Space Post - Why wasn't Arthur C. Clarke right?

[Legion2213]

I guess what's depressing is someone who was around to witness the Wright brothers make the first airplane flight, could have been around to witness the first man in space and even the first man on the moon!! All that advance in just ONE lifetime! Shame things seemed to have slowed down within my lifetime... I suspect I will not see a man on Mars, or even a probe in any of the suspected oceans on other planets/moons in our solar system I'm pretty certain they are planning to probe the ocean that is said to lie under the surface of Europa...it would be way cool to get some pics back of things swimming about near volcanic vents and stuff.

[Neil]

I'm pretty certain they are planning to probe the ocean that is said to lie under the surface of Europa...it would be way cool to get some pics back of things swimming about near volcanic vents and stuff. Planning is one things... Doing is another... I honestly don't expect a probe to the Europa's (possible) ocean, or those potentially on some of the moons of Saturn within the next 15-20yrs at the earliest... 30+ wouldn't surprise me either...