We just knew we would have colonies on the moon by now, with regular transports to the stars. Grew up on Tom Swift and Mike Mars as well as Johnny Quest. Good guys were good, bad guys were bad, and crime Did Not Pay!
As Americans we believed ( still believe) that the possibilities are endless when we strive for truth, justice, and the American Way! MAGA!
I recall the sense of optomism that still permeated our culture, that our technology and sense of the future, even evident in advertising and education. All that has been flipped, by design, to inculcating all manner of bizarre neurosis in the kids, they don’t even know what bathroom to use or whether they may want to chop their private parts off. Neat trick, huh?
President Kennedy: “Man on the Moon!”
President Obama : “Men In Women’s Bathrooms!”
During the 2012 primary season, Newt Gingrich laid out a vision of returning to the moon and establishing a permanent base by 2020. He was practically laughed out of the room by lamestream media types for having the temerity to even suggest such a thing!
So sad that we've declined from a country that reached for the stars to a country that reaches for a government handout in a mere 2 generations. Hopefully the Trump election may have (at least temporarily) put the brakes on it.