Comments by "Itinerant Patriot" (@itinerantpatriot1196) on "What The Journey To The Moon Will Be Like!" video.

  1. I'm a child of Apollo. Those were rocking times. Just about every flight was a first for something and we were going up against the Soviets so we had that added element of competition. But then we stopped. The eggheads prevailed at NASA and the exploration people lost out. Nixon had no use for the space program and threw the manned-flight program a bone with the Shuttle but looking back at it honestly that program never really delivered on its promises. We were assured in the 60s that Mars was next and we would keep on trucking but it costs a lot of money to pull something like that off and between the war on poverty, the war in Vietnam, and the whole stagflation issue there just wasn't enough cash to go around. Once you stop the momentum it's really hard to get that mojo back. I wish the program all the best, I really do, but I just don't see the public clamoring for it. The young people I have spoken with about space don't have the same fire we did. We stopped doing great things, maybe that has fed into the self-loathing kick we've been on for the past few decades. If there isn't public interest there won't be public dollars and as the man said in the movie The Right Stuff "No bucks, no Buck Rogers." Elon Musk has made some pretty pie in the sky promises about a Mars shot but when the rubber meets the road, and he finds out the government won't back his play, I think he'll question the need to spend his personal fortune. It's a shame, but it's who we've become. If we were going to go, we needed to keep moving in the 70s. We didn't. Going to the Moon is fun and all but spending all that cash just to fly around a place we've already been? Outside of checking off the equity boxes like this video pointed out, what's the point? But that's me, and I loved the space program growing up. But as I say, we are not who we were then, not by a long shot. Kids these days would much rather be internet influencers than scientists and space explorer's. Our technology is grown up, but we haven't. Oh well, they promised us jetpacks and they bailed on that. I'm really not trying to be Debbie Downer, but don't expect this to amount to a whole lot. Wanna spend your money more wisely? Robots to mine asteroids. You don't have to feed em and nobody gives a damn what color or gender they are.
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