Sense Sonnet - Steamer

To Err is Human

Astronauts used to be revered.
They were the modern heroes true,
Risking all as they pioneered
Glories up beyond the wild blue.
Then came a time of news reports
Of astronauts doing bad things -
Drunk in flights, jealous attack torts,
And other whiffs of naughty flings.
The public got fed up at last.
The once heroic were too flawed.
Their time in space was in the past.
Manned rocket launches were outlawed.

Gone is the human astronaut.
Instead it's me - a space robot.