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  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, at times, fine line between science fiction literature and the developments in real life space activities provides the backdrop to ESA's latest Space-in-Bytes video lesson release, titled "Science fiction - science fact".
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  "It Came From Outer Space" Trailer

  yes, it came from outer space www.imdb.com
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  Space Exploration Part 2: Mining the sky

  Science Fiction author David Brin proposes economic incentives for exploring space. Can space exploration pay for itself? David Brin is the author of award-winning books such as The Postman, The Transparent Society and Startide Rising. Visit www.davidbrin.com
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  "It Came From Outer Space" (in 3-D) part 1

  A classic 50's Alien film, original'y released in 3-D! "It Came From Outer Space" Stars Richard Carlson, who also stared in a later UNIVERSAL Sci-Fi film "Creature from the Black Lagoon" 3-D, wich would go on to be one of the most sucsessful and famus SCi-Fi films of all time. The film is directed by Jack Arnold who also directed many other sci-fi films such as "Creature from the Black Lagoon" 3-D, "TURANCULA", and "The Incredibale Shrinking Man". PLEASE NOTE: the following feature is prosented in anaglyph 3-D (red and blue) and require anaglyph 3-D glasses.
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  Science fiction - science fact

  A short video from the 'Space-in-bytes' series by ESA. Date- December 2008. Source- www.esa.int 'Whether its Star Trek 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.'
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  David Sirota: Jim Greer, GOP "Are A Bunch Of Psychopaths"

  On the day the text of President Obama's speech to schoolchildren is released without "lesson plans", Jim Greer again appears on CNN's "Campbell Brown" show and upholds what he said earlier in the day on "The Situation Room." This time, however, Jim had company, as sub host John Robetrs welcomed alternate views from John Avlon and David Sirota. Avlon suggested Greer was "trying to spin a victory and do a 'CYA' move." "It was an attempt to... turn the President into a fearful figure, and that's shameful," he said. And Sirota took Greer to task for criticizing Obama's speech, and said that "parents who tuned into this speech because of the hysteria by people like Jim greer, are gonna read this speech, and realize that the Jim Greers of the world... are a bunch of psychopaths to try to make this into a giant controversy about socialist indoctrination."
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  Space Exploration Part 4: Ambitious technologies

  Science Fiction author David Brin challenges us to consider future technologies for the next frontier: Space tethers, Solar sails and space elevators. David is the author of books such as The Postman, Startide Rising and The Uplift War. Visit www.davidbrin.com
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  2001 A Space Odyssey - Space Sequences Tribute Part 1of4

  And here the "Mother" (well the real mother is probably "Metropolis") of all Science Fiction Movie Special Visual Effects: Stanley Kubricks "2001 - A Space Odysee" from 1968. All seen here is of course handmade. All photographic effects, no CGI. And all SFX Scenes from the Movie are cut toghether in full length and in chronological order. The Music in PART2of4 at 1:20 and 6:42 is right out of the Movie. Gayane Ballet Suite (Adagio) Aram Khachaturian. You should find it on the Originial Movie Soundtrack. It was also used "extracted" in the ALIENS Movie! Because it's more than 36 Minutes of FX, including the "changing Dimensions" FX, i had to split in into 4 parts. And don't adjust your volume when there's nothing to hear. It's meant that way ;) Quote Stanley Kubrick (source:Wikipedia): "I tried to create a visual experience, one that bypasses verbalized pigeonholing and directly penetrates the subconscious with an emotional and philosophic content. I intended the film to be an intensely subjective experience that reaches the viewer at an inner level of consciousness, just as music does; to „explain" a Beethoven symphony would be to emasculate it by erecting an artificial barrier between conception and appreciation. You're free to speculate as you wish about the philosophical and allegorical meaning of the film -- and such speculation is one indication that it has succeeded in gripping the audience at a deep level -- but I don't want to spell out a verbal road map for 2001 ...

• Science fiction-Science fact

• "It Came From Outer Space" Trailer

• Space Exploration Part 2: Mining the sky

• "It Came From Outer Space" (in 3-D) part 1

• Science fiction - science fact

• David Sirota: Jim Greer, GOP "Are A Bunch Of Psychopaths"

• Space Exploration Part 4: Ambitious technologies

• 2001 A Space Odyssey - Space Sequences Tribute Part 1of4