Innovative Technologies from Science Fiction for Space Applications
The idea that science fiction literature contained innovative technological ideas which could possibly be brought to a point of development with either today’s technology or possibly technology which was just around the corner was the driving force behind an European Space Agency (ESA) study entitled Innovative Technologies from Science Fiction (ITSF). David. Raitt, Patrick Gyger, Arthur Woods * Paper IAF-01-IAA.8.2.02 presented at the 52 International Astronautical Congress 1-5 Oct 2001 / Toulouse, France Abstract Ideas play an important role in science and technology, even when they do not have an immediately testable aspect, and writers have predicted satellites, [...]
Space and the Arts by David Raitt
This paper provides an overview of the relationship between space and art by discussing art that has been sent into space, orbital sculptures, art on Earth seen from space, and performance art and dance in zero gravity. The paper then provides an overview and discussion of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) involvement in some activities in this domain including the organization of science fiction and space art exhibitions and conferences, creation of a space arts database, setting up a space arts programme, and a study recently launched into how the European components of the International Space Station could be transformed [...]
The idea that science fiction literature contained innovative technological ideas which could possibly be brought to a point of development with either today’s technology or possibly technology which was just [...]
This paper provides an overview of the relationship between space and art by discussing art that has been sent into space, orbital sculptures, art on Earth seen from space, and [...]
