History teacher laying down the facts!

What I’m saying here isn’t that people like pioneers of exploration aren’t important, or that you shouldn’t remember them. I love aviation and have all sorts of names in my head of pilots who did notable things or were just plain “cool.” I’m saying that while I think we should be well rounded and know a little about a lot at least- speaking on priorities- knowing who used the Rocket is like knowing the star player of a team or the lead guitarist of a band but not the rest of the people who make it happen. That too could be seen as grounds to reevaluate your priorities. Knowing who invented a thing isn’t as important as knowing how it works as far as I’m concerned. If we either had to forget the name of the Wright brothers or forget how airplanes work... I’ll keep the planes thank you.

In conclusion- not knowing the name of a space explorer just says to me you probably aren’t really into space exploration- maybe you aren’t much into science- or at least the science of space and space travel. If you know the name of the Kardashians and you also know how to program advanced autonomous control systems, or to use statistics to solve real problems- any number of great things- your priorities are probably fine.