We've spent roughly ten thousand words roasting NASA's budgets, timelines, and bathroom plumbing.

So let's be clear about one thing.

The space program is one of the few things humanity is actually doing right.

Not perfectly. Not on time. Not under budget.
But right.

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• — Twenty-six countries signed the Artemis Accords.
• — The James Webb Space Telescope was built by 10,000 people across 14 countries.
• — Europa Clipper carries 2.6 million names etched on a microchip. And a poem.
• — A 4-pound helicopter flew 72 times on Mars in atmosphere 1% as thick as Earth's, because someone at JPL thought "what if we just tried it."

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We make fun of NASA because the mission matters. Because $107 billion and 22 years of delays means someone keeps fighting for this — every budget cycle, every administration, every time someone asks "is this really worth it?" — and someone else says yes and builds a telescope that photographs the beginning of time.

But we also looked up at the Moon last night.
And we can't wait for April 1st.

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