We should have been there by now.
we would have condos on Neptune by now if we still looked like we did in the 50’s. but at least we have Mexican food and hip hop
Actually in was Mars by 1968 and Saturn by 1972. The first expeditions to A Centauri would be history and probes - manned or not - would be well under way ...
Thank the farsighted Mr. Nixon who saved all that money for the homeless, the hungry, the OSHA and the EPA. It was for the children, you know.