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Going from sputnik in 1957 to the moon landing in 1969, I can see how someone in the 70s might think we'd have space colonies by 2012. Then again, a lot of peo
by dave_sullivan 14y ago
Going from sputnik in 1957 to the moon landing in 1969, I can see how someone in the 70s might think we'd have space colonies by 2012. Then again, a lot of people thought we'd have blown ourselves up by now.
Of those two visions, we've come much closer to blowing ourselves up then we ever have to space colonies. I'm ok with the lack of progress on the space colonization frontier--I just wish there was more progress on the "how to not blow ourselves up" problem.
- iwejfweoifjweif 14y agoReally? I don't think nuclear war is more likely these days than it was during the 60s and 70s. If anything I think that possibility has greatly decreased given the interdependence almost every nation has on other nations.
- angersock 14y agoI think you may have misread: we've come much closer to blowing ourselves up then we ever have to space colonies This isn't to say that (currently) we are at the edge of nuclear war, but rather that we've at some time between then and now been much better prepared for war than colonization. Considering the vast number of ICBMs and nuclear devices prepared by the US and USSR during that time period, compared to the number of colony ships and slowboats that made it into production, I think that's a fair point.
- iwejfweoifjweif 14y agoGood point, I did miss that.