One small step for man

...one giant leap for mankind. On 20th of July it is 40 years ago we (as in people) went to the moon. And I remember it as it was yesterday. Sorta. There is all sorts of space travel these days from Apollo to Discovery to Endeavour and all other enterprisy names in between, but have we really done something as big as this since 1969? Yes, I know there is internet and other types of communication, there is progress in medicine (why haven't we cured the cold yet?), more books written (on the same themes as Shakespeare 500 years ago), advances in how we treat the environment (at the same time we destroy it more) and in general more knowledge. But have we forgotten science? Adventure? Discovery? The fact that penicillin was discovered by accident, and if I remember correctly so was x-rays, we now seem to be over-rationalized and always look to profits. Always these friggin profits first and foremost. I have been informed that most discoveries that later became useful were made by accident while looking for other things. It's sad to think that some people today think we cannot pay for it. I say, we cannot afford not to!