This says way more about the US, and NASA than the kids today. The US doesn't have a shuttle fleet. We beg the Russians for a ride to space if we need one. I

This says way more about the US, and NASA than the kids today. The US doesn't have a shuttle fleet. We beg the Russians for a ride to space if we need one. I grew up watching the shuttle flights, I'm 41, I watched every one I could when I was a kid, including Challenger and Columbia. I was in the 2nd grade during the Challenger disaster, we watched the launch live in the classroom. It still upsets me to think about it. And after that disaster, we rebuilt ourselves, we did better, and we pressed on. My children will never have an emotional attachment to space travel like that because the US does not have an effective space program. So, of course, the kids don't want to be astronauts. They want to be whatever we the adults, model for them. And, collectively, we've been some shitty role models lately.