To Boldly go where no man has gone before

These signs are at the entrance to a park in Webster Texas named in honor of the crew that was lost on Challenger. These signs are literally 5 miles away from the NASA Mission Control Room from where the Apollo moon landings were controlled. How will we ever inspire the next generation of explorers if we do not let them play with model aircraft or rockets? Especially in a place that is named in honor of those who have gone before and sacrificed their lives to the cause of exploration. There is no more fitting place. How will they ever begin to bridge the gap between dreaming a thing and doing a thing? They will need space to experiment and develop intuition. Most great paradigm shifts do not come from institutions but from individuals. Goddard, Von Braun, Shepard, Armstrong did not grow up sheltered in suburbia. Our arrogant laws will be our cage.