I had the X15 mobile launcher. I need on now that I becoming a kid again!

Love these sets and all they represented in my childhood, a future where collaboration and going into exploration of the universe was possible. I mean still is, but I thought it'll be in my lifetime.

We kinda have! Just much more with robots, which don't need any of that pesky food or oxygen. But we've got a bunch of robots on Mars, we flew one by Pluto to get the first ever closeup look, we've even hauled back little pieces of an asteroid and found building blocks of life.

I always wonder what fraction of the engineers and scientists who built those things got their start with Legos or similar building toys. I bet it's a lot.