[FPSPACE] In 1968 version of 2001, American and Russian lunar bases abounded

[Larry Klaes]

Citizens in Space? What A Dream!

By Alcestis "Cookie" Oberg

"As the first permanent crew to the International Space Station 
(ISS) prepares for its launch Tuesday, I can't help thinking about 
how far behind we are. 

In the 1968 movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, we were supposed to have 
an enormous elegant space station by now, with regular Pan Am 
shuttle service to it, for ordinary citizens and colorless 
bureaucrats alike. 

Americans and Russians were supposed to have bases on the Moon, 
and a huge American spacecraft was to be preparing for manned 
Mars and deep-space exploration."

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