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Old 07-14-2010, 03:41 PM   #43
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Heinlein also predicted waterbeds. Although he was postulated them as acceleration couches for multiple-g acceleration rockets.

Predicting the future is a thankless task. Isaac Asimov noted that in the years before 1969, there were zillions of SF stories predicting the first manned landing on the Moon.

Not a single one predicted that when it happened, most of the world would be watching it live on television.

I talk about this a little on my website.
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