A Call for an Education Initiative at NASA: Remembering the Road to Hagerstown

Invited to address an awards banquet in Hagerstown, Maryland, honoring outstanding educators in the community for their efforts on behalf of young people, the author prepared for his speech by thinking about the meaning of frontiers, pioneers, technological innovation, discovery, science and—especially—the grand tableau of American exploration. He shares here his vision for the U.S. space program, a future that could take us all to the Moon and Mars and far beyond.