As Tom Clancy said in The Hunt for Red October
The general public usually sees and gets what the military develops
about 20 years after the fact.
Which may explain all this "It'll be ready in 20 years" stuff.
Space/Science » in reply to "none of it seems to be trickling down to civilians"
The general public usually sees and gets what the military develops
about 20 years after the fact.
Which may explain all this "It'll be ready in 20 years" stuff.