We seldom stop to think that we are still creatures of the sea, able to leave it only because, from birth to death, we wear the water-filled space suits of our skins.
Arthur C. ClarkeI'm quite fond of the writer who told a beginning author, "If you've got a message, use Western Union."
Arthur C. ClarkeThe best proof that there's intelligent life in the universe is that it hasn't come here.
Arthur C. ClarkeBut please remember: this is only a work of fiction. The truth, as always, will be far stranger.
Arthur C. ClarkeMars is the next frontier, what the Wild West was, what America was 500 years ago. It's time to strike out anew....Mars is where the action is for the next thousand years....The characteristic of human nature, and perhaps our simian branch of the family, is curiosity and exploration. When we stop doing that, we won't be humans anymore. I've seen far more in my lifetime than I ever dreamed. Many of our problems on Earth can only be solved by space technology....The next step is in space. It's inevitable.
Arthur C. Clarke