Blogfather Glenn Reynolds (aka Instapundit) is a long-time science fiction fan, it crops up in his stuff from time to time. With a US team launched on a trip around the moon, this becomes one of those “times.”
He’s right about our return to space being long overdue. I’d hoped to see men on Mars in my lifetime, but probably won’t. He’s younger than I, maybe he’ll get lucky. I have some chance of seeing a human colony on the moon, and that will be excellent.
After being a hotshot outfit all those years ago, NASA morphed into a geriatric bunch who seemingly can’t shoot straight. Careerism in FedGov acts like a wasting disease, for which we seemingly have no cure.
Reynolds is probably right that Elon Musk will spearhead the return to space. Musk wants it in his lifetime and has the money to get what he wants.
I’m a longtime science fiction fan too. The space frontier awaits, let’s go!