This is why we don’t have flying cars.

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Use code JOESCOTT50 to get 50% OFF First Box and free wellness shots for life with any active subscription at https://bit.ly/4ajfhEs! Did you know that Henry Ford wanted to make a flying car? And he came very close to doing it, too. This video tells the story of how flying cars almost became a thing, as well as other technologies we really thought we’d have by now. Why didn’t they work? And will they ever work? Let’s take a look. Year 2100 Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6D_WuLWVrQ Want to support the channel? Here's how: Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/answerswithjoe Channel Memberships: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-2YHgc363EdcusLIBbgxzg/join T-Shirts & Merch: http://www.answerswithjoe.com/store Check out my 2nd channel, Joe Scott TMI: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqi721JsXlf0wq3Z_cNA_Ew And my podcast channel, Conversations With Joe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJzc7TiJ2nnuyJkUpOZ8RKA You can listen to my podcast, Conversations With Joe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Spotify 👉 https://spoti.fi/37iPGzF Apple Podcasts 👉 https://apple.co/3j94kfq Google Podcasts 👉 https://bit.ly/3qZCo1V Interested in getting a Tesla or going solar? Use my referral link and get discounts and perks: https://ts.la/joe74700 Follow me at all my places! Instagram: https://instagram.com/answerswithjoe TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@answerswithjoe Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/answerswithjoe Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/answerswithjoe LINKS LINKS LINKS https://scrippsnews.com/stories/the-history-of-our-pursuit-of-a-flying-car/ https://www.britannica.com/technology/ornithopter http://pages.erau.edu/~andrewsa/sci_fi_projects_spring_2015/Project_2/Eilts_Mitchell/Dune Eilts/Dune Eilts/index_Eilts.html (vid of a real attempt) https://www.ctie.monash.edu/hargrave/le_bris.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abbiyOW0hOU https://www.jalopyjournal.com/?p=42097 https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/411442/ https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/221967/#slide=gs-322610 https://books.google.com/books?id=bygDAAAAMBAJ&dq=Popular+Science+1932+plane&pg=PA32#v=onepage&q=Popular Science 1932 plane&f=false https://auto.howstuffworks.com/flying-car2.htm https://www.thedrive.com/news/43549/the-tragic-story-of-the-flying-ford-pinto-ended-exactly-how-youd-expect https://www.jobyaviation.com https://www.powernationtv.com/post/this-flying-car-is-cleared-for-takeoff https://www.uber.com/us/en/elevate/ https://www.iotworldtoday.com/flying-vehicles/flying-taxi-company-moving-to-production-final-testing-next-#close-modal https://www.statista.com/statistics/1246890/vehicles-use-united-states-historical/ https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/nasa-annual-budget https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/cost-space-launches-low-earth-orbit https://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/blog/the-20-most-frequently-asked-questions-about-the-international-space-station https://airandspace.si.edu/multimedia-gallery/man-space-spinning-wheel-space-station-model https://www.cnet.com/pictures/nasas-1975-vision-of-space-colonization-pictures/8 https://www.nasa.gov/history/nasa-long-range-plan-1959/ https://www.spaceline.org/united-states-manned-space-flight/space-shuttle-program-history/ https://www.blueorigin.com/news/blue-origin-debuts-new-glenn-on-our-launch-pad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vactrain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_railway https://larouchepub.com/eiw/public/1991/eirv18n42-19911101/eirv18n42-19911101_034-robert_h_goddards_high_speed_bet.pdf https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/starcross-engine-house-and-brunels-atmospheric-railway https://businesstech.co.za/news/technology/185313/meet-the-flying-train-concept-30-years-before-elon-musk-made-it-a-reality/ https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/21/24011448/hyperloop-one-shut-down-layoff-closing-elon-musk https://www.technologyreview.com/2016/05/10/159479/the-unbelievable-reality-of-the-impossible-hyperloop/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swissmetro https://www.worldwidecancerresearch.org/news-opinion/2021/march/why-havent-we-cured-cancer-yet/ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - The Art of Prediction 1:50 - Flying Cars 6:47 - More Flying Cars 9:14 - Space Habitats 12:54 - Vactube Travel 17:31 - Cancer Cures 21:26 - Sponsor - Factor