Here’s the thing:
We can’t keep up with it.
back in the days of the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, even into the Shuttle we kept up better with what was going on ( without the Internet etc ) because, NASA communicated very effectively with all age groups about what was happening with the space program, the missions, rockets etc and how it was supposed to work etc.
They made sure of it. It was considered almost a national priority to keep people abreast of their space program! Not only did they want them to know where their tax dollars were going and how it was being spent, but to come and see it happening.
Now, days.... Even with the internet advantage, we don’t know shit when you get right down to it ?
Sure, you get need blurbs of Eon Musk is doing this promotional things or whatever at the last min etc
But, what are you really being told ? NOTHING!!
You don’t know anything about what the plans are, who made what decisions, why?
NASA used to bring in the astronauts, the engineers, scientists, astrophysics people, astronomers, ground control, mission control, rocket designers, rocket scientists, full blown network core, animation specialist, educators, congressman, even legislators, hell..... they even had Werner Von Braun on live set a few times after it had been launched, explaining, what will happen next.
And the American public watched, and they kept up too.
Now, it’s like they have been made not to care. And, they know that their being played with. And, maybe they are indeed.
I still try to follow no matter what. But, even I’ve gotten a bit cynical over all these years.
