Monday, February 20, 2012

A Good Question

Astronaut Scott Carpenter, speaking to a gathering of Mercury veterans:
We stand here waiting to be outdone.
It has been a long wait. After reaching the Moon, you've got to wonder why we gave up? Source: this Associated Press Excite website.

I'm sure Ferdinand and Isabella had things at home in Spain they could have spent the money on, instead of funding Christopher Columbus. They, and Kennedy, had the "vision thing."