# Cool things you hope will happen in your lifetime **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 30, 2007, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-you-hope-will-happen-in-your-lifetime/421082 "2007-09-30T23:22:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Phantom\_Dennis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/51bf81/32.png) [@Phantom\_Dennis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phantom_Dennis)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2007, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-you-hope-will-happen-in-your-lifetime/421082/1 "2007-09-30T23:22:48Z")
Someday I hope spaceflight will be cheep enough that I will be able to see the earth from orbit without needing to be a millionaire. I hope gay people will be able to get married in every U.S. state. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2007, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-you-hope-will-happen-in-your-lifetime/421082/2 "2007-09-30T23:34:26Z")
An Arizona Cardinals Super Bowl win. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2007, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-you-hope-will-happen-in-your-lifetime/421082/3 "2007-09-30T23:55:33Z")
A manned landing on the Moon again OR on Mars for the first time. A peaceful Palestinian state alongside Israel. An inexpensive plentiful relatively clean energy alternative to fossil fuels (perhaps wind-generated hydrogen cells?) Some insight into the roots behind the UFO/“alien” phenomenon Strong liberal (original meaning) democratic states developing in the MidEast And of course, flying cars, personal jet packs, and ocean-floor cities. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-you-hope-will-happen-in-your-lifetime/421082/4 "2007-10-01T00:55:44Z")
The finding of a colonisable planet. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-you-hope-will-happen-in-your-lifetime/421082/5 "2007-10-01T01:02:08Z")
An operational base on the moon. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-you-hope-will-happen-in-your-lifetime/421082/6 "2007-10-01T01:07:14Z")
A verified positive contact of any form from an alien civilization. ---
**Author:** ![Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-you-hope-will-happen-in-your-lifetime/421082/7 "2007-10-01T01:28:51Z")
The evolution of a world-changing genre of music like Jazz or Rock n’ Roll (yeah I know they’re related), but something that is revolutionary, not evolutionary. Maybe it will take the impact of the invention of a new instrument, like the electric guitar did for a lot of modern music. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-you-hope-will-happen-in-your-lifetime/421082/8 "2007-10-01T01:29:05Z")
Permanent peace in the Middle East. Defeat of terrorism. Cures for cancer, AIDS. A non-polluting, inexpensive, practically inexhaustible source of energy. Someone gives me a pony. ---
**Author:** ![Elysium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@Elysium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysium)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-you-hope-will-happen-in-your-lifetime/421082/9 "2007-10-01T01:54:03Z")
I, too, hope we find alien life. Even if we only find single cell life, I really hope I can witness our first glimpse of an alien ecology. Plus, I’d love to go to space. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-you-hope-will-happen-in-your-lifetime/421082/10 "2007-10-01T01:54:36Z")
A cure for old age. I’m not so sure I want immortality but I would like the option of living to be say 125 with all my facilities intact and a painless death. A method that allows you to lose weight without serious dieting. ---
**Author:** ![Chasing\_Dreams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/258eb7/32.png) [@Chasing\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chasing_Dreams)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-you-hope-will-happen-in-your-lifetime/421082/11 "2007-10-01T01:58:25Z")
A two pound bicycle that I can race on. ---
**Author:** ![Kyyrewyyoae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Kyyrewyyoae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyyrewyyoae)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-you-hope-will-happen-in-your-lifetime/421082/12 "2007-10-01T02:26:10Z")
A human colony on an extrasolar planet (long shot, I know) A KC Royals World Series Championship Zombie attack ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/57b2e6/32.png) [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-you-hope-will-happen-in-your-lifetime/421082/13 "2007-10-01T03:21:18Z")
That I will have sex. ---
**Author:** ![Euryphaessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Euryphaessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euryphaessa)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-you-hope-will-happen-in-your-lifetime/421082/14 "2007-10-01T03:23:32Z")
Real, sentient, artificial intelligence (but not in a Matrix or UNISOL kind of way). ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-you-hope-will-happen-in-your-lifetime/421082/15 "2007-10-01T03:29:23Z")
Solutions to world hunger and global warming and my perfect man. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-you-hope-will-happen-in-your-lifetime/421082/16 "2007-10-01T03:33:50Z")
I’d like to be able to get into my car and have it drive me where I want to go while I read or nap or whatever. And a wetware interface to the internet would be great, experience it as a virtual world. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-you-hope-will-happen-in-your-lifetime/421082/17 "2007-10-01T03:43:57Z")
Another vote for cheap routine manned spaceflight and the beginnings of space colonization. Finding life, even just microbes, on another planet. A cure for old age (although I was disturbed to read accounts from as far back as the 1940s where people expected a cure for old age “any day now”.) Economical fusion power. It would more or less guarantee that civilization won’t starve to death for lack of energy. A Supreme Court ruling that yes, people do have a right to own guns. The UFO thing. Double points if it were revealed that the US government has known about extraterrestrial visitations for decades. A cloned dinosaur Nanofiber mass-produced cheaply enough to replace structural steel. A robot car that can drive itself to a given destination. Virtual reality good enough to play Holodeck Doom. ---
**Author:** ![brendon\_small](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brendon_small/32/17101_2.png) [@brendon\_small](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brendon_small)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-you-hope-will-happen-in-your-lifetime/421082/18 "2007-10-01T03:50:12Z")
I’d like a segway. The thread about cool parents made me envious of those who have them. I would like the gay marriage as well. It doesn’t affect me personally, but I am a strong supporter of them getting that right. A Mars colony would be pretty sweet, also. Brendon Small ---
**Author:** ![Shamozzle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shamozzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shamozzle)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-you-hope-will-happen-in-your-lifetime/421082/19 "2007-10-01T03:51:37Z")
Sustained, controlled, efficient nuclear fusion Ducted fan/jet VTOL vehicles available at the consumer level The demise of totalitarian states/governments The Grand Unified Theory I’d like to see the USA settle down, get a good job, have a couple kids, and tie into gardening or maybe building sailboats in bottles, ya know? ---
**Author:** ![diggleblop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@diggleblop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggleblop)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-you-hope-will-happen-in-your-lifetime/421082/20 "2007-10-01T04:05:36Z")
We have peaceful and uneventful (in the dangerous, taking over the world sense) contact with “aliens”. I would like to see anti-gravity machines of some sort. I would like to see time travel become possible for a select few who could handle it. I would like to see G.W. Bush get out of office. I would like to a girl I have wanted for years, in my bed sometime in my lifetime. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-you-hope-will-happen-in-your-lifetime/421082.md?page=2)