you said:
” I wonder what else homo sapiens on this planet do not know about this solar system and its history…”

Well, it seems that there are far too many who:

1. Don’t know the three branches of government. When asked to identify them the vast majority of kids can’t name them. They are twits. But…

2. Don’t know about Harding, the Tea Pot Dome scandal or in what century the US. war between the States–most commonly called the U.S. Civil War–took place. I’m not shocked considering that one news show talked about the late–and great actor Heath Ledger appearing in The Patriot–a film they described as taking place during the U.S. Civil War….yikes.

3. Most don’t realize that Robert E. Lee was against slavery and never owned one. And Grant–who was against slavery–did own slaves at one point.

4. I had an argument with a school teacher because she insisted that while there was indeed a David Crockett, Daniel Boone was a fictional creation. I tried to point out that Boone was just as real as Crocket, but she did not seem to believe me. She’s an idiot and she teaches the kids. Whom people refer to as our future. I call them our future idiots. but hey, whose to blame the kids?

5. I saw a woman on Jay Leno insist that the president is George Washinton Bush. He asked who was the president. She said, “Bush.” He asked, what’s his first name, and she answered, “George.” Then–without him asking her she proudly said, “and his middle name is Washington.” She’s old enough to vote. Oh, yeah, she didn’t know the Vice Presidents name.

I hope that life out there is not watching life down here. Because we are raising a generation of twits, it seems.

And this is coming from soeone who is a self professed idiot.

Too true…this ones got nothing on John Robinson’s jet pack! ;^D

Re: Jetpack: 400 HP in a device that weighs only 250 pounds? That’s almost like a small motorcycle with the power of a Corvette. The 60MPH top speed “restriction” is a total joke.

Best of luck to the pioneers who fly Virgin Galactic and strap on the Jetpack…

Does it run on unleaded?

5. nscates,
I heard a radio interview with the jetpack’s creator, Glenn Martin, and he said that in the United States, the jetpack is classified as an ultralight aircraft, so it’s restricted to a top speed of 60 m.p.h.

Oh, I have that right here in my pocket, here ya go. Tell you what, one for every poster on Trekmovie.com, two for Anthony for the fine job he does of bringing us humor like this!