“And who will that be?” (Apollo 13)

In reading this article about Christopher Kraft being honored by NASA, (they named Mission Control at Johnson Space Center in Houston after him), I came upon this quote from Gene Kranz. He perfectly summarizes my feelings on space travel, and why we need to continue it:

“I pray that our nation will someday soon find the courage to accept the risk and challenge to finish the work we started.” Gene Kranz