Saw this on Comically Vintage yesterday. So good:
Via ComicallyVintage.tumblr.com, via FeastingonRoadkill.tumblr.com
The source of this gem was a one-shot issue of “Future World Comics” in 1946. (Excellent summary at Oddball Comics here.)
I always find it neat to compare what science predicted in the past to what science has produced today. In the above example, atomic cars would be feasible in 1946 if the price of uranium-235 (U-235) dropped to $52,000 a pound. A look around the Internet shows the price of yellowcake (triuranium octoxide) to be about $43 a pound today. It’s a quick and dirty comparison, but something tells me that even with uranium 43 bucks a pound cheap, we’re not going to be driving around in atomic cars anytime soon.
But nuclear medicine is an important component in treating some cancers today, so Future World Comics got that part right!
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