Had a thought today, about the election in 1960.

I'll bet most of HZ True Believers would have supported Nixon, as better for space, the world, and the US. I don't think that's a stretch.

And yet: In 1961, President John F. Kennedy inspired Americans to pursue a goal that seemed beyond our reach: to land a man on the moon within the decade. Eight years later, Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong set foot on the lunar surface – proof we can succeed when we apply our expertise, innovation and can-do spirit to a single national endeavor.

And Nixon: According to occasional HZ poster Keith Cowing. "Later Apollo mission plans called for some daring lunar mountaineering, but budget cuts by President Richard Nixon forced NASA to cancel Apollo missions 18, 19, and 20."

Would be neither the first, nor the last, time they were wrong.

Arf