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2001 predicted we'd be permanently living in the moon with orbital space hotels two decades ago, and no one ever thought they were being unreasonable if we kept
by ramraj07 6y ago
2001 predicted we'd be permanently living in the moon with orbital space hotels two decades ago, and no one ever thought they were being unreasonable if we kept the same momentum as the 60s, so yes it's sad. But we have to take things for what they are and what spacex is doing is definitely progress.
- WalterBright 6y agoWith the amount of money NASA was spending at the time, doing those things was not feasible.
- mcv 6y agoI grew up in the 1980s. Back then, the year 2000 was a magical year where we'd have flying cars and live on the moon. I've adjusted my expectations quite a bit due to the lack of mobility progress since then.