Shoemaker-Levy 9 and Arthur C Clarke

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

The Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 collision with Jupiter leads Alistair Cooke to discuss the thinning of the ozone layer and the work of Arthur C Clarke.

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Fri 22 Jul 199421:00

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Fri 22 Jul 199421:00
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