"Not yet." Senku shook his head. "I'm sure we would've gotten there eventually, possibly even in my lifetime, but we had been to the moon and had set up the International Space Station." He explained.

"So no, the aliens are far superior in terms of technology. Which is why they left, they thought we'd be more advanced to be of more use to them and we just aren't there yet. I tried to convince them to give us the chance, but I didn't win that argument." Senku shrugged helplessly.

"One of the parasites remained however, to work with me on advancing our technology."