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[i]It is not uncommon to read articles and blogs from space advocates lamenting that we as a country don't prioritize space exploration the way America did during the Apollo era. Others complain that we have retreated back to low Earth orbit ever since abandoning the toehold we had for six short missions on the Moon. Some of the writers worry that the Chinese, Russians, or even others will get out to deep space before we return. To them, the Apollo era is the long past golden age of space exploration. When arguments are made for expanding and accelerating space exploration, historical analogies of Columbus' voyages, Lewis and Clark's expedition, and the Railway Act of 1862 that led to a transportation system across the continent as are used as examples of why we should push into the final frontier. There is one more obscure historical analogy to the Apollo program that is probably more fitting. It is the US Exploring Expedition of 1838 to 1842, at the time referred to as the "Ex. Ex."[/i]
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