The worldwide market for aviation and space launches is far larger now than in the 1970s.
Re:My AI Timelines Have Sped Up
by jjoonathan on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @11:30AM
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> there wasn't enough market demand for aviation or space flight beyond 1970s technology
I disagree with that part. Things slowed dramatically because we stopped putting extreme amounts of effort in, largely because there wasn't enough market demand for aviation or space flight beyond 1970s technology... for a while.