I confessed to being immersed in the Apollo program as a kid. It was the perfect storm-- great visuals and a great television story for someone who was becoming hooked on news and broadcasting.
The networks turned the astronauts into heroes, as they were. It was a wonderful diversion from Vietnam, assassinations, riots, fear... At the time, the space program was an American success story.
Well, after writing the Lunney blogs and seeing the comments on social media, it appears a lot of you have similar feelings. We got caught up in it. It was wonderful. We had such pride in the country, in technology, in science...
I know space is "back." NASA and private industry are very busy there days. There will be return trips to the moon, maybe Mars.
My hope is for kids, and the rest of America, to get caught up in it again. We can use the optimism.
