What if your kids dont like reading too much, but you want to introduce them to science fiction literature? Why not get them to listen to the 1950s serials Dimension X and X Minus One . Both were adaptations of short stories found in Amazing Science Fiction magazine. The dramatised stories included authors such as Heinlein,Asimov,Bradbury,Blish,Leinster,Dickson basically any authors who were up and coming in the 1950s.
If they enjoy the radio plays then it might get them wanting to read the actual stories on paper.
Yes I too have heard all about Moeller and his promises over the last 10 years.
Flying cars will never make it to the mass market person on the street.. and I will tell you why ; just think about how many deaths and injuries are caused just be regular cars. If we cant even get people to drive a car safely how can we expect to teach people how to FLY a car safely!.People are the weak link, why do you think we only let qualified pilots fly planes and not some regular dumbass from anytown USA. No it will never work.. too much money training people, creating a new infrastructure, insurance,fuel, oh and gravity is a problem too.Maybe create flying car routes through deserts or uninhabited areas.. we dont want mid air collisions and wreckage falling out of the sky into peoples houses.
If you want a solution to the automobile crisis go read Robert A Heinleins short story "The Roads must Roll" , ok we need to invent high power low cost solar cells first, but that doesnt sound as far fetched as a flying car.. Delorean or otherwise.
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What if your kids dont like reading too much, but you want to introduce them to science fiction literature? Why not get them to listen to the 1950s serials Dimension X and X Minus One . Both were adaptations of short stories found in Amazing Science Fiction magazine. The dramatised stories included authors such as Heinlein,Asimov,Bradbury,Blish,Leinster,Dickson basically any authors who were up and coming in the 1950s. If they enjoy the radio plays then it might get them wanting to read the actual stories on paper.
Yes I too have heard all about Moeller and his promises over the last 10 years. Flying cars will never make it to the mass market person on the street.. and I will tell you why ; just think about how many deaths and injuries are caused just be regular cars. If we cant even get people to drive a car safely how can we expect to teach people how to FLY a car safely! .People are the weak link, why do you think we only let qualified pilots fly planes and not some regular dumbass from anytown USA. No it will never work.. too much money training people, creating a new infrastructure, insurance,fuel, oh and gravity is a problem too.Maybe create flying car routes through deserts or uninhabited areas.. we dont want mid air collisions and wreckage falling out of the sky into peoples houses.
If you want a solution to the automobile crisis go read Robert A Heinleins short story "The Roads must Roll" , ok we need to invent high power low cost solar cells first, but that doesnt sound as far fetched as a flying car.. Delorean or otherwise.