re: Space travel: Did 1969 mark the end of the dream?
The human race needs challenges. We don’t stagnate very well, and we are stagnating now.
Exploring and colonizing space would be that challenge. And the human race would grow from it in so many ways. It needs to be a world effort…something all countries chip in and contribute and all get rewarded. Instead of wasting resources fighting each other, we could use them to explore and colonize space. We need a new frontier.
We can’t wait until we fix all of our problems here on Earth, because that will never happen. But what we gain exploring and colonizing space might help us solve some of our Earthy problems.
We need a generation of unselfish humans with the vision and determination to grow beyond what we are now.