The problem with writing articles about space is that you almost automatically reach for cliches, the final frontier and all that.

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His ability to work with space through writing struck his admirers as a marvel.

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Clarke's "ideas" began taking shape when - as a civil servant before the war - he started writing tales about outer space.

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Klein's writing for large ensemble creates a space where these genres warp under the sun of jazz improvisation.

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If you thought cloud writing was cool, then how about a message from space burnt into the night sky?

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Writing in Reason magazine, Gregory Benford correlated public interest in space exploration with a natural desire for vicarious adventure.

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The taikonauts will remain in orbit for a few more days before returning to Earth, but the Chinese space program has not stated a definitive date as of this writing.

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Please send your Space Scoop with your CV and up to three examples of your published writing (if available) to Pedro Russo ( russo(at)strw.leidenuniv.nl) by 8 August 2012.

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Outfits operating in the smart-grid space like Accenture, IBM and General Electric would be reckless not to read the writing on the wall revealed by the report.

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At the beginning of an interview for a profile I was writing about her biotech company, we spent some time talking about her first passion, which was space.

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