Now it's MIT pursuing the dream based on newer discoveries on superconductivity at higher temperature.
Hope they are successful one time. Though most likely it won't happen in my lifetime. :V
Anti gravity and fusion energy -- these were the dreams of the 80s we thought will be fulfilled by 2020. Didn't happen.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/29/climate/nuclear-fusion-reactor.html