Comment on NASA, Lockheed Martin Reveal X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft

CptEnder@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• comrade19@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨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.

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  • Pons_Aelius@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨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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    • Meowoem@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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      • Pons_Aelius@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨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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