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.
I take the walk to be the externalization of an interior seeking so that the analogy is first of all between the external and the internal.
We don't take care of our teachers and our cops and our firemen. They should be at the top of our list.

