And every generation will continue to look at the younger generations as degenerate failures who fall short of all expectations with no respect for their elders, etc etc. Irony is that much of the generation who is old enough to remember the Apollo missions also managed to be the downfall of society in their WW2 serving fathers' eyes.

I saw Apollo 11, and enjoyed the heck out of it. Incredible what an accomplishment it was, given the limitations. It doesn't take a generational membership to appreciate that.

And to think, I was born AFTER we lost the Challenger, and now I'm flying a wing designed in the same decade the Apollo capsule was.

Also worth noting: the average age of the engineer team at space X is late 20's.