NASA's transport capabilities are in disarray. Vital programs like the F-22 and F-35 are being scaled back and cut to unserviceable minimums. And for what? To pay off union cronies and legions of urban-bred orcs so that they don't burn their own cities down.
Truly a pitiful state of affairs.
I was brought up in the 50’s. I share your disappointment.
“legions of urban-bred orcs so that they don’t burn their own cities down.”
I will use “ urban-bred orcs “... I liked it very much. ;>)
Having Armstrong speak underscores the sad, tragic state of affairs we find ourselves in.
My question is, if indeed, we have ourselves to blame, that is, if we've become complacent in a field that would have otherwise shown much greater accomplishment, why haven't we've seen advancement by other countries in programs that might have spurred innovation and expansion we've all imagined would have been developed by now, moon bases, the means to get there and back, namely the Russian federation? Has it all only been a matter of money?
What is, was the reason we lost interest in continuing the growth we had ratcheted up during the Cold War, stopped us from expanding upon the science and innovation? The fact is there wasn't much left to conquer in creating the hardware to spur growth, innovation. The space station-space shuttle merry-go-round proved highly pointless, the lack of vision, worthwhile projects to undertake is where the problem ultimately originates from,that has been the undoing of our space programs more than anything else.