Reddit reviews Where's My Jetpack?: A Guide to the Amazing Science Fiction Future that Never Arrived

Dear Daniel H. Wilson,


Here's your damn jetpack, asshole.

I think Captain James T Kirk said it best

Truthfully, as a 60's child, I grew up watching Star Trek, Apollo landings, and the dawn of the information age, and I am extremely disappointed (as are others) that despite are other significant advances, we still have not reached any other planets, let alone extra-solar planets.

I actually thought it might be possible for me, and almost certainly for my children, a chance to live and work in space (my kids are pretty young still, they might still have a chance).

Anyway, humanity needs this to survive, not just for the rational conclusion that planet-bound species lifespan is determined by the lifespan of their home star at maximum, but we need to explore. Risk IS our business, it's why we do much of what we do.

We were also promised Jetpacks.