A quick hop to the moon and back starts fairgoers at the General Motors Futurama off on a brave new third-of-a-mile-long look at tomorrow's world. Whisked around by moving chairs fitted with speakers, they see deserts, jungles, the oceans' murky floor and the frigid underside of a polar icecap, all reclaimed for use as man reaches out to improve his planet. Futurama features such amazing things to come as computer-run desert farms using piped-in desalted sea water; a subarctic electronic weather station, hooked up to a network of space satellites, broadcasting forecasts for entire continents; and a metropolis that provides "vertical take-off" airports, moving sidewalks and even some old-fashioned, old-world greenery.
THE JUNGLE CLEARED
A modern community rises on the green carpet of the jungle. serving as a transportation hub for such local products as lumber. chemicals and farm commodities. To clear the way, trees are felled by beams of laser light: instant turnpikes are laid down by a machine that levels, grades and paves all at once.
SPA UNDER THE SEA Plush hotels floating above the ocean floor are pan of the underwater world depicted in the Futurama ride. Vacationers go skin diving in the surrounding waters or, ferried by aqua scooters. simply take in the sights. Besides submerged playlands, the ocean floor has productive oil wells and storage tanks. The traffic includes everything from atomic submarine trains to a deep-sea version of a two-seat sports car.
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