The happiest moment in my life? When my doctor told me I was completely cured of leukemia.
Fame is an unnatural construct and those who go in search of it are the least likely to find it.
Clearly, some creative thinking is badly needed if humans are to have a future beyond Earth. Returning to the Moon may be worthy and attainable, but it fails to capture the public's imagination. What does get people excited is the prospect of a mission to Mars.