User blog comment:TotallyTinkerbell/The year ?/@comment-24831261-20140503173303/@comment-25869525-20150108041252

The advancement of technology is a funny thing. Computers for example, have advanced in the past 20 years, far more than anyone thought at the time.

But then on the other hand, space technology is progressing slower than people expected 40 years ago. Of course, one big reason is less resources are being put into it. If you can find any of those old films made for schools back then, you'll hear the narrator talking about the expectations of a full fledged settlement on the moon by 1980. They seem to be running a bit behind schedule on that.

One thing I enjoy about sci fi is seeing how they predict technological advances. Most seem to be really quick to break out the lasers. I'm glad The 100 avouded that. Thankfully they seem to have also avoided the antigrav tech that seems to be so expected in near future sci fi. As an example, Back to the Future predicted we'd have out flying cars by this year. Personally, I'm glad that one did not happen for real. Motorists focused on their texting and not the road, are dangerous enough on the ground. Just imagine the carnage if they were dropping from the sky.