<p>We took the “shoot-for-the-Moon” program. If we made it And DS deserved it, he got it. </p>
<p>If we missed the moon shot, we can say at least we tried and DS got a paid education at a public. We had a perfect alignment launch (1985) and trajectory until 2000 (dot.com crash) where we made small corrections but a major failure in 2002 (9/11, 2002-2005) which we had to make extensive and critical corrections on the entry phase (incollege). We did make a successful landing with all systems intact (2006). Offspring relaunched for grad school with onboard and supplemental fuel (scholarships) from the grad school. DS then made some asteroid sojourns and has landed near home base with much improved experience, hardware and software. </p>
<p>The onboard pilot did exceptionally well and improved his skills overtime. The homebased, ground control are completely spent. It was a very near thing and doubt that we could ever replicate the same.</p>