I grew up in the Space Shuttle era. With the exception of the Mars rovers, not much has caught my imagination in the space race since. Until SpaceX that is. SpaceX is impressive. Consistent innovation and driven by high aspirations. Their technology has made private commercial launches the driving force in the field. Watching their rockets land on barges at sea, and knowing they keep successfully reusing them is inspiring.
Graybeard code monkey, started on an Apple IIe, got a CS degree in the 80’s, and coded my way through C, C++, Objective-C, Java, Kotlin — and now Go.