From the large popularity of sifi, it is obvious that art has largely benefited from the exploration of space. Even though I’m not a big fan of sifi, I know futurism is a very important component in arts, especially in films and movies. Among the famous movies, star wars and the spaceman are the ones I’ve heard of.
The lecture includes a very interesting video “powers of 10” in it, which I have seen before. This leads to a general idea of what out universe looks like, what is the subject we are studying when talking about space. Arthur C. Clarke’s novel “the Fountains of Paradise” sets a new starting point of the history of exploration of space. Then it follows the very interesting time period in history, the Cold War. I never knew before how important the moment of launching sputnik is before. And what follows is a series of raging competition between United States and Soviet Union. It was hilarious for me to see how they sent animals such as dog and gorilla to space, and respected those moments as holly and significant. Maybe in current time when spaceships are common, it’s hard for us to feel the era when no one has stepped in space. Then after Armstrong landed on the moon for the first time, we had several tragedies such as the Challenger. After the disembodiment of soviet union, the states seem to invest less in space exploration, even though there are scientific studies implying that there are many monetary profits in this space bussiness.
The lecture talks a lot about the history of the exploration of space, and indeed there are many artworks created using the space exploration as inspirations. The space ladder described in the Fountains of Paradise is even made into a project in NASA. Undoubtedly art and space have mutualism relationship.
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