trek's USS Enterprise, or the iconic space station from 2001: A Space Odyssey, science fiction has always provided inspiration and ideas for the scientists and engineers that design and build real spacecraft.
 
The video compares factual and fictional space stations, manned spacecrafts and explains how 'sci-fi' interplanetary travels could inspire future generation of scientists and engineers.
 
 
Download hi-res movie here
Available version:Quicktime file
Size:61 173 Kb
Length:6:23 mins
Produced:December 2008

 
 
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Last update: 20 September 2010


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 •  Danish (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Space_In_Bytes/SEMBI4STGOF_0.html)
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 •  Swedish (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Space_In_Bytes/SEMJS4STGOF_0.html)

Learn more

 •  Video script (http://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/hsf/Scifact_Scifi_script.pdf)
 •  - (http://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/hsf/Scifact_Scifi_script.pdf)
 •  Lesson notes (http://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/hsf/Scifact_Scifi_lesson_notes.pdf)
 •  - (http://esamultimedia.esa.int/hsf/education/ESA_searching_lessonotes.pdf)

Publications

 •  Innovative technologies from science fiction for space applications (http://www.esa.int/esapub/br/br176/br176.pdf)
 •  Tales of innovation and imagination (http://www.esa.int/esapub/sp/sp546/sp546web.pdf)
 •  Science fiction, technology fact (http://www.esa.int/esapub/br/br205/br205.pdf)

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