novel) was in plain site on Iapetus.
larry
On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 12:07:02 -0400, Howie Hamlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You can't see the monolith unless you dig it up, no?
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Larry C. Lyons
> To: CF-Community
> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 11:51 AM
> Subject: science kills another great SF idea
>
> I don't suppose anyone here remembers, but in Arthur C. Clarke's novel
> 2001, the Discovery's mission was to go to the moon Iapetus, where the
> crew's survivors encountered the TMA II monolith.
>
> Unfortunately the Cassini spacecraft has shown no monoliths on that moon.
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/07/16/saturn.cassini.ap/index.html
>
> another myth bites the dust.
>
> larry
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