Hell, my in-laws sing patriotic songs at the dinner table during holidays. They were forced to emigrate in the 60s, settled in the US, worked extremely hard to

Hell, my in-laws sing patriotic songs at the dinner table during holidays. They were forced to emigrate in the 60s, settled in the US, worked extremely hard to rebuild their lives, and revere it for the opportunities and freedom it provides. Space started out as a national effort. Most space travel is still a national effort, both here (NASA) and abroad (national space organizations). Even though it's a private company, and the stakes are well beyond a single country, I can imagine a sense of pride for representing your country well at such huge scale. For these engineers and other staff, this is the Olympics. In short, people have all sorts of reasons for feeling prid. These folks certainly earned it. Watching others describe variations of hand wringing and alienation seems silly in comparison.