If you dream the proper dreams, and share the myths with people, they will want to grow up to be like you. All the astronauts I meet tell me they have been influenced by me to grow up the way they did. If you and I dream properly and creatively, then the future will be secured. But reality will kill you unless you deal with it through myths and metaphors. The trouble with people who write realistically is that they want to electrocute you.
Space travel is our final, greatest dream.
If we can reach the nearest solar system, then we can live for an extra million years. But ultimately, the particular myth is not important - it's how to fall and stay in love. Teach students to be in love with life, to love their work, to create at the top of their lungs. I love what I'm doing and started loving it when I was 12. No, you've got to make personal contact.