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Posted: 7/8/2019 5:42:33 PM EST
What would even comprise that big of a human achievement in the 21st century?

I don’t see even going to Mars as an equivalent “leap in man’s capability”.

AI that can pass Turing?  Bridging the Bering Straight?  Permanent self-sustaining undersea settlement?
Link Posted: 7/8/2019 5:43:39 PM EST
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World wide available and accessible nuclear fusion.
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Astroid retrieval/mining.
Link Posted: 7/8/2019 5:58:07 PM EST
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Discover a way to travel faster than light.
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Muslim outreach.
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Putting women on Mars.
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Proper tribbing technique
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Muslim outreach.
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Free college education?



I would say a 100% cure for cancer.
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Making an intelligent democrat.
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Putting Hillary in jail
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Everyone on Earth cleans their fucking room and reads a fucking book.
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Sorry but Congress already spent all the Social Security money .

My bet is the Chinese .

Or we could call it an International endeavor but have the US pay for it like the International Space Station .
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Faking a Mars landing just like we faked the moon landing.
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universal basic income so we can all be rich.
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Okay, I don't care who you are, that's funny!
Link Posted: 7/8/2019 6:24:34 PM EST
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Getting a manned submersible to the bottom of the ocean and back up in one, unaltered piece. That would be a huge feat.
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A singular moment rivaling the lunar landing will be hard. Its also hard to foresee technological breakthroughs that could happen (like fission).

I'll go with something out of left field: First human born outside of Earth's gravity well. +1 point if they're made in zero/low G.
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Reliable, cheap, lightweight power storage.
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You need public will and a lot of political pressure to accomplish something of that magnitude.

The Manhattan Project and moon landing occurred at internationally stressful times in history.
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Keeping the United States together as a nation and the worlds premiere superpower, would be an accomplishment to rival the moon landing. The odds of the USA making it to 2101 as even a shadow of it's former self aren't great.
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I think you're underselling going to Mars. Going to the moon is a short stroll by comparison...and unlike the moon, permanent colonization could be a very viable thing. If the theory is that man can't do things like this with extreme motivation, imagine a scenario where Earth was about to be made no longer viable to live on. That might open up the purse strings and motivate a few scientists.

Curing cancer...like a real no shit cure, not just an improved treatment that drops the mortality rate a bit.

Viable fusion power plants.

Time travel.

Diet pills that allow you to eat carbs all day but be ultra healthy and ripped.
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