[chbot] Interesting story behind the item on offer...

[Mike Field]

I did a little digging - from the "Contact" movie's IMDB trivia page:

"William Fichtner's character, a blind astrophysicist with enhanced 
hearing, is named Kent Clark, a play on the name of Superman's alter 
ego, Clark Kent. The character is based on a real-life blind SETI 
scientist, Kent Cullers"

 From the Trade me listing:

"My husband, Kent Cullers PhD, who was the first and ONLY totally blind 
from birth physicist. He was NASA's Team Leader for the SETI program and..."

Mike


On 6/08/2021 7:12 pm, David Closey wrote:
> Thanks so much for posting this
> I had no idea the character in CONTACT was based on a real person
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On 2/08/2021, at 23:21, "ceo at andygardner.com" <ceo at andygardner.com> wrote:
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>> https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/electronics-photography/radio-equipment/vintage/listing/3202978849
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