{"id":55131,"date":"2013-06-26T13:00:25","date_gmt":"2013-06-26T17:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=55131"},"modified":"2013-06-26T13:13:23","modified_gmt":"2013-06-26T17:13:23","slug":"a-space-odyssey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/26\/a-space-odyssey\/","title":{"rendered":"A Space Odyssey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Clarke_smlarge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-55138\" alt=\"Clarke_smlarge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Clarke_smlarge.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Clarke_smlarge.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Clarke_smlarge-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You will be relieved to learn that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2013\/jun\/26\/arthur-c-clarke-hair-deep-space?CMP=twt_fd\" target=\"_blank\">Arthur C. Clarke\u2019s DNA<\/a> is going where no man has gone before. Prior to his 2008 death, the science fiction legend graciously donated several strands of hair to NASA\u2019s \u201cfirst ever solar sail mission into deep space.\u201d The craft, named <em>Sunjammer<\/em>, after a 1964 Clarke story, will launch in 2014, with hair aboard.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You will be relieved to learn that Arthur C. Clarke\u2019s DNA is going where no man has gone before. 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