riding the dimond elevator
Jul. 20th, 2009 07:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
twincityhackerForty years ago today, mankind first walked on the Moon.
One of the first science fiction stories was Johaness Kepler's Somnium published in 1634. He's transported by magic to the Moon and makes observations on how the Earth may appear from this vantage point. The original draft of the story was a dissertation defending Copernican theory.
The first science fiction movie was an adaption of Jules Vern "To the Earth to the Moon." A slightly more realistic depiction of the Moon would be depicted in "2001: A Space Odessy" before there were any good pictures of the moon.
So even though we've only walked there a few times in reality, we've walked there a lot in our minds. And this is why I love science fiction.
One of the first science fiction stories was Johaness Kepler's Somnium published in 1634. He's transported by magic to the Moon and makes observations on how the Earth may appear from this vantage point. The original draft of the story was a dissertation defending Copernican theory.
The first science fiction movie was an adaption of Jules Vern "To the Earth to the Moon." A slightly more realistic depiction of the Moon would be depicted in "2001: A Space Odessy" before there were any good pictures of the moon.
So even though we've only walked there a few times in reality, we've walked there a lot in our minds. And this is why I love science fiction.
