Why do people who want the U.S. to de-industrialize because they can’t bear the risk of greenhouse gases melting glaciers so anxious to de-orbit our huge spaceship?
I’m old enough to remember when the idea of space travel raised goose pimples on any kid who just discovered that he liked girls. Our political elite, on the other hand, are the kind of people who like to think that the lunar landings in the late 60’s and early 70’s are a hoax.
If our country ever manages to grow a generation that finds the idea of going to the moon more exciting than green cars, sushi, and gay marriage, they might have an irresistible curiosity about how that wandering bright light got up there. An unbearable prospect to the Nancy Pelosis and Henry Waxmans of the world.
Because when humanity finally establishes itself outside of Earth's gravity well in a self-sufficient fashion, the game is up for every little tyrant and leech on the planet.
Unfortunately, it is pretty clear at this point that those humans aren't going to be Americans. We sold that birthright for a bowl of socialist porridge.