The epitomizing event of the 20th century is the moon landing
We shot for the moon and landed on the moon after bartering a modest fortune for materials and research, compensated partially by an intricate sponsorship from the US government
All who were able watched it on television from wherever they were
images too amazing to be real
scenes we can watch on youtube whenever we think to (7 million views)
And to me it's not what we achieved but what we left behind
We left the ocean unexplored
We dedicated our efforts and sold out our cynicism to watch men in ties and white shirts build a machine designed to leave the world behind
We looked outward to gather information instead of inward to gather understanding
It was a heartwarming moment where government suspended institutional cynicism and embraced intellectualism, provided some very specific needs were met regarding national self image
a first kiss as an Act I sc. 1 to a comedy of errors where characters work diligently towards frivolous goals
toiling so hard that even when they triumph and gain whatever the hell they wanted in the first place you stand and applaud out of both pity and pride, a cocktail you enjoy until the bartender tells you what's in it
Shoulder to shoulder with strangers watching a man encased in technology gambol about the ultimate vacuum of a truly natural apathy
an environment that was very rationally and a little insultingly doing everything it could to kill them
We loomed over the heads of children from the armchair next to the lamp and fawned over the sum of all our competitive efforts
'Hey look at us
We did that'
Good for us
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