The article's headline (and much of the text) is pretty vague. The astronaut apparently doesn't think we will get there "soon" - whatever that means. If we loo

The article's headline (and much of the text) is pretty vague. The astronaut apparently doesn't think we will get there "soon" - whatever that means. If we look at it in perspective of all 5,000 or so years or recorded human history, I'd say we WILL be there pretty darn soon. Just maybe not next year.