Rocket Science

Punkin in Space

"Wow, you mean they were winning?", the look in her young eyes not unlike when he or mom would read her bedtime stories just a short while ago.

"Yes, it was very humiliating.  If there ever was a demonstration of what is wrong with believing your own hype, this was it."

Market perception is sometimes trumped by reality. With all the post war advancements that were a natural result of winning history's biggest war came a hubris and denial of major magnitude. The perception that our 'free' society could develop technology faster than a communist one was inflated by the tendency to use propaganda techniques to create a population controlling fantasy. Application of Einsten's special theory by someone else was a major wake up call. Wishful thinking's price may be too high.

You see, Prudence, it really was rocket science.

Hint: MCMLVII

© 2011 Buzz Hill