To the Moon and Back

Watched the HBO series "From the Earth to the Moon" last night. Boy that sure brings back some memories. I can remember watching the lift off's on TV with Walter Cronkite giving the commentary. It's funny, my generation grew up with the space program. We lived through the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo space shots. We watched John Glenn orbit the earth, the first space walk, Armstrong stepping out on the moon. It is probably the best thing that was done in the sixties. It made us all dream of one day being in space. (Star Trek was born in those years.) We were with the astronauts and it was something that every one of us could relate with. Yes it cost billions, and yes there was also the Vietnam War, racial injustice, and the Cold war but the whole world could dream of the stars. If we could go to the moon, we could do anything. I think just about everyone stared out at the moon in wonder when Armstong, Aldrin and Collins were there.
It cost billions, but it was money well spent. Too bad that they squandered the dream, billions are still being spent but to what end? There is still poverty, war, and all kinds of social ills and on top of it, we don't even have a common goal, a dream. :o(