This is definitely true of the US. The UK has not had religion as a cornerstone of community for a long time. My town's landmark church (huge, ornate and beautiful) has only survived by reinventing itself as a secular community hub as well as still conducting its religious services. So now we have this gorgeous building holding flower festivals, theatre productions, science fairs, ice skating, cinema showings, an annual beer festival and much more, in addition to running a coffee shop and childrens play area for anyone who just wants to pop in. It's wonderful, and much more in line with the community hub it would have originally been centuries ago.

My son and I are Apollo nuts. Reading about the Apollo 1 fire is heavy stuff. Gus Grissom was the man everyone at NASA wanted and expected to be the first man on the moon. It's a miracle that anything went ahead after the crew died.