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American kids would much rather be YouTubers than astronauts
- mac01021 7y agoI don't think this has much to do with the level of interest in STEM. I would rather be any of those other 4 things than an astronaut. At the same time, I would rather be an aerospace engineer, a molecular biologist, or just about any type of physicist than any of those alternatives.
- AceyMan 7y agoThese same kids have never seen a real astronaut in the press and culture before a moon shot. Talk about a "rock star"—if John Glenn had a YT account in the day he'd have 200M followers and could retire on Patreon. They were our superheros.
- laurensr 7y agoLuckily, youtubers can now also be astronauts: http://astronaut.io http://astronaut.io