Wow. Yes! I remember this. It's also amusing how much humans are effected by century and millennial boundaries. There was a show in the 80s, on I think Discov

Wow. Yes! I remember this. It's also amusing how much humans are effected by century and millennial boundaries. There was a show in the 80s, on I think Discovery, called Beyond the Year 2000. As a kid it seemed like the simple fact that we were entering the next millennium MUST be meaningful. And popular media portrayed it that way. But 15 years is 15 years. Doesn't matter what boundary is crossed. Hahaha. I think that's part of what even got people worked up about Y2K. It's a new millennia! Did we plan for it?!? Anyway, my point is, I think the millennial boundary may have influenced excitement about space progress as much as other forms of irrational optimism. Plus, gravity is hard.