But it is also a legitimate question. How DO YOU top going to the moon? Or any other thing one might do that puts you in 'the best of the best' situation?
It is even like incredibly beautiful women who think their lives are over, become severely depressed, when they lose their looks to age.
The difference between the two situations is that when it comes to not being able to go to the moon or not being allowed to fly anymore, there is someone else to blame. Someone else decided that keeping you from hurting yourself is more important than just about anything else. Someone else decided that expanding civilization to the stars just wasn't that important. And if you're looking for someone else to blame, and someone else objectively qualifies on some level, you can stay stuck for a long time.
And then you can either go into politics, start a revolution, or find something else to do with your life. One way or another, you've got to find a new purpose to keep going.
a fine and enviable madness, this delusion that all questions have answers, and nothing is beyond the reach of a strong left arm.
