Joseph Clark


 * "Being a theoretical physicist does take a lot of effort, a lot of contribution to science, and to society. You must know what is right or what is wrong, you should know your numbers, your astronomy, your chemistry and blah-blah-blah, but the important thing is to really believe in yourself. Then you could make a real difference"
 * Quote by Joseph Clark

Joseph Riley Clark was a Human theoretical physicist who co-invented the interstellar drive with a fellow Human scientist from Japan, Hiyao Fuji. He is Isaac Clark's ancestor. His family included his father, Riley Clark, an actor, his mother, Sarah Clark, a pop music singer, his older sister Sandra Clark, a professor at the University of Megaladon and his older brother Tyler Clark, a rock music guitarist and a footballer. He married Samantha Simmons, a fellow graduate at the University of Megaladon and had five children with her: Amos Clark, Danny Clark, Marilyn Davis, Joanna Scott and Jason Clark.

He met Fuji at the Mount Fuji Science Park near Tokyo in Japan. They became close friends who went together everywhere. After World War III in 2400, they met up at the base of Mount Fuji and went up to Clark's private astrophysics lab. He called two other physicists, Samuel Hoffman and David Hawking, who is a descendant of Stephen Hawkung, and they discussed their ideas. A year before, he discovered that neutrinos can be burned and crashed together to release immense amounts of energy and create a form of faster-than-light travel. He placed neutrinos in a radioactive container, fused them together, and the resulting shock wave send the radioactive container into outer space at FTL speed. He even put a video camera to record it all. After his experiment became successful, the method was adapted to change the amount of neutrinos fused, so that the speed could be changed to either faster or slower. He became famous and rich.

After dying at the age of 73 on December 14, 2445 because of hypothermia which he got from walking on a frozen lake and later falling into it, his wife gave his last words to their oldest son Amos:
 * "To my oldest son, Amos. May you become the best you could be and remember all the things that I taught you. Also remember, that you too can do something great for Earth and the Milky Way itself. 

Your loving father, Joseph Riley Clark"

His memorial is hidden on the Bron asteroid, 1,500 light-years away from Earth. That was the last place he walked on.