NASA

   Way back in 1969, Americans looked forward watching one thing and one thing only on tv: the moon landing. Everybody knew when the launch would be. They talked about it on the streets and at social gatherings... it was pretty much the only thing they cared about (besides Woodstock) because it was something new and exciting.
   But nowadays, a moon landing or even a Mars landing means little to nothing to people. Just the other day, Curiosity made a landing on Mars; I was watching it on the NASA channel. People of my age tend to post trending things on Twitter or Facebook to show their interest and absolutely nobody I knew posted anything in the minutes leading up to the event. To the contrary, everyone in the NASA station was super ecstatic when Curiosity landed. Seeing how happy they were made me feel just how wonderful the landing was, including how much work and dedication they put into it. I FELT their excitement and wanted to jump in the air even though it was like 2 in the morning. They did something spectacular and our nation ignored them.
   So how did we go from nationwide interest in the space frontier to nobody but 'geeks' even knowing such a thing like a Mars landing even occurred? THAT'S A BIG DEAL! I went on CNN.com and it wasn't even the top story. Could it be that we just expect things like this now? That we expect to be living in space within a couple years? We are blinded by Hollywood lies that offer the possibility of traveling at 'lightspeed' and other science fiction entities.
   I wish we could go back in time because people now are so ignorant about things that really matter, things that would help us learn more and explore more than we could have ever imagined. People back in the day had to work hard if they wanted to learn. Now all we have to do is whip out our phones (which are on us 24/7) to find answers to complicated historical, mathematical, scientific questions that only a few people really know answers to. Nothing like the internet was available to people a while ago; they had to write by hand and read encyclopedias for answers, and even then they might not have their questions solved.
   Let's face it: We're spoiled.

~This is not the only thing I wonder about. I'll keep you posted.