The Deep State And Deep Space

Keith’s note: I am watching Dick Cheney’s funeral at the National Cathedral. There is a Moon rock in one of the windows. Those of us in Washington, DC realize at moments like this how we’re all 1 or 2 degrees of separation from the White House, Congress, heads of agencies – and each other. We all worked together because this is a small town and we had to. This used to be a strength. Now we’re shunned as being “Deep State”. The space community is even more tightly knitted. We’re propelled by nothing short of exploring the entire cosmos to benefit all of humanity. Somehow our community has to try and fix its small part of this mess. Otherwise we’ll abdicate our nation’s pre-eminence in space. And others will make the impossible – possible while we just watch. Ad Astra y’all.