Most people wouldn’t believe this, but I used to want to be an astronaut. And not just any astronaut. I wanted to be the commander of the Space Shuttle Challenger, until it blew up of course. But I had all sorts of astronomy books, space shuttle books, a chemistry set, space shuttle toys – the whole bit. Typical ’80’s kid when it came to all of that stuff. So all of this stuff about Columbia really brings back memories.

And then I think to myself, “hey, that was 17 years ago. How come we haven’t come up with a better shuttle yet?!”

I have a soft spot in my heart for the space program and NASA just like most ’60’s radicals have a soft spot for these anti-war demonstrations. So I propose we strike a deal – build a space colony that houses 30,000 people and take the anti-war activists to the Moon. A modest proposal if I do say so myself. . .