Replies

I can tell you the exact day we peaked: July 20, 1969—when we landed a man on the moon. After that, we listened to the Leftists, abandoned manned space exploration, and turned inward to fix “problems” here at home. Of course, the problems we sought to fix (like poverty) were largely unfixable, because they eminate from the human psyche. If we had gone into space (for real), a lot of current problems here on Earth would have been solved or rendered irrelevant. Liberals, of course, recoil at the thought of space travel. It is simply too good an escape route from their policies and it is too reminiscent of “frontier independence and adventure”.

IMHO, it speaks volumes that it is almost 40 years since the last moon shot and we are nowhere near returning to the moon, let alone going to Mars.

Of course, the problems we sought to fix (like poverty) were largely unfixable, because they eminate from the human psyche.

Poverty will never be erradicated in America because we keep importing tens of millions of poor immigrants supposedly to do the work no one else wants to.

Pay people $20 to do a good job of cleaning toilets rather than $6. Problem solved.

I can tell you the exact day we peaked: July 20, 1969—when we landed a man on the moon. After that, we listened to the Leftists, abandoned manned space exploration, and turned inward to fix “problems” here at home. Of course, the problems we sought to fix (like poverty) were largely unfixable, because they eminate from the human psyche. If we had gone into space (for real), a lot of current problems here on Earth would have been solved or rendered irrelevant. Liberals, of course, recoil at the thought of space travel. It is simply too good an escape route from their policies and it is too reminiscent of “frontier independence and adventure”. IMHO, it speaks volumes that it is almost 40 years since the last moon shot and we are nowhere near returning to the moon, let alone going to Mars.

Agree 100% on all points. I've bookmarked your reply. It neatly sums up everything I think about the rise of the modern liberal, and the current state of America in general and spaceflight in particular.