Maybe POTUS Is Just Going Home

An opinion piece in the respectable Wall Street Journal has the attributes of a put-on, but it's not written by a humorist.

The U.S. Should Send a President to Space

(graphic from spaceref.com)

To rekindle the spirit of American adventure, a U.S. president should travel to space by the end of the decade. This will show that space is a priority for American leadership, and it will signal that the best has yet to come...

To launch a U.S. president into space, NASA should form partnerships with the private sector, underscoring the unmatched entrepreneurial spirit of the U.S. The president should also take along the leader of a strong ally or partner like the U.K., France, Germany, Japan or India to show a unified front against China’s space aspirations.

Even if they are serious, a Presidential candidate who announced this ambition would disqualify him- or herself and quite possibly be institutionalized.

Oh, well, the two writers have given us a clue that they're pulling our leg. One goes by the name of Chris Mulder.