July 20, 2019
Looking back on fifty years of moon non-exploration, the following comes to mind.
The best thing that Neil Armstrong could have done would have been to sneak a gold nugget aboard. Dropping it casually on the lunar surface, he could have then exclaimed “Gold!” and pointed a camera at the shiny little object.
Within a few hours, people would have been building rocket ships in their back yards. A working pedal-powered star cruiser, built in a garage, would have been operational within the year. Soon after, the population of the Moon would have exceeded that of Toledo.
Instead, we are left with an excuse in place of all the promise of 1969:
When are you going to mow the lawn, Hon?
After we solve our problems here on Earth, Dear.
MOE
M.I.C.H – Modernity, Intelligence, Complexity, Humanity