How the media shaped our you scientists

[jposs]

I do not know what or where to put this....

Someone should work on a paper about how our North American (only one I kind of know) is or has shaped our new group of Physics students and scientists... from equalizing gender to the Fantastic 4 to the Big Bang Theory and beyond.... not something I am willing to spend time on. Just a thought.

[jposs]

And of Course the space program on media. We can not forget that "One small step for man," even if it was before our time.

Thank you NASA for being.

[turbo]

When I was a kid, Sputnik scared the crap out of the military and the politicians. More emphasis was placed on science and math (even in elementary school), and there was extra aptitude testing, I believe. I know that my parents were urged to encourage my curiosity and direct it at sciences. As a result, I got a science-related Christmas gift every year, though my parents could barely afford it. A Sears Newtonian reflector, a cheap Edmund's microscope, a chemistry set... There were six of us living in a 5-room dump of a rental house, and still they managed to pull it together. There weren't many TVs in our town then, but the school had one, and we had a general assembly to watch every televised launch - and not just the manned shots.

[jposs]

When I was a kid, Sputnik scared the crap out of the military and the politicians. More emphasis was placed on science and math (even in elementary school), and there was extra aptitude testing, I believe. I know that my parents were urged to encourage my curiosity and direct it at sciences. As a result, I got a science-related Christmas gift every year, though my parents could barely afford it. A Sears Newtonian reflector, a cheap Edmund's microscope, a chemistry set... There were six of us living in a 5-room dump of a rental house, and still they managed to pull it together. There weren't many TVs in our town then, but the school had one, and we had a general assembly to watch every televised launch - and not just the manned shots.

I had all of it and F@U&%*CK763ED it up, but now that I am seeing this new media and the inherent potential of it I love stories like this. Anyone with more?