It has frustrated me to no end that the space program was sidelined because that money could be better spent on social programs. When we walked on the moon, I believed by the time I was in my forties we’d be on Mars. Instead, I’m in my sixties and we can’t even get back to the moon.
If it takes a Hollywood movie to get people excited about Mars again, I’m all for it. We should have been there 10 years ago.
Why? The people who control space travel will control the next century, and they’re the people our grandkids will be working for. I hope they aren’t Chinese.
It has frustrated me to no end that the space program was sidelined because that money could be better spent on social programs. When we walked on the moon, I believed by the time I was in my forties we’d be on Mars. Instead, I’m in my sixties and we can’t even get back to the moon.”
OMG , exactly what I have been saying for the last 15 years. I thought that by the year 2000 I would be staying in a Sheraton Moon planning my Mars vacation.
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