In 1961 (I hear), President John F. Kennedy said he wanted to put men on the moon. Something around 8 years later, in July of 1969, men landed on the moon for the first time. Now, President George W. Bush has said he wants men on the moon. Of course, he said it in 2004, and that he wanted it to happen by 2020. Now we see that it’s apparently scheduled for 2018.
Let me get this straight. In the 1960s, we could do it in 8 years, but now it takes 13? What sort of sense does that make?