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Arthur C. Clarke was probably more optimistic with 2001: A Space Odyssey. The novel was about a large manned space probe to Saturn. The movie changed it to Jupiter because we had real images of Jupiter from the Pioneer probes by then, but not yet Saturn.
And I'm still upset we don't have that sort of space commerse happening today. We are just starting on it now with the likes of Virgin Galactic (tourism), SpaceX (cargo hauling), and others that are getting into hotels in orbit and mining of asteroids.
That and that we don't yet have actual "spaceships". Just spacecraft with the Space Shuttle being the closest thing to a spaceship we had in service. The computer revolution probably has the computing power of the HAL9000 beat already, just without the personality (or quirks) to go with it.
Of course if 2010 was correct, the President quoting Lincoln and with his finger "on the button" would have been Obama. A nice thing to not have to have a stand off with the Soviet Union (or even just Russia) in this day and age. Maybe again someday, but not yet.
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