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The future is a branching path (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world

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[-] ech@lemm.ee 121 points 2 months ago

They saw the invention of air travel and space travel within 70 years. As far as they were concerned, nothing was too extraordinary.

[-] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 41 points 2 months ago

Really was a marvelous run, too bad we just kinda quit shortly after we got to the nearest solar body. We send drones for recon to mars and asteroids and deep space now but haven’t made huge leaps in some time.

The promised lunar bases and Martian colonies are so far out still.. the Jovian colonies/shipyards are still pure sci-fi dreams at this point

[-] Num10ck@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago

thanks Reagan! Oh and USSR for dropping out of the race. Luckily the Los Angeles engineers were able to use their trophy wives in porno to keep paying the bills instead.

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

I didn't expect your comment to go where it did.

[-] Kalothar@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

Neither did I brother

[-] gmtom@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago

Yeah, almost like something happened in the 70s that put the breaks on most scientific and social progress in the west.

[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 months ago

https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/

[-] melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago

This needs to be everywhere.

[-] raynethackery@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Oh shit, I was born that year.

[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago

This is all your fault!

[-] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago

All that heroin from SE asia?

[-] GladiusB@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

The risk is pretty immense. Getting it right and not having any losses is a tremendous undertaking. I would love to see run at Mars. But the interest is low and everyone is more concerned with bombs and bullshit. It would be nice if we would explore again.