Arthur C. Clarke Quote

To obtain a mental picture of the distance to the nearest star, compared to the nearest planet, you must imagine a world in which the closest object to you is only five feet away — and there is nothing else to see until you have travelled a thousand miles.


We'll Never Conquer Space (1960)


To obtain a mental picture of the distance to the nearest star, compared to the nearest planet, you must imagine a world in which the closest object...

To obtain a mental picture of the distance to the nearest star, compared to the nearest planet, you must imagine a world in which the closest object...

To obtain a mental picture of the distance to the nearest star, compared to the nearest planet, you must imagine a world in which the closest object...

To obtain a mental picture of the distance to the nearest star, compared to the nearest planet, you must imagine a world in which the closest object...