One small step for man…..
Happy 40th anniversary of what is, arguably, the greatest achievement the United States (possibly mankind) has yet accomplished.
So, what are we working on now? Where do our tax dollars go now that will have the same meaning or impact? I do like social programs, but, I also realize that social programs don’t directly produce anything — hopefully they enable people to be more productive, but, our social programs only have that as an indirect goal.
We need to find a way to be both “human” and be moving humanity forward.
In talking with a friend, the comment was made: “From the start of flight (1903) to landing on the moon (1969) was a span of 66 years…. there were people born that, within their lives, remember the first time man flew and the landing on the moon. Nut, in the past 40 years, nothing comparable.”
For the person that remembers the first flight and the first moon landing… What must they have envisioned for mankind’s future? I fear we have not lived up to expectations.