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Curious that you refer to the "space age" in the past tense. Though it might be because the enthusiasm for humans traveling between planets and stars has been s
by pcrh 4y ago
Curious that you refer to the "space age" in the past tense. Though it might be because the enthusiasm for humans traveling between planets and stars has been somewhat tempered since the 1960's-1980's.
- pixl97 4y agoI mean, we say industrial age as in past tense even though we have more industry than ever. We are doing more space launches than ever right now, it just doesn't define this time. The birth of the internet and rise of computing technology sent us into the information age.
- jhugo 4y agoWe still have Bronze, Iron, Industry, Machinery, Atomic technology, Space technology... The so-called "ages" are named for what is new within them, there's no implication that the technology is lost when the next supposed "age" starts. We're usually now referred to as being in the Information age, which puts the Space age in the past.