The Jetsons finally comes true ?

Other than Astro's treadmill:

then

now

 

, George's flying car (sorta, the Jetson copter car doesn't fold into a briefcase)

1961 flying car

.

1961 folded

.

2024 flying car

and Rosie the Robot (again, sorta with Boston Dynamics Atlas et al.)

fictional Rosie meets George

.

Fact: Electric Atlas

we still aren't quite in the world of the Jetsons.

But then I saw this image from the ESA Euclid satellite of Meissner 78:

source: https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/05/daily-telescope-observing-a-distant-star-nursery-in-unprecedented-detail/

source: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/new-images-from-euclid-mission-reveal-wide-view-of-the-dark-universe

and thought: where have I seen that before ?   Of course, the Jetsons opening:

source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTq6Tofmo7E

This Jetsons stuff is finally kinda-sorta-lamely coming true !!

Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm