NASA and Lockheed Martin formally debuted the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft Friday. Using this one-of-a-kind experimental airplane, NASA aims to

    • @[email protected]
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      426 months ago

      In the future people will even be able to play chess with someone across the world, and even order a pizza to their door on the telephone.

      • Pons_Aelius
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        236 months ago

        and even order a pizza to their door on the telephone.

        While living on the moon. (50s futurists aimed high.)

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          46 months ago

          If we hadn’t wasted all our time and resources on wars and luxury yachts we probably would be

          • Pons_Aelius
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            16 months ago

            I agree. But sadly, a lot of progress is driven buy conflict as well.

            Unless a nation is under an existential threat there is little motivation to invest in progress.

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              16 months ago

              If you can order a missile strike a country away, you should bee able to put a pizza in it. Progress