Outer space, or simply space, is the void that exists between celestial bodies, including the Earth. It is not completely empty, but consists of a hard vacuum containing a low density of particles: predominantly a plasma of hydrogen and helium, as well as electromagnetic radiation, magnetic fields, and neutrinos. Observations and theory suggest that it also contains dark matter and dark energy. The baseline temperature, as set by the background r...
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Fictional Works Set Here:
- Ender's Game ,
- Dreadnought ,
- A Case of Consilience ,
- Spaced And Lost ,
- We Are Atomic ,
- Mostly I'm Silent ,
- Macroscope ,
- The Transformers
Quotations About This Subject:
- Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in his present biologic state any more than a tadpole is designed to remain a tadpole. ,
- The universe, as far as we can observe it, is a wonderful and immense engine. ,
- The eternal silence of these infinite spaces fills me with dread. ,
- Space is the stature of God. ,
- The moon and other celestial bodies should be free for exploration and use by all countries. No country should be permitted to advance a claim of sovereignty. ,
- It is marvelous indeed to watch on television the rings of Saturn close; and to speculate on what we may yet find at galaxy's edge. But in the process, we have lost the human element; not to mention the high hope of those quaint days when flight would create one world. Instead of one world, we have star wars, and a future in which dumb dented human toys will drift mindlessly about the cosmos long after our small planet's dead. ,
- Space is almost infinite. As a matter of fact, we think it is infinite. ,
- The question is not so much whether there is life on Mars as whether it will continue to be possible to live on Earth. ,
- No matter how vast, how total, the failure of man here on earth, the work of man will be resumed elsewhere. War leaders talk of resuming operations on this front and that, but man's front embraces the whole universe. ,
- It was a thunderingly beautiful experience -- voluptuous, sexual, dangerous, and expensive as hell.
