have an impact on the future!

“Rosa sat so that Martin could walk, Martin walked so that Obama could run.”

The more I read about this election, the more I appreciate how remarkable it is to look at how this country has changed over the past few decades.  I saw the quote above and was immediately drawn to it and the way it captures the impact that individuals can have on society.

I work at NASA because I’ve always been inspired by the idea of exploration, that there’s lots out there to explore and tons of things to learn about the universe.  What strikes me relative to this quote is that as a species, I’m sure we have a future in the rest of the universe.  What exactly that looks like, I don’t know.  Yet, what we do today clearly has an impact on that future.  So what can you do today that will open up a new future for later generations?