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It's 2026, which tech did you realistically think we would have by now? (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] 45 points 4 months ago (1 child)

When I was a kid in the 80s I thought we'd absolutely have some kind of moon base by now. More space stuff in general. What is more "future" than space?

Green energy is maybe 10 years behind where younger me would have wished it to be, it feels we're close to some big breakthroughs. I'm still hopefully to see some game changing things in my lifetime.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    There's just really not a very useful reason outside of "because we can", so it hasn't really been a priority. Still, that's kinda the point of the Artemis program, so we're getting there.

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Usefulness is no fun. Those 80s and 90s attitudes wouldn't worry about something like that. We'd have done it just show off and/or to keep the Soviets from doing it first. Don't tell us we have rocks at home, I want space rocks. I want a bucket full of ice from the rings of Saturn. I want a slab of something that got melted by Venus. That stuff is cool.

    I hope they do something fun with Artemis. It doesn't feel like most people are excited for space anymore and that bums me out.

    For All Mankind is coming back in a few days, so that will have to do for now.

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