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.)

      • @[email protected]
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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.

          • @[email protected]
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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