Latest By
Category:
Armor
Artificial
Intelligence
Biology
Clothing
Communication
Computers
Culture
Data Storage
Displays
Engineering
Entertainment
Food
Input Devices
Lifestyle
Living Space
Manufacturing
Material
Media
Medical
Miscellaneous
Robotics
Security
Space Tech
Spacecraft
Surveillance
Transportation
Travel
Vehicle
Virtual
Person
Warfare
Weapon
Work
"I suspect that religion is a necessary evil in the childhood of our particular species. And that's one of the interesting things about contact with other intelligences: we could see what role, if any, religion plays in their development."
- Arthur C. Clarke
 |
| Space Helmet | ||
| Headgear for space explorers. |
Very early use of this expression.
| He took the glass-fronted space helmet and adjusted it on Thiana's head. |
| From The Disc-Men of Jupiter,
by Manly Wade Wellman. Published by Wonder Stories in 1931 Additional resources -
|
Comment/Join this discussion ( 0 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This |
Additional
resources:
More Ideas
and Technology from The Disc-Men of Jupiter
More Ideas
and Technology by Manly Wade Wellman
Tech news articles related to The Disc-Men of Jupiter
Tech news articles related to works by Manly Wade Wellman
Space Helmet-related
news articles:
- Supercut Helmet Oddity Space Helmet Mashup
| Will A Steel Umbrella Stop Russia? |
| NASA Wants To Make Oxygen On Mars |
| A Look Into The Future Of Spacecraft! |
| Breakthrough Starshot Sprites Yearn For Alpha Centauri |
Want to Contribute an
Item?
It's easy:
Get the name of the item, a
quote, the book's name and the author's name, and Add
it here.
| <Previous | Next> |
|
|
|
Technovelgy (that's tech-novel-gee!) is devoted to the creative science inventions and ideas of sf authors. Look for the Invention Category that interests you, the Glossary, the Invention Timeline, or see what's New.
|
'Everyone was aware that the damned platform was wandering around in its own orbit...'
'In the crimson darkness, stewing warm on their cushion of peritoneum and gorged with blood-surrogate and hormones...'
'They plop down on the Red and if the dust is deep enough ... they burrow in...'
Little robots cooperating can do big tasks. Eventually.
Ever wonder how you look when you enter a new part of a spacecraft?
