Jeff Bezos najavo da će Blue Origin odvesti ljude

 Nadam se da ne misliš na mene, na kraju krajeva, pratim razvoj tehnologije već duže od 40 godina, svjestan sam golemih razlika koje su se u to vrijeme dogodile . Trebaš ponekad vidjeti face mojih učenika kada uspoređujem neku staru i novu tehnologiju, ono, ispada da smo mi stariji od 50 godina živjeli zamalo u pećinama.

Da se nadovezem na onu sliku sa onim likom kojem su "nakeljene" one rijeci:

Tehnologiju imamo, tocno istu onakvu kakvu smo imali 1969. godine.

Istina, mogli smo do sada imati i bolje - nuklearne raketne motore smo jos 70-tih uspjesno razvili i testirali, ali...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NERVA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_thermal_rocket

"Despite many successful firings, American nuclear rockets did not fly before the space race ended. To date, no nuclear thermal rocket has flown, although the NERVA NRX/EST and NRX/XE were built and tested with flight design components. The highly successful U.S. Project Rover which ran from 1955 through 1972 accumulated over 17 hours of run time. The NERVA NRX/XE, judged by SNPO to be the last "technology development" reactor necessary before proceeding to flight prototypes, accumulated over 2 hours of run time, including 28 minutes at full power."

"Although the engine, turbine and liquid hydrogen tank were never physically assembled together, the NERVA was deemed ready to design into a working vehicle by NASA, creating a small political crisis in Congress because of the danger a Mars exploration program presented to the national budget. Clinton P. Anderson, the New Mexico senator who had protected the program, had become severely ill. Lyndon B. Johnson, another powerful advocate of human space exploration, had decided not to run for a second term and was considerably weakened. NASA program funding was somewhat reduced by Congress for the 1969 budget, shutting down the Saturn rocket production line and cancelling Apollo missions after Apollo 17. Without the Saturn S-N rocket to carry the NERVA to orbit, Los Alamos continued the Rover Program for a few more years with Pewee and the Nuclear Furnace, but it was disbanded by 1972."

"The Mars mission became NERVA's downfall.[7] Members of Congress in both political parties judged that a manned mission to Mars would be a tacit commitment for the United States to decades more of the expensive Space Race.Manned Mars missions were enabled by nuclear rockets; therefore, if NERVA could be discontinued the Space Race might wind down and the budget would be saved. Each year the RIFT was delayed and the goals for NERVA were set higher. Ultimately, RIFT was never authorized, and although NERVA had many successful tests and powerful Congressional backing, it never left the ground."