But we are as far removed from the 60s as 2086 will be removed from today.
The progress I’ve seen in my lifetime is staggering.
I look at what my ancestors experienced from the 1860s to the 1960s...wow. And the 1960s to today is just as much WOW.
What makes you think we are NOT making progress and not making progress fast enough? You just cannot escape orbital mechanics and go straight-line to the moon. The world does not work that way.
In 1675, Isaac Newton wrote: “if I have seen further [than others], it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.”
we stood on the shoulders of men like von Braun. Geniuses. yes we have iPhones and they can transmit porn very fast with great resolution. We have very powerful weapons. Our fighter aircraft can go very fast. They zip around all over the place. But even someone who’s considered to be very industrious like Elon Musk he’s still making rockets. We are still strapping people into giant firecrackers. What I’m saying is we have a technology to do much more, but try and get a nuclear rocket into space. All of the green haired lesbians would shriek.