space age

This car was part of the new Space Age, when cars were designed to be “out of this world.”

With those words, on the evening of October 4, 1957, NBC radio announced the start of the Space Age.

Musk’s vision of the future is all about bringing AI into the physical world—a Jetsons-style Space Age.

Like is fellow crew, his words hark back to a bygone space age, and the words of then President John F. Kennedey in 1962:

Gurr created the initial design, a “Buck Rogers”-inspired space age vehicle, as Gurr wanted it to feel sleek and ready for liftoff.