Astronaut Kelly Returns to Earth

Tomorrow astronaut Scott Kelly will land in Kazakstan, completing almost a year aboard the International Space Station. He has broken the U.S. record for time in space and is ready to be back home, but he should expect plenty of poking and prodding to learn more about the impact of space on his body and mind.

I expect the coverage of Super Tuesday will drown out much of the news of his return, yet I also expect NASA will leak out test results for months and play up the mission. Competing with Trump is hard, but we need stories about real heroes doing the real work to keep America strong and in the forefront of space travel. 

It is possible that after one look at the newspapers Mr. Kelly will ask for a seat on the next mission. Will NASA have room for millions more Americans? The idea of a Martian colony never sounded so nice.