Author: By Mindaugas / Source: Bored Panda
Futurists have long predicted exciting technological changes that would revolutionize society; from flying cars, robot assistants and all-in-one food pills. But while technology has indeed changed our lives beyond our wildest dreams, it seems mainly to have been concentrated in areas like convenience, communication and online connectivity.
Now we can have everything we could possibly desire brought to our doorsteps, whilst we take bunny-ear-filtered selfies and argue about meaningless topics on social media.
Still, there are some people that dream big and give us tantalizing glimpses of genuine technological wonders, things that would really shake things up and make the world a better place. Elon Musk is probably the best known of these people. The South African entrepreneur is the founder and lead designer of SpaceX; co-founder and CEO of Tesla, Inc. and was chairman of SolarCity. According to Forbes, he has a net worth of around 21 Billion dollars.
But while his Tesla and SolarCity projects promise a greener, cleaner and more sustainable future, these companies appear to be bogged down with lawsuits and other issues. SpaceX, however, seems to be going from strength to strength, with a series of successful launches placing it at the forefront of space travel and exploration in the 21st century.
The latest sensationalist headlines around the company focus on the ‘suggestions’ of UBS, a Swiss investment company that believes that long-haul flights will be made obsolete by SpaceX’s 18,000mph Starship rocket, due to make its first manned flight in 2023….
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