Obama's destruction of the space program was one of his many attacks on American Exceptionalism. Like so much of the devastation inflicted by the radical anti-american administration on America, it will take a long time to heal.
But some of the early steps are promising. And Pence is signaling that it will be a personal priority.
"From this bridge to space, our nation will return to the moon, and we will put American boots on the face of Mars,” Pence said at the Kennedy Space Center.
It's the kind of stirring specificity so absent from Obama's speeches. And it speaks directly to the larger theme of American greatness.
Beyond words, Pence will chair the National Space Council. And that indicates the framework for a larger plan underway.