[Redleg Duke]

Growing up in the 50s, I got used to our rockets nearly always blowing up, but NASA kept on trying and we landed men on the moon and brought them home safely.

Today's Americans want instant gratification at little cost and they don't have the attention span to focus beyond any failed attempts.

Thanks to the socialist (RAT) takeover of the public schools, we are turning out drones. They have managed to suppress the entrepreneurial genes that our ancestors exploited to come to and succeed in the "New World".

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

After retirement ...tried teaching Math....very few were really into focusing on something that takes time.

[Bikkuri]

Have you seen any of the failures from Russia or China (both are rare and hard to find) :p

At least we have the tests out in an area that wont normall put any populated areas in danger :^/

[COBOL2Java]

Exactly. Watch some of the early tests filmed by Wernher von Braun in the 50s. They tried again and again and again, learning more and more each time from every failure until they got it right.

Actually, some of the failures are kinda funny to watch. :0)