Rocket Mail Went First Where Email Came Later
The concept of mailing something and someone receiving it within minutes is commonplace now. I can email a letter using my Treo and my mom can get it, even if I am across the country. What email does for us everyday, the proponents of rocket mail tried to bring to the 1940’s:
When I was a child, I would watch the Disney cartoons that promised that I had a big bright future ahead of me. Rocket mail is just the kind of thing that they promised me. It never came to pass, but its surrogate is far more efficient and safe. I wonder what the surrogate for flying cars will be…