Ever since 1969, hope for a 'bridge to the stars' has faded
(NEWSER) - The US took a “giant leap” landing on the moon in 1969, but NASA's greatest moment of triumph was also "a real knee in the groin" for the space agency, writes Tom Wolfe in the New York Times. At the time, we thought we’d build “a bridge to the stars,” with stops at Mars, Venus, and Pluto. Instead, after Apollo 11, NASA began laying off employees. The key trouble: “NASA had neglected to recruit a corps of philosophers.” More»
