Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 lunar module pilot, moving across the moon while looking over a traverse map during extravehicular activity Feb. 6, 1971. AFP/Getty Images
Initially I think there was justification in that leadership officials thought people weren’t ready to handle it. But we are well past that now. Frankly, and this is just personal opinion, remember what (President) Eisenhower said in his final speech: “Beware the military industrial complex.” I suspect that’s what we’re talking about.
But it’s not just military. It’s a cabal of organizations primarily for a profit motive. We invented aircraft at the beginning of the 20th century.
