{"id":134,"date":"2006-10-06T15:49:03","date_gmt":"2006-10-06T22:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepulp.net\/PulpBlogs\/YellowedPerils_test\/?p=134"},"modified":"2011-07-29T22:03:50","modified_gmt":"2011-07-30T05:03:50","slug":"living-in-yesterdays-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/2006\/10\/06\/living-in-yesterdays-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Living in yesterday\u2019s tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Freezing out by Pluto,<br \/>\nRoasting near the sun,<br \/>\nDrenched by the rains of Saturn\u2019s plains,<br \/>\nIt\u2019s all a space-man\u2019s fun!<\/p>\n<p>Tramping old Mars\u2019 deserts,<br \/>\nOr sailing Neptune\u2019s seas,<br \/>\nOr wading the damp Venusian swamp,<br \/>\nOh, that\u2019s the life for me!<br \/>\n\u2014 Old space-song, <span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Calling Captain Future<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019s been a busy few weeks. Sorry for the delay in writing. Besides several non-pulp-related projects that have taken quite a lot of my time, I also have been, as the song above says, trudging through the Jovian jungles, diving beneath Neptune\u2019s seas and exploring the cold chasms of the Moon.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_136\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-136\" style=\"width: 149px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-136\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepulp.net\/yellowedperils\/files\/2010\/08\/grag_illo.jpg?resize=149%2C195&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"One of Captain Future's Futuremen, the robot Grag\" width=\"149\" height=\"195\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-136\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of Captain Future&#039;s Futuremen, the robot Grag<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Well, at least I should be doing that.<\/p>\n<p>Sixty-six years from now, what will we be doing? Vacationing in orbit? Visiting the Apollo 11 Planetary Historical Monument on the lunar surface? Roving over the sands of Mars?<\/p>\n<p>Sixty-six years ago, the future looked just as exciting. We would be traveling the Solar System, visiting with our planetary neighbors on Venus, Mars and the outer planets and their moon-worlds.<\/p>\n<p>According to the future history told in the <a href=\"http:\/\/thepulp.net\/PulpWiki\/wikka.php?wakka=CaptainFuture\">Captain Future<\/a> pulps, the first space explorers ventured across the Solar System in 1971. By 2000, there was a vibrant system-wide economy, thanks to the discovery of gravium, a substance that allows space travelers to equalize the gravity on the various planets and to fuel interplanetary spacecraft. Heck, by now \u2014 2006 \u2014 we should be living the good space-life!<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, we\u2019ve only sent the dinghy out a few thousand feet from the shore.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013\u00a0William<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Freezing out by Pluto, Roasting near the sun, Drenched by the rains of Saturn\u2019s plains, It\u2019s all a space-man\u2019s fun! Tramping old Mars\u2019 deserts, Or sailing Neptune\u2019s seas, Or wading the damp Venusian swamp, Oh, that\u2019s the life for me! \u2014 Old space-song, Calling Captain Future It\u2019s been a busy few weeks. 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