Space exploration is about adventure, but also responsibility.
"I never look at the Moon without being reminded of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin – and of the day, July 20, 1969, when they left their first footprints on its dusty surface. The exploit seems even more heroic in retrospect, when we realise how “primitive” the technology was: Nasa’s entire suite of computers was less powerful than a single smartphone today..."
An article and interview on space exploration by Lord Martin Rees.