The Rocket Equation

Like so many others, I felt a slight tinge of inspiration while watching the launch of the James Web Space Telescope this week. The launch gave me the sense that, in spite of all the horrid episodes of the past three to five years, at least some small segment of our world is getting back to doing the things that helps us all to feel a little more inspired — a little more hopeful — a little more appreciative of mankind as a species — a little more human.