Dare to Dream!

I spoke to the Boys' Brigade juniors about dreams the other night.  What they wanted to be.  There were a lot of answers!

• Bus Drivers
• Policemen
• Engineers
• To be strong
• Teacher
• Actor
• Firemen
• Paramedic

The list goes on...  But one kid said astronaut, only one, but what a cool dream.  He's a clever kid and i hope he gets there.  If i can help i will but it got me thinking about my dreams and my ongoing dream of doing something incredible as an engineer.
How much better can you get then engineering something to go into space.  I hadn't really though about it before but what a cool dream!
I stumbled one day after and it found a video on spaceflight.  That was almost feted.  It talked about the steps we're making in commercial space travel.  Although I'd caught it before it just meant more this time.  The main runners are of course Virgin Galactic.  They've already started to build a space port and made it into space several times testing the original Spaceship 1 and now the updated Spaceship 2.  The first to make a commercial space shuttle that made it to space.  Not only that but completely reusable.
Incredible.  A massive jump in technology from the days of Apollo for which we all think when we dream of space flight.  It's become possible.  Not only that but how much easier will it be for our junior to achieve that dream.  At $200,000 it's still out of the price range of most of us but it's there for the taking nonetheless.  Something i would love to be a part of.  A whole new sector that needs engineers. A reason to get up and get going!
We'll see the first commercial flight in the next year or two.  It's no longer a dream, it has become reality!
http://www.virgingalactic.com