[ WP ] It is revealed that NASA has been deliberately holding back advances in space travel for the past 50 years . Why ?

When the news broke out, outrage filled the nation. Our government has at times made follies in their policy, but no one ever thought that they would intentionally take the path of ignorance, when there is so much to explore in the space outside of our world. 
 
 Protests broke out in D.C. We all felt betrayed. Where had the money gone? NASA has been operating under the guise of exploration for 50 years. 50 long years with almost no new developments, at least, not any that compared to the ground breaking trip to the moon. How long ago that was. 
 
 As with all government controversies, a press release was called. But the anger that was felt by everyone waiting for answers kept their views biased and acute. Nothing they could say would fix this obvious destruction of trust. The press secretary arrived. 
 
 `` The purposeful withholding of information was done, not for the gain of our government, but to prevent the loss that would be felt by it's people.'' 
 
 What a bullshit statement, pretending like they did this for US. 
 
 `` Despite what has been reported by the media, NASA's budget was not squandered, misused, or for lining the pockets of senators. NASA has been hard at work for decades, in the pursuit of the greater question. Are we alone?'' 
 
 Oh god. What did they find out? Is this what we had been longing to hear since man first gazed up at the stars? 
 
 `` NASA has been working hard mostly on it's telescope and radio detection technology, to determine if life existed out their, before moving along with the developments in space travel. This advanced technology has allowed us to peer at the very edge of the universe, to almost every star, and every galaxy, and we have determined, with absolute certainty, that we are in fact, the only planet that has been blessed with gift of life.'' 
 
 It could n't be. 
 
 `` Knowledge, though important and enlightening, can also withhold one of the most powerful emotions we can experience. Hope. Hope that there is more out there. Hope that we will one day advance far enough to make contact. We felt it was in the best interest, to keep hope alive, instead of pursuing the dullness that is, knowledge.'' 
 
 `` But this is not the end of exploration. Colonization is the next logical step. If we ca n't find life that has been intricately placed by the fate of the universe, we can at least take the one species that has, and spread it's reaches as far as possible. And then maybe, just maybe, someone can look up at the stars and know for certain, that there is more out there.'' 
 
 Hope, has been restored.
