Racquetballs and Moonbeams

We don't do it because it's easy but because it's hard
 Unswaddle the mystery in the blanket of stars
 Stare into the void, trajectory by charts
 Uncharted territory for humanity at large
 The capsule sent, we pitched a tent on this virginal land
 Made from fragments from the firmament and fractured strands
 Of hopes and dreams and benefits numerous as grains of sand
 Relayed and played riding on S and Ka bands
 Journey begins from a paradisic pad
 Flames and fears and fame combined highlight the path
 Through the unknown, sunlight sparkles into black
 One giant leap propels us forward building on our honored past
 Immortalized in color on the Rec Center's wall
 All who wander by stand staring and stall
 Geometric shapes triangulate the immortal call
 Remember predecessors, on their shoulders we stand tall