'a collective loss of faith in the old dream of space travel beyond our solar system'

Alastair Reynolds, echoing Ian McDonald, writes that "SF might be on the verge of exhibiting a collective loss of faith in the old dream of space travel beyond our solar system." And that may well be so, but in very real senses the dream lives on: witness the launch of India's first mission to the moon this week, the sixth such national attempt in world history. (via SF Signal)