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Author Successfully Predicts Mars Icefields
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February 2005 SCI-FI AUTHOR'S PREDICTION OF MARS ICE FIELD COMES TRUE Cape Canaveral, FL -- In an eerie case of fact imitating fiction, a key prediction made by sci-fi author Dennis Chamberland about the location of ice on Mars was proven correct this week. The European Space Agency announced February 21 that its Mars Express Spacecraft discovered what appears to be a subterranean ice field on Mars' Elysium desert, in the exact position described in Chamberland's book, Abyss of Elysium, published last year by Quantum Editions. Mercury Astronaut Scott Carpenter whose comments now appear uncannily prophetic wrote the Foreword to the 444-page novel. Said Carpenter of the book; "it is the kind of story that will lead to real life imitating fiction one day." "I am just as astonished and excited about this as anyone," Chamberland said from his home near Cape Canaveral, Florida. "It just seems amazing that the book and reality came together so precisely. Obviously, I imagined that many of the elements of the book's fiction could come to pass in the future but I was surprised that fact and fiction merged so quickly." Abyss of Elysium is a richly detailed glimpse into the future of Mars exploration. The novel's plot was written to highlight the rigors and challenges of setting up a manned outpost tens of millions of miles away from earth. It is filled not only with the technical challenges but of the emotional and psychological hurdles future Mars explorers will inevitably face. The ESA spacecraft did not take direct pictures of ice, but of surface features suggestive of ice beneath the sands at the location described in Chamberland's novel. Two observations imply that the ice is still there. These findings were presented on 21 February at ESA's Mars Express Science Conference at ESTEC in Noordwijk, the Netherlands. "When we go to Mars, as the book states, we will go to where the water is," said Chamberland. "We will locate our colonies near the deposits on purpose. On Mars, water is life. Finding water on Mars is more valuable than finding gold. It is not just important. It is essential. When we finally establish a human colony on Mars, it now appears it will be in the same position as predicted in the story. Of all the places on Mars to find ice it is amazing to me that we've found it exactly where my book predicted. Now that's just awesome! Not only have we got a good idea where the water really is, it appears there will someday be a Martian colony in the exact same place as it is found in the pages of the book!" "Dennis, ESA and NASA are focusing on finding the water on Mars, and for good reason," commented former Skylab Astronaut, Dr. Duane Graveline. "But the motivation for that search goes far beyond simply finding water deposits, because it is in the water that we will find the evidence of ancient life." Graveline is the author of the book "Our Father" which describes the discovery of subsurface Mars water and living organisms. For more information on Chamberland's book Abyss of Elysium visit: www.MarsWars.com Media Contact: Mark E. Ward, Sci Tek Communications: 407-254-0840, Media Resources: www.MarsWars.com/media.html |
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On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 07:02:09 -0500, "a" wrote:
Cape Canaveral, FL -- In an eerie case of fact imitating fiction, a key prediction made by sci-fi author Dennis Chamberland about the location of ice on Mars was proven correct this week. "Chamberland responded by saying 'and since I'm right about this one, with my luck Richard Hoagland will pop up any minute claiming *he* came up with the idea -first-...'" OM -- "No ******* ever won a war by dying for | http://www.io.com/~o_m his country. He won it by making the other | Sergeant-At-Arms poor dumb ******* die for his country." | Human O-Ring Society - General George S. Patton, Jr |
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