Random Thought of the Day

I was recently assigned a short essay to write for my Mars Exploration class. The prompt was,

"How many people are in space right now?"

So I Googled it: "how many people are in space right now?"

and got this website:

www.HowManyPeopleAreInSpaceRightNow.com

Yup. That's it.
That was an easy essay.

As a side note, Don't you find it sad that we have been sending people into space for more than 50 years, and yet there are only SIX people in space right now... There has been essentially NO progress in space flight/travel/exploration since the mid-seventies. Does anyone even care about this anymore?

I find it very, very sad.