 What does the last line indicate about modern society, in general?
"It'll be just like the public going along vicariously. A you-are-there type of report? Trip time is supposed to take 260 days (that's one way), so we're aimed toward where Mars will be (had better be, or else). A pilot, co-pilot, navigator and biochemist. I've met all but the pilot (he's very busy today), and they seem friendly enough. He was already on board when I got here, with my typewriter and ream of paper, so we didn't meet. The inertial gravities didn't bother me so much as the gyroscopic spin they put on the ship so we have a sort of artificial gravity to hold us against the curved floor. With my paper and his ballpoint pen and ruler, it should be easy. He passed my room on the way to the galley (the kitchen) for a cup of dark brown coffee (they like it thick) and told me that we were almost past the Moon. October 3, 1960 He is kind of squat, with a vulturish neck and close-set jet-black eyes that make him look rather mean, but he was pleasant enough, and said I could call him Pat. I still don't know Jones' first name, though Pat spoke to him, and it sounded like Flants. Also, I am one of the first five men in the history of the world to see the opposite side of the Moon, with a bluish blurred crescent beyond it that Pat said was the Earth. The back of the Moon isn't much different from the front. Actually, he explained to me, the screen is supposed to keep the image of space locked into place no matter how much we spin. But there's some kind of a "drag." There's just no awesomeness to it, no sense of depth or immensity. Right now we're using buttons for men. He says it may prove to be environmentally accurate, but that I should stick to prose. It seems to be descending from overhead, but Pat says that that's the "torque" doing it. Actually, it's we who are coming in sideways. No sign of canals, but Pat says that's because of the dust storm down below. It's nice to have a "down below" again. We're going to land, so I have to go to my bunk. He's all for going out and looking for lichen, but Pat says he's got to set up camp, then get instructions from Earth.
 Humans in the modern age have been desensitized to crises
 Humans in the modern age have been desensitized to crises  Creating a solution sometimes requires people to return to the source from which the problem originated  Quality is just as, if not more important, than quantity when it comes to armed forces  The preference for intrigue over information has the potential to destroy a society