The Winston Group’s David Winston writes in today’s Roll Call about the Artemis II and the unifying optimism of its historic lunar fly-by mission.
Given the nation’s current political and ideological division (Real Clear Politics average right track/wrong track is at 34 percent/59 percent), it’s been hard to imagine what might bring us together, but the Artemis II mission did, at least for 10 days. It was a welcome reminder that people once appreciated and celebrated the achievements of fellow Americans without partisan rancor and polarization. They can do so again, with the right inspiration.
We saw a national sense of pride and accomplishment overtake the usually viral negative posts that dominate social media. Nothing captured the moment better than the post of a young boy watching the liftoff at the launch site who was asked by a CNN reporter why he was there.
Eleven-year-old Hilt Boling of Little Rock, Ark., sounded incredulous when he responded, “We’re going back to the freakin’ moon, that’s why.”
Read the full piece here.
