We could have rockets and Moon bases etc as the norm, but when we got to the Moon early on we realized it really wasn't that interesting. Infinite cat videos in

We could have rockets and Moon bases etc as the norm, but when we got to the Moon early on we realized it really wasn't that interesting. Infinite cat videos in your pocket - that's what people really wanted. It's not that moon isn't interesting, it's that we decided that the moon isn't interesting. Now, we are on the verge of commercial reusable rocket and launch cadence is going to dramatically speed up in the next decade or so.