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Humans will never go past Mars (ghostofcarnot.substack.com)
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Space is really spread out, and we will forever lack the means to get around it fast. Space also happens to be highly inhospitable to human life. For these reasons, I submit that no human will ever go farther than Mars.

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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

The Star Trek communicator was basically a walkie talkie. That was well established technology at the time and had nothing whatsoever to do with a smartphone.