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humor Babylon Bee 2026-04-20

Local Dad Trades Latte Life for Lunar Launchpad Dream

A 39-year-old bachelor contemplates leaving cushy LA life to join the space race. Someone needs to tell him that the career path is way harder than the cover photos suggest.


<img src="https://media.babylonbee.com/articles/69e680a20616069e680a206161.jpg" style="width: 100%;" width="400" /><p>LOS ANGELES, CA β€” Sources disclosed that a 39-year-old man named Jordan Benson was reportedly considering a career change to become an astronaut after seeing that mankind is going back to the moon and possibly even Mars.</p>

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