Picture yourself in a busy airport. The year is 1969. Newspapers announce that we “landed a man on the Moon and returned him safely to the Earth”. Older people in the airport still remember man’s first heavier-than-air flight at Kitty Hawk. Imagine that – from Orville & Wilbur to Neil & Buzz in 66 years – all witnessed by one generation.
But take another look at your fellow passengers as they carry the full weight of their luggage to baggage check. What’s missing? That’s right, luggage wheels.
We figured out space travel before we figured out that we could put little wheels on the bottom of our suitcases. And that’s how technology goes. Flying cars and quantum computing are coming but grander unexpected innovations may arrive at any moment. Expect it.
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