Homer Hickman came to my mind reading your comment. His Sputnik moment catalyzing the journey from coal mining town to NASA is a metaphor for that ideal. Howeve

Homer Hickman came to my mind reading your comment. His Sputnik moment catalyzing the journey from coal mining town to NASA is a metaphor for that ideal. However, I’d have a hard time imagining America in 2022 has anything in common with 1959’s West Virginia.