America's Greatest Triumph.

Sadly for some younger Americans, I suspect the killing of terrorist Osama bin Laden is the closest they will ever come to experiencing America's Moon Shot.

Will we ever be able to raise the bar collectively -- to use our respect for science and knowledge and human growth -- to accomplish something like that again?

Or are targeted killings, and other dubious uses of deadly technology, the closest we will get to celebrating national greatness again?

(akin to taking off our shoes and submitting to full-body scans as the most we will be asked to do to defend America's liberties ...)