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   David Goldfarb to billnews2@cox.net   
   Re: cases where SF has predicted scienti   
   11 Jan 14 00:07:08   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science, alt.sci.physics.new-theories   
   XPost: sci.physics   
   From: goldfarb@ocf.berkeley.edu   
      
   In article , Bill Gill   wrote:   
   >On 1/9/2014 11:40 PM, David Dalton wrote:   
   >> What are some cases where science fiction has successfully   
   >> predicted scientific or technological advances?   
   >>   
   >> And also what are some open predictions that you think   
   >> may still come true?   
   >>   
   >Arthur C. Clarke invented the Geo-synchronous relay satellite   
   >in the 1940s.  I forget what story it was in.   
      
   If memory serves me right it was in a fact article rather than in   
   any story.   
      
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