User talk:AmericanEagle2000

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Hello Wikipedia. My primary interest is spaceflight, space exploration, launch systems, and anything that will contribute to that. AmericanEagle2000 (talk) 21:02, 21 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Space exploration technologies

I don't understand why science fiction works need a link to Space exploration technologies. -- Gadget850^talk 22:21, 25 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There have been a number of surveys on this subject. The results are all the same, a high percentage of scientists and engineers became scientists and engineers as a result of reading science fiction or watching it on TV or in the movies when they were growing up. I chose to link the science fiction stories to Space exploration technologies because it was the best article I found regarding our overall future direction in space. AmericanEagle2000 (talk) 22:35, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

PS Why does my screen name show up as red and how do I change it?

Podkayne of Mars isn't a space exploration novel, it is a coming of age novel with a SF wrapper. Others reverted some of the changes before me, so I'm sure this will get fixed over time. Out. -- Gadget850^talk 23:02, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Odd. You reverted only my edits. -- Gadget850^talk 12:50, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You have added a link to Space exploration technologies for some novels. This does not apply; it is wrong and will be reverted. GroveGuy (talk) 17:27, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]