'What price lunar occupation in 100 years?', I asked yesterday, well the New York Times would have given you very short odds as early as 43 years ago. They were predicting "a flourishing civilization on the moon twenty or thirty years hence", back in 1960. Other predictions that didn't make it include jet packs, videphones and cars that drive themselves. (Though as we saw a couple of days ago, they've made progress towards the latter with cars that park themselves.) No mention in that list of the paperless office, contact with aliens and teleporting, but then what's Hollywood for eh?
Posted by Joe at September 4, 2003 03:11 PMDon't forget the Amphibious cars! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/3077508.stm
Posted by: Lisa at September 4, 2003 05:01 PMOooh, cool car! At that price tag, I might have to wait a lifetime or two to get one though.
Posted by: Joe at September 5, 2003 12:51 AM