Watching the Orion launch on NASA's splendid live feed on Friday, I was asking myself if it made me feel that old Apollo magic. The answer: it did. Even though the vehicle was unmanned, its ultimate purpose is to put the U.S. back into the manned spaceflight business. That's on my short list of worthy things to spend tax dollars on. Kudos to NASA.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/recent-updates/business-military/orion-glacial-pace-space-dawns