¶Maybe Space Force is not a joke after all. And the state of things sort of reminds me of the situation with self-driving cars. It’s not really about the technology - that’s, strangely enough, the easy part. The mindset and the culture are the things. And those are hard to change.

¶Tactically responsive space is not about the hardware,” Guetlein said. “It’s not about the satellite; it’s not about the sensor; it’s not about the rocket. It’s about the mindset. It’s about the culture.

¶Humankind now has an off-earth backup of our collective knowledge, culture, and works. This feels weirdly important.

¶We can now say for the first time in history that civilization will not be lost.