Rick, Thank you for the kind comment and great articles you contribute to the Peak. We need many more like them. In writing the benefits portion of this article I learned that the rate of technological growth of the Unitied States during the decade of the Apollo was 2 1/2 times the normal rate. No wonder there were so many opportuinites then and later. I also learned that 80% of the investment in integrated circuits (chips) during that period went into the Apollo program. They needed a smaller, faster computers for the command module, Saturn, etc. Of course that led to PCs, iPads, cell phones, etc. On the other side of the coin, in the early 60s, in a limited way, we knew that the business systems we were developing would eliminate and change jobs. Fortunately, I was willing and able to move and adapt to the change. Many were not, which has led to a new problem that will only increase as time passes. I’d love to see another grand national project but remember it took Spudnick and other major space-related embarrasments before we got our act together. Amen. Thanks again. It was a big step forward.