The Sky at Night -- Bases on the Moon

First broadcast on 3rd October 1963. Special guest Arthur C Clark |Introduction: "Twenty years ago the idea of practical space research was widely regarded as a wild dream, and members of Interplanetary Societies were dismissed as cranks. Events have shown that the 'cranks' were right.

The concept of a communications satellite was first put forward in 1945 by Arthur Clarke, who is known both as a theoretical astronaut and as a particularly skilled writer of science fiction {to say nothing of his activities in underwater photography). Arthur Clarke, whom I have known well for a great many years, now lives in Ceylon. During his brief visit to England in October ig6j I was delighted that he was able to join me in a programme. Bravely, he ended by making some forecasts about what was likely to happen in the future; it will be interesting to see whether he was as accurate as he was in the 1930s." Patrick Moore