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martine commented on Bio-Tech Is Turning Heinleinian predictions Into Today’s Realities Thanks for your comment. Of course you are correct that we can self-destruct (or get wiped out by a cosmic catastrophe) before we can realize Heinleinian Visions. You are also right that there is a helluva lot of engineering to be done. Yet, I guess my point is that many things are happening much more quickly that one would think. In "For Us the Living," written in 1939, Heinlein posits it will take 150 years for spaceflight. Ten years later, he posits it will take 30 years to get to the moon. We did it in 20. Arthur C. Clarke imagined it would take till 2000 (back in 1945) to get to the Moon. We did it in less than half that time. These are the data points why I’m excited to see us beginning to convert Heinleinian predictions into realities today. 2 years ago