Mars Goal By 2010, Soviets Say

So reads the Anchorage Daily News from Jul 7, 1988. Sixteen months later, the Berlin Wall would come down.
In 1984, there was talk of the U.S. colonizing the Moon by 2010.
The Reading Eagle from Nov 6, 1910 reports that there will be 6 billion people by 2010, which was a pretty good estimate.
The Modesto Bee from July 11, 1966 tells us that our Story & Clark piano will still be insured in 2010. That’s good to know.
The downside is that by 2010, the Ottawa Citizen from November 5, 1960 tells us that food scarcity will lead us to eat…baby bees!
The Spokesman-Review from Apr 6, 1962 writes that some historical material isn’t to be opened until 2010. Also, the Gadsden Times from May 6, 1960 reported that 85-year-old former President Herbert Hoover helped dedicate a new Boy’s Club of America headquarters with a time capsule to be opened in 2010.

Posted by Eddy Elfenbein on January 1st, 2010 at 12:26 am

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