Well, in the mid-20th century, it was easy to think like that. The New York Times predicted that mankind would build a working flying machine within the next million years. The Wright Brothers flew at Kitty Hawk two weeks later. Less than seventy years after that, an average American citizen could fly to Europe on a jumbo jet and man had walked on the moon. By the time I was born, the space shuttle was regularly flying, we had CD players and satellite television. the 20th century was NUTS.
Well, in the mid-20th century, it was easy to think like that. The New York Times predicted that mankind would build a working flying machine within the next million years. The Wright Brothers flew at Kitty Hawk two weeks later. Less than seventy years after that, an average American citizen could fly to Europe on a jumbo jet and man had walked on the moon. By the time I was born, the space shuttle was regularly flying, we had CD players and satellite television. the 20th century was NUTS.