At a time when our political system approximates the world's biggest, unruliest child-care center, any worthless misanthrope with a grudge and a gun can summarily execute people at worship or a movie and the most famous people in our society seem to have been scraped from the bottom of the gene pool, isn't it grand that NASA still has the power to make our jaws drop with the incredible brilliance of human spirit, perseverance and creativity?