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I think the bigger question is metaphysical: Why are we not inspired by space travel anymore? Even dystopian scifi is no longer popular. Elves and medieval magi

• krapp 8y ago
  In literature, maybe (and mostly because of Game of Thrones and Lord of the Rings) but space travel themes are still big in tv, film and video games. Of course, in real life, space travel got boring. We couldn't afford the lunar colonies or spinning orbital platforms or missions to Mars we all thought we would see in a few years. It was only in Star Trek and Star Wars that space offered endless variety and new frontiers, but reality offered nothing but dust, and the billions of dollars we were spending flying people to go stand on the dust started to seem like a wasted effort.