Read this excerpt from "The Unseen Values."

All of the glowing predictions being made on behalf of space exploration will not be here tomorrow or the next day. Yet this seems less important than that we recognize the significance of our moment of history.
Which of the following statements is suggested by the author in the passage above?

There are more important issues than space exploration.
The benefits of space exploration may not be seen immediately.
The glowing predictions being made will prove to be wrong.
This is the most important moment in history.