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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

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

  • comrade19@lemmy.worldEnglish
    42·
    10 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@kbin.social
      23·
      10 months ago

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

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

      • MeowoemEnglish
        4·
        10 months ago

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

        • Pons_Aelius@kbin.social
          1·
          10 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.

          • comrade19@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            10 months ago

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