You can bet if we do go back to the Moon, they will plant the gay flag, instead of the US flag.
Vaguely amusing article.
It spends perhaps 80% of its focus on lower costs, and connects them to the glory of space.
Precisely who remembers the glory of the Apollo program in the context of its costs? The only people who talked about Apollo in the context of costs were the people who wanted to defund it and spend that money elsewhere. Costs are not the engine of enthusiasm.
What is the engine of enthusiasm? Technical advance, and in a fundamental way. Not better computers and not better lighting.
Better propulsion. Getting from point A to point B faster. If you don’t have that, you have no advance.
We don’t have that. There is reason to believe we never will. Physics may actually matter. Physics may actually stand up and say “I don’t care what you want. I don’t care about your silly movies predicated on faster than light travel. I am in control of the universe, that crap is not to be allowed, ever, and you’re not going anywhere.”