https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/drawingroom/hard-science-and-fictional-inspiration/101339986
Science fiction invites us to imagine the universe as it could be, and to find our place in it. "To boldly go," as one show put it. In a 1968 episode of Star Trek, the writers dreamt up a new engine called an ion engine, a fanciful form of propulsion. Some …
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