Grandson Optimizer

The year is 2065, I'm 65 years old. I hold my sons hand as we're walking through the Human Museum of Discovery and Innovation. The Museum is in what I used to call the United States growing up, now it's a territory called USA-42 governed by the Intergalactic Human Federation (IHF) a governing body which now has claimed territory in 3 planets and 12 moons. A cathedral of the greatest human achievements during my lifetimes unfolds before me. First, I see a big cylinder of metal with off-color metal patches, streaks scraped off metal, and four fins at the top.

"Look, that's the first ever SpaceX Starship booster that was caught. Back in those days we had multi-stage rockets and getting that first stage back was reaaally critical to making spaceflight possible. Now a days, they're a lot more efficient and it's all single stage. -- WOW! look at that they have the actual footage on the hologram"

We then walk by the