India has become the 4th nation to land on the moon with the maiden voyage of the unmanned Chandrayan-1 spacecraft Friday at 8:31 p.m. local time.
Best of luck to the Indians.
At one time an American craft landed on the moon, American men walked on its surface. The universe was at our doorstep.
Then the carpers, the nay-sayers, the liberal artists with teeny-tiny, microscopic souls and all the imagination of a dairy cow decided the money would be better spent eradicating poverty. We still have poverty, but we no longer have the universe at our feet. Today we lack the imagination and the will to conquer the unknown.
Pick up the torch, Indians and Chinese. While you conquer new worlds our children will sing and dance for you, assuring themselves that they're ever so special while accomplishing nothing much of note.
In the long run it won't matter which nation reaches the stars, as long as the human race achieves them. Those among us with adventure in our souls will reach for them. The rest will stay home, safe and secure. |