天体物理学家、作家和讲师尼尔deGrasse Tyson告诉全国公共广播电台2012年,“我可以站在八年级前说,“谁想成为一名航空工程师可以设计一架飞机比一个更省油20%你的父母飞吗?这通常不会工作。但如果我说,‘谁想成为一名航空工程师设计的飞机导航火星稀薄大气的吗?“…我是班上最好的学生。”This still holds true today and inspiring kids will always be the key to future space exploration.
“我们中有谁不知道的奇妙和神秘和敬畏和看到的东西,甚至在电视上,从未见过,经验带回我们的机器人太空任务?”Griffin added that "when we do things for real reasons as opposed to acceptable reasons, we produce our highest achievements."
但几十年后,他站在那里盯着同一天空和他年轻的儿子,问他,“为什么他们去了?”As Bragg lamented, "The space race is over, and I can't help but feel that we're all just going nowhere." Despite the beauty of his lyrics, I must differ with him respectfully on that last point. I continue to believe that humanity still has a chance to become a truly spacefaring race, and that we must find a way to do so.
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