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> The question is ‘when’. Why ? In the 60s we thought we'd be living on the moon and mars "soon", flying cars were talked about seriously, that faster than so
by lm28469 1y ago
> The question is ‘when’.
Why ?
In the 60s we thought we'd be living on the moon and mars "soon", flying cars were talked about seriously, that faster than sound jetliners were just around the corner, &c. Sometimes what's possible isn't desirable, or what's desirable isn't possible. No one went back on the moon, space programs are basically dead, planes are still as slow as they were in the 50s, a 747-8 from 2008 isn't much faster than a 707 from 1956
- LargoLasskhyfv 1y agoThere was the Concorde, for some time. There may be newer, smaller ones, doing Mach 1.5 to 1.8, while being more silent. Flying cars? Aren't the prototypical electrical air-taxis that, in a way? Space programs? By whom? Do SpaceX and other commercial entities inspired by them not count? What about https://www.astroforge.com https://www.astroforge.com or similar? edit: https://abovespace.com https://abovespace.com , https://www.vastspace.com https://www.vastspace.com , https://www.axiomspace.com/axiom-station https://www.axiomspace.com/axiom-station , https://www.blueorigin.com/destinations https://www.blueorigin.com/destinations Less likely, but still: https://gatewayspaceport.com/the-gateway/ https://gatewayspaceport.com/the-gateway/ Finally, regarding space programs in the classical sense: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiangong_space_station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiangong_space_station and its planned companion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xuntian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xuntian Is the mention of chinese stuff taboo, because NIH!1!! DAMMIT! YELLOW PERIL!1!! ?