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Apart_Shock t1_j27upf8 wrote

Reply to comment by monkee67 in Luxurious space hotels are a classic Sci-Fi trope. But American hospitality giant Hilton recently signed a deal with Lockheed Martin and Voyager Space to build the solar system’s first space hotel onboard Starlab — a space station with NASA funding — which is currently under development. by EricFromOuterSpace

Reality is unfortunately not as kind to sci-fi visions. Not to mention some ideas turned out to be not so cool after some extensive thinking.

Flying cars for example seemed like the most awesome thing ever, but then you realize there would be a LOT more traffic fatalities and 9/11 revealed their potential use by terrorists. Which is most likely the reason why the flying cars we're actually seeing in production are autonomous.

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monkee67 t1_j28f43u wrote

>Reality is unfortunately not as kind to sci-fi visions

and unfortunately the dystopians seem to nail it.

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