Georges Claude (24 September 1870 â 23 May 1960) was a French engineer and inventor. He is noted for his early work on the industrial liquefaction of air, for the invention and commercialization of neon lighting, and for a large experiment on generating energy by pumping cold seawater up from the depths.
The Age of Discovery, or the Age of Exploration is an informal and loosely defined term for the period in European history in which extensive overseas exploration emerged as a powerful factor in European culture and was the beginning of globalization. It also marks the rise of the period of widespread adoption in Europe of colonialism and mercantilism as national policies. Many lands previously unknown to Europeans were discovered by them during this period, though most were already inhabited. F
The same concepts are emphasized in the Aldridge Commission's Report on the Implementation of United States Space Exploration Policy, titled A Journey to Inspire, Innovate and Discover. The question should we explore must be seen in deep historical context, not in the context of present-day politics or whims. Image right: America enters the Third Age of Exploration. William Pickering (left), James Van Allen (center), and Wernher von Braun (right) hoist a model of Explorer 1 in celebration, after it became the first American satellite to orbit Earth in 1958.