5 ms·
From inspiring kids to land on the moon and explore space, it goes down to this? Surely, there can be more productive ways to harness and encourage creativity a
by baltcode 15y ago
From inspiring kids to land on the moon and explore space, it goes down to this? Surely, there can be more productive ways to harness and encourage creativity and STEM. What about, say fuel efficient passenger planes, or cataloging cancer genes?
- whichdan 15y agoI'm not sure what angle they'd play with advertising, but I think "build a fighter plane!" sounds a lot more exciting to a kid than "improve the fuel efficiency of passenger planes!"
- baltcode 15y agoI agree. Though something like "build a personal rocket ship", like SpaceX or the lot doesn't sound too bad either. I am just disappointed that the civilian/exploration side of NASA isn't the big dream anymore.
- Groxx 15y ago40 year old tech (even if it isn't, it is from the outside) probably doesn't help. NASA used to be a driving force behind more-visible tech, now they just appear to be failing to keep up. It has lost some pizazz since the Cold War.