Sunday, April 21, 2013

Teenagers sent us to the moon.

How old were you when JFK first challenged the nation to put a man on the moon?
(Don't worry, you don't have to answer out loud)

Consider this...

The average age in NASA mission control during the Apollo 11 moon landing, scientists and engineers, was 26 years old.

This means those scientists and engineers were only 18 years old on average when JFK first challenged them to go to the moon, a challenge that seemed outlandish and a pipe dream at the time. Teenagers were inspired, and they sent us to the moon 8 years later.

How will these teenagers respond to the challenges we place before them today?

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