> Now imagine the next giant leap and corresponding benefits. That's always the problems with these types of discussions though, isn't it? You can't know what

> Now imagine the next giant leap and corresponding benefits. That's always the problems with these types of discussions though, isn't it? You can't know what that next leap is going to be and how it is going to benefit everyday life. For some, like myself, that next leap will be just as revolutionary and will send us to the stars. We imagine a blank check with a direct, long-term goal leading to things we can't even dream of today. For others, however, they struggle to see what that leap will be. For them, it's just getting to Mars and maybe coming back, maybe with some new tech for the military. Nothing that will affect their own lives or the lives of their children. That was the problem in the 50s and 60s that led to so much backlash against the projects. And even though we saw the fruit those projects bore, who is to say it will happen a second time? Some people just can't or won't imagine what might come from another Apollo-esque program. And that's who you have to convince.