If nothing makes you proud to be an American, perhaps you should take a look at the Discovery Channel's "When We Left Earth" series. It details the United States entry into the space race, our success and failures in putting men on the moon, as well as the challenges of traveling into space.

It amazed me what we were able to accomplish, what we continue to accomplish as we continue to reach out to the stars. It is still very dangerous and each new mission is an achievement in and of itself. I can only hope to see us travel further, but I don't know if that'll happen. In these days, I can't imagine returning to those exciting times. It seems that traveling into space is passé and not all that exciting, so the emphasis on this area of development seems to be waning.

Does anyone out there care that much about traveling beyond our blue-and-white basket? I think we need to get some eggs out there.