European Space Agency Boldly Goes to Sci-Fi Fans for New Ideas

From: International Herald Tribune | Date: May 19, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

Barry James
International Herald Tribune
05-19-2000
Leonardo da Vinci created plans for a helicopter. Arthur C. Clarke wrote about communications satellites when the V-2 rocket was state of the art. Isaac Asimov devised his three laws of robotics long before whole factories were turned over to making robots. And William Gibson dreamed of a virtual reality in which hackers entered the realm of ''cyberspace'' by plugging their minds into computers. Now, as part of Europe's bid for a technological lead, the European Space Agency, is asking the public to submit ideas from science-fiction novels ...

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