The best way to understand the gap between Ground Truth and The "Space Ship," how we refer to higher units, the US's Foreign Policy, Legislation and Theory is to consider the Ptolemaic model of the galaxy. The Earth was the center of the galaxy this was an established truth, and questioning it was dangerous. Then came Copernicus. Newton, Herschel, Galle, Le Verrier, and Adams, each time a ground truth agent got us closer and closer to reality even though their discoveries were often uncomfortable and even unprovable to most. Now the Sun is the center of our solar system. We have 8, 9, maybe even 20 planets. With the James Webb telescope sitting 1 million miles away nestled at L2 our reality continues to change. The James Webb provides new questions and points us toward where the work is. The James Webb telescope is the field agent that delivers the impossible-to-accept ground truth to the Ptolemaic astronomer. Each party seeking the same goal, now with a clearer line of communication.
