Curious Commercial

A commercial currently running on television notes "a bunch of guys" once got together to build rockets. Well, that bunch was NASA and its contractors, and the guys didn't build the rockets on a lark, but in pursuit of U. S. Government policy. The point of the commercial is to sell cars, so expecting too much from it is a mistake, but expecting some more respect for one of the seminal achievements of humanity might not be asking too much.