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Sir Arthur C. Clarke invented communications satellites in 1945. His "Exploration of Space" (1952) was used by Wernher von Braun to convince President John F. Kennedy to go to the Moon, and he wrote "2001: A Space Odyssey" here at the Chelsea Hotel. "I'm sorry, Dave. I can't do that."
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