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We have flying cars today, we call them helicopters, and there's millions of reasons why we don't have them in every house.
by socialismisok 4y ago
We have flying cars today, we call them helicopters, and there's millions of reasons why we don't have them in every house.
- falcolas 4y agoEquivocating a helicopter a flying car is akin to calling a Model T a Tesla with FSD. And those "millions" of reasons all boil down to R&D costs. Reliability, inspections, takeoff-to-landing autopilots (they exist - have existed for over a decade - for military helicopter drones), etc. are all cost issues which are slowly being worked on. The progress could be faster if it didn't rely on angel and startup-style investments and the associated NDAs and trade secrets, but I don't expect that to happen in today's political environment.