The year was 1977.
Yet a wonky aerospace engineer and college professor was asking How Do We Get Back to Space and What Do We Do Once We Are Up There? Here in That Buck Rogers Stuff Jerry Pournelle lays out his fascination with technological solutions for the w.
The space shuttle was 4 years away and the last Apollo mission was 5 years past.
Jeff Bezos was in early puberty just reading SCIFI books, not selling them.
Elon Musk was in First Grade.
The year was 1977