In the years following World War II, technological improvements that resulted from competition between world superpowers stoked the fire beneath innovation in a number of areas and fields. These ranged from industries like automobiles and weaponry, to aviation and, ultimately, technology that would allow flight and exploration into outer space.
For many, such innovations might be perceived as the result of certain necessity. In other words, if the United States hadn’t thrown their proverbial weight around and gotten to the Moon before anyone else (especially following the milestone achievement that was the launch of the Soviet Sputnik satellite), concerns over whether another nation might have done so–and thus capitalized on the potential strategic advantages Earth’s lonely satellite could provide–might have been a game changing event.
History, of course, proved otherwise, at least when it comes to utilizing lunar property for futuristic “Star Wars” style defense systems. But even today, there may be other startling branches of futuristic science that will present nations around the world with little other option than to cross the ethical threshold into a trans-human future… and one where human-animal hybrids may become an unsettling reality.
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