"In this old book," he said.

I sighed. "It's a pilot who would fly higher than the sky, who might even go to the moon."

"Wow," he breathed. "Does America have astronauts?"

I felt the hot sting of tears brimming in my eyes, and I blinked repeatedly. "No, not anymore."

He looked confused. "Does Russia?"

I nodded.

"And does China?"

I swallowed hard, feeling the lump in my throat, and nodded again.

"So why don't we?"

"Well, a man named Barack Obama didn't think it was important."

He stared at me for a minute. "It's okay, I'll live here with you forever--who needs to go to space?"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2487064&forum_id=2...#24960408)

Posted Wednesday, January 8, 2014

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=45146

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2487064&forum_id=2...#24960633)

We'd be back on the moon within five years and have a manned mission to mars within the decade.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2487064&forum_id=2...#24960645)

cot damn you guys are dumb. its no wonder you're so easy to beat in national elections. you spend all your time fighting an enemy that isn't even there

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2487064&forum_id=2...#24960706)

“ Our second goal is to develop and test a new spacecraft, the Crew Exploration Vehicle, by 2008, and to conduct the first manned mission no later than 2014. The Crew Exploration Vehicle will be capable of ferrying astronauts and scientists to the Space Station after the shuttle is retired. But the main purpose of this spacecraft will be to carry astronauts beyond our orbit to other worlds. This will be the first spacecraft of its kind since the Apollo Command Module.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_(spacecraft)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2487064&forum_id=2...#25033747)

So when he says that he will just stay with Daddy, the son is showing that he loves his dad more than his country. And the dad realizes, in that moment, that his country doesn't matter anymore and that his son and family are all that are important.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2487064&forum_id=2...#43123107)