gonna stop vagueposting for a second:
this picture is the best that we can ask for in a future, because our alternative is total state control, possibly forever.
for a brief moment, we left the confines of our world and our dreams of inhabiting far-off world were plans. we created machines that harnessed a history's worth of knowledge to break the walls that keep us on this rock. but alas, it will be our grandchildren's grandchildren that have the privilege of stepping foot on another world. our sole obligation to our descendants for this trip around is to ensure that they can exist to be able to do so.