Sir Arthur Clarke Award
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The Sir Arthur Clarke Award is a British award given in recognition of notable contributions to the British space industry. Founded in 2005, the awards are an annual event – taking place on the last day of the BROHP conference, at Charterhouse School. The awards are dubbed as the "Space Oscars", and are referred to as the Arthurs.
The award has the same proportions as the monolith featured in Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey, and is made in glass. It features the diagram Clarke drew in 1945 in order to demonstrate how satellites can provide global communications around the Earth from geostationary orbit, also called the Clarke Orbit. It was co-designed by Jerry Stone, director of the awards, and designer Howard Berry.
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[edit] Nominations and categories
Each year members of the public are invited to submit nominations. The categories are/have been:
- Best Corporate Achievement
- Best Individual Achievement
- Best Student Achievement
- Achievement in Education
- Best Engineering Achievement
- Best Space Reporting
- Best Presentation, Film
- Best Presentation, TV & Radio
- Best Presentation, Written
- Inspiration Award
- Outreach Award for the Public Promotion of Space
- Lifetime Achievement
The shortlists are then voted upon by a panel of judges. The judges in past years have all been active in the UK Space industry in some way. The award was established with the permission of Arthur C. Clarke, who also chose a special award in the inaugural year that had not been chosen through public nomination.
[edit] 2006 winners
The 2006 Awards dinner was held on Saturday, 8 April 2006, at Charterhouse School.
- Best Corporate/Team Achievement: The UK Huygens Industry Team
- Best Individual Achievement: David Parker
- Best Student Achievement: Sabrina Pottinger
- Achievement in Education: Alex Blackwood
- Inspiration Award: Michael Foale
- Best Presentation, TV & Radio: Space Race
- Best Presentation, Written: Alan Lawrie: Saturn
- Outreach Award for the Public Promotion of Space: The PPARC Communication Team
- Lifetime Achievement: Reginald Turnill
Among the other nominees were Sir Richard Branson, and the Robson Green drama television series Rocket Man.
[edit] 2005 winners
- Best Corporate Achievement: EADS SPACE Transportation
- Best Individual Achievement: John Zarnecki
- Best Student Achievement: Julia Tizard
- Best Space Reporting: David Whitehouse
- Achievement in Education: British National Space Centre
- Inspiration Award: George Scoon
- Best Presentation, TV & Radio: Christopher Riley, producer: Space Odyssey: Voyage To The Planets
- Best Presentation, Written: David A. Hardy and Patrick Moore: Futures – 50 Years in Space
- Outreach Award for the Public Promotion of Space: Colin Pillinger
- Special Award, chosen by Sir Arthur to a recipient of his choice: British Interplanetary Society
- Clarke was also presented with a special award, commemorating the 60th anniversary of his paper on global communication by satellite in the October 1945 edition of Wireless World. This award was accepted, on behalf of Sir Arthur, by his brother Fred.
