If exponential progress of technology had kept up, we would have been getting Helium and all sorts of minerals from the Moon since 12 years ago. Oh... And I would be flying my car to work.
Sadly, technology goes by leaps and bounds, subject to the winds of politics and economics.
It's not impossible that, 12 years from now, we will be living in a post-societal-collapse agrarian society and our achievements will be little more than legends.
It's not impossible that, 12 years from now, we will be living in a post-societal-collapse agrarian society and our achievements will be little more than legends.
Well, I guess that's one way to match the demand and supply of helium.
But hey, at least we have social networks and the web .. and hundreds of new ways to sell products and advertise those products, so clearly technology is keeping up to society's needs!!!
Sadly, technology goes by leaps and bounds, subject to the winds of politics and economics.
It's not impossible that, 12 years from now, we will be living in a post-societal-collapse agrarian society and our achievements will be little more than legends.
No. Not that bad, but you get the idea.