The hidden but essential lesson from Apollo 11
The real lesson from Project Apollo is grim, but if learned can help chart a new future for America.
apollo program
Why we have not gone into space. Why we must.
Why do we have nothing but a space station, doing little useful at great cost? What will eventually push us into space?
Why humanity has not gone to space, and why we will.
Summary: On 20 July 1969 Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed the Eagle on the moon’s Sea of Tranquility and Armstrong took his giant leap for humanity. Now 45 years later we can cooly evaluate the Apollo program. What went wrong? What is the future of humanity in space? “Given time, a desire, considerable innovation, and …
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Men in space: an expensive trip to nowhere
Summary: NASA dreams of manned space flight to the planets, and spends billions to do so. They focus on “how” with no thought of why, repeating the error that led to the failure of Apollo. Like the State Department (wrecked in the 1950s, never fixed) and DoD (same mistakes in a succession of failed wars), …
Capitalism Lost: America goes broke because we forgot how to be capitalists
Summary: To recapture our greatness we must first remember what we did right to become great. Such as heavy investment in America by the government. Instead we spent on projects like Apollo (expensive, but no gain) and our mad unprofitable empire. It’s not too late to get back on the smart path. {Apollo} had accomplished …
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