The return to the moon starts NOW: ‘Exploration is what we do’

This April Fools' Day wasn’t just for jokes — but rather an incredible show of American ingenuity as astronauts on NASA’s Artemis II mission took flight on the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years.

“Exploration is what we do,” BlazeTV host Pat Gray says on “Pat Gray Unleashed.”

“It’s deeply embedded in us. It unites us with a common goal. It creates a sense of national pride, excitement, focus, and the technology advances that we accomplish in overcoming all the obstacles to get there. That’s a tangible, practical reason for doing this,” Gray continues.

However, Gray also points out that there’s some “nonsense” that will come with the historic launch.

“People always ask, ‘Why don’t we go back there? Why did we stop? 'Cause we don’t really have the technology,’” Gray mocks. “No, it’s because liberals, the whiny, stinking liberals who hated any kind of advancement by the United States of America, put a stop to it.”

“You like your cell phone? OK, that came from this technology. You like advanced cameras? OK, that came from NASA technology. Wireless communication of all kinds. You like the bed you sleep on, the memory foam probably came from NASA,” he continues.

“Things you don’t even expect like scratch-resistant glass and glasses and sunglasses and computer technology, the laptop,” he says, before calling himself a “NASA apologist.”

“I wish I was on their payroll,” he laughs. “That would be great.”

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