The experiments and websites that we have links to in the 3-D world do have accurate NASA information on them. We have a link to where the Station is located in its orbit around the Earth at any given time. I wouldn't use Virtual Astronaut as a to scale version of the real Station, though. In my current experience I have gone from an organization where there were very few females, to being almost 50-50 males to females. The number of women getting computer science degrees is going down, but so are the number of men getting computer science degrees.
Engineering is even worse.
There are a number of people that are using computer science as a second career and may not necessarily get a computer science degree to get into that career. There is a lot you can learn in short training classes and on the job training that you don't need a degree for. If you want to get into management, a degree is highly desirable. Most kids today are fairly comfortable with computers and don't see the reason to learn more about them than making them a tool in what they really want to do. Most graphic artists use computers, but don't major in computer science.