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90 Orbits Around The Sun

What does it feel like to have completed 90 orbits around the Sun? I don’t feel a day older than 89.

I still can’t quite believe that we’ve just marked the 50th anniversary of the Space Age.

 

The golden age of space is only just beginning… Space travel and space tourism will one day become almost as commonplace as flying to exotic destinations on our own planet.

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  • Rocco Fanucci says:
    December 19, 2007 at 11:25 am

    Nice report from ITN, including video clips from Sri Lanka:

    The British writer, originally from Minehead, Somerset, spent his landmark birthday in his adopted home of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

    Sir Arthur C. Clarke said he would like to be remembered first and foremost as a writer and predicts commercial space travel will one day be the normHe celebrated the day with close friends and during the festivities a retired Russian cosmonaut presented Sir Arthur with a special medal.

    On his birthday, the legendary writer has three wishes; for ET to call, for man to kick his oil habit and for peace in his new home country of Sri Lanka.

    He added that he would like to be remembered first and foremost as a writer and predicts commercial space travel will one day be the norm.

    Sir Arthur has written more than 100 science-fiction books, including The Sentinel, the cult short-story upon which the the epic film 2001: A Space Odyssey was based.

    Here’s the AP photo from the event:

    Sri Lankan guest resident Arthur C. Clarke , left, the British science-fiction author, inventor, and futurist, most famous for his novel 2001: A Space Odyssey, and for collaborating with director Stanley Kubrick on the film of the same name, cuts a cake as Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksha, center, and Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollaga look on during a felicitation to mark his 90th birthday in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Dec.16, 2007. Sri Lanka honored its distinguished resident, who said that he wants to see a lasting peace for the country’s decade long civil war. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

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