Boys and Their Toys July 22, 2006
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Imagine a 6 year old boy sitting in a box on the sidewalk. He is wearing a helmet and goggles, and going “Vroom, vroom.” Fast forward 6 more years. The boy is now in his treehouse repelling alien invaders.
Fast forward again for one third century. The boy now has a very, very fancy treehouse. He sits in it for hours playing with the controls and going “Vroom, vroom.” I envy him.
Some of us might be out of the loop. Some context, please?
Isn’t this the Jeff Bezos’ reproduction of the ballistic shell first described in Verne’s “From the Earth to the Moon”?