Big Moves on Outer Space

Flanked by legendary astronauts including Buzz Aldrin, President Trump announced the reformation of the National Space Council. It is tasked with the pursuit of "grand ambitions," a mission very much in the Trump mindset.

Meanwhile, in Congress, a motion to split the Air Force in order to establish a Space Corps survived its first hearing.

Early stages, but these moves represent an attempt to restore a part of what "Made America Great" in the eyes of the earlier generation. Buzz Aldrin's father's generation dreamed up Buck Rogers: Aldrin himself went to the moon. The greatness of that has never been equaled, and so far, it has never been surpassed.

I don't know if I believe that Federal bureaucracies still have the capacity to do things that are Great in that capital-letter sense. Maybe not. But at least they're aiming in the right direction.

2 comments:

james said...

During a period of exciting discovery or
progress there is no time to plan the perfect headquarters. The time for
that comes later, when all the important work has been done. Perfection, we
know, is finality; and finality is death.

E Hinesq said...

During a period of exciting discovery or progress there is no time to plan the perfect headquarters.

Indeed, that HQ is often the best organized and efficient. It's formed in the crucible and must work well or fail, in real-time.

Eric Hines