This gives a little bit of insight into how Italians, Germans, and the other Foreign Nation segments think (about the Future).
Over the Decades I have observed lots of Science Fiction becoming Science Fact.
Having had a lot of interest in Space, Space Travel, and some Training with NASA. I really strongly believe that most NASA Scientists really need to watch as much Space related Science Fiction, so that they can create solutions to the problems that they may have overlooked that have been identified by Science Fiction.
Some things that must be "invented", a Space "Lifeboat". A system for Astronauts in a standard spacesuit with minimal additional equipment to reenter the Earth's (or another Planet's) Atmosphere (idea from Popular Science, 1970s). Radiation and Ion Storm protection. Laser and multi frequency communications relay stations. Inexpensive Emergency Expandable Space Stations. Space based factories and manufacturing plants with solar furnaces with space tugs go gather up all the "space junk" to be recycled. Missile sections (stages) with missile motors that instead of falling back to Earth and burning up, go into Space and are used to build with, new space stations, large interplanetary space craft, space docks and or spacecraft yards, more plants and or factories, long range space tugs to gather asteroids meteors to be processed by the space plants and factories. A space to Earth cargo and passenger elevator. Thorium Nuclear Reactors.
Over the Decades I have observed lots of Science Fiction becoming Science Fact.
Having had a lot of interest in Space, Space Travel, and some Training with NASA. I really strongly believe that most NASA Scientists really need to watch as much Space related Science Fiction, so that they can create solutions to the problems that they may have overlooked that have been identified by Science Fiction.
Some things that must be "invented", a Space "Lifeboat". A system for Astronauts in a standard spacesuit with minimal additional equipment to reenter the Earth's (or another Planet's) Atmosphere (idea from Popular Science, 1970s). Radiation and Ion Storm protection. Laser and multi frequency communications relay stations. Inexpensive Emergency Expandable Space Stations. Space based factories and manufacturing plants with solar furnaces with space tugs go gather up all the "space junk" to be recycled. Missile sections (stages) with missile motors that instead of falling back to Earth and burning up, go into Space and are used to build with, new space stations, large interplanetary space craft, space docks and or spacecraft yards, more plants and or factories, long range space tugs to gather asteroids meteors to be processed by the space plants and factories. A space to Earth cargo and passenger elevator. Thorium Nuclear Reactors.