The Failuof NASA: And A Way Out

The Failure of NASA: And A Way Out
by Philip K. Chapman

I was in Mission Control when Neil Armstrong announced that the Eagle
had landed. The applause was unexpectedly muted as we were all
overwhelmed by the significance of the moment. Nobody had any doubt
that
Tranquility Base was the first step in an expansion into space that
would drive human progress for centuries to come.

We had of course all seen the 1968 Kubrick/Clarke movie 2001: A Space
Odyssey, and the facilities depicted there seemed entirely
reasonable.
In our lifetimes, we expected to see hotels in orbit, translunar
shuttles operated by commercial airlines, and settlements on the
Moon.
Only the alien monolith was questionable.

None of this has happened.

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