Well the good dreams didn’t fully materialize, what about your fears did they performed “Well”?
When I was 12, this was where I thought I'd be living now. It didn't just seem possible; it seemed likelier than not. Of course there'd be big space stations by 2019. And if there were, of course I'd be living on one.
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1) Why not do more to make them a reality? 2) Doesn’t that color all of the ‘inevitable’ tech predictions people make now?
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So what happened?
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I'm not saying it was Alien... ... but it was Alien. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_(film) …
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We have not yet successfully built a closed ecological system here on Earth, have we? Has anyone executed a successful long term Biosphere-like experiment?
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2019 just got started
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Dyson sphere seems more sustainable
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A good space elevator is going to be an international effort and a much needed enabler
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Material science doesn't exist yet to make this possible, as appealing as it is.
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