Pāhonoa te oro

ps young children today will be among that first Mars crew, people who right now are sleeping in their beds while this quiet voice describes the missions that will inspire them. But the path begins here. With a rocket lifting from Florida. With four astronauts flying around the Moon. With two sets of boots in the grey dust near the South Pole. Step by step by step. Patient and deliberate. As steady as the Moon itself, hanging overhead. Always there. Closing. We are getting very close to sleep