What do we want?! Flying Cars! .. When do we want them?! 5 years ago! (Page 2) Corwin: That show exaggerated. I remember talking cars from 1982. They just said stuff like, "A door ajar", and "Your fuel is low", and "Don't forget your seatbelt"... GOD it was annoying. The culprit was a little module the size of a deck of cards under the dash... most people would yank them out and chuck them out the window.  Corwin: Now the General Lee... THAT was a proper car for jumping over stuff. And instead of nagging at you in a condescending voice, it just played Dixieland went you honked the horn.  Corwin: KITT would have been cooler if they made him more sinister like HAL 9000. "Open the pod bay doors, KITT." "I'm afraid I can't do that, Micheal."   LoisS: lolol Creepy. How about Proteus IV? "I want to study man Michael... his isometric body and his glass-jaw mind. Sit still for a moment." Corwin: Oh hey... talk about flying cars... ... Elon Musk sent one of his Tesla sports coupes into free orbit around the Sun with one of his Falcon Heavy rockets. Elon's da man.  rmclark: Sounds like a good idea. I fly myself and enjoy it. What I'm wondering is, I see people that can't master what we have, and we are going to turn them loose in a flying version? It might make road rage look like kids stuff. Can you imagine going to a ball game? Worse yet leaving after a few beers. I hate to be a downer  The giant midget: Rmclark you just nailed it perfect It's very hard for 4 wheelers to follow the white lines on the road and highways just imagine them flying on invisible airways traffic roads    AretoNyx: Some want flying cars but I call them mini planes. The way people are driving holidays on roads in the US on icy roads...or distracted I rather stay on the ground. Less places to deal with the drivers who are not cautious on ground than in the sky. Then again maybe it would be tough for drivers to get a license that are not cautious? AretoNyx: I rather stay home than travel. Though I guess some would like camping in the sky or else where. Wild__: If you stay at home one the the flying car accidents would come down on your house. Better play it safe and camp out on the moon. AretoNyx: That was a thing I was thinking. That and how weather can be such an issue at times for even planes. Minntaka: I followed Moller International for years thinking they would get the flying car done but alas.... Corwin: Drone technology has come a long way, and those things practically fly themselves. If we just make them big enough to accommodate a small cockpit and a couple of human passengers, we might be on to something. Still not what I had in mind though. I want something that defies or negates gravity itself, not something that employs the principles of conventional aircraft. | Science Chat Room 3 People Chatting Similar Conversations |
