A few nights ago I saw a report on NBC Nightly News about Richard Branson’s new spaceship. Starting in 2011 you can pay $200,000 to go into space for 5 minutes. There are already 300 people who have paid. Once everyday man can enter the far atmospheres of our Earth what is next? If you really think about in a little over 100 years we have gone from riding around mostly in horse and buggy to having spaceships everyday people can ride in. It amazes me that all this happened in a lifetime.

My Grandpa talks about his days delivering newspapers around town, worrying about the papers getting wet because there was no plastic to keep them dry. We have to wonder what technological advances we have coming to us in five to ten years.

I wonder if I will reflect back in 40 years and not understand my grandchildren and tell stories of computers that crashed, cell phones that ran on batteries and cars running on gas. There is such a gap between my generation and my grandparents. My generation seems to quickly adapt to new technologies. We are able to quickly learn and accept new advances, that our grandparents (at least mine) are hesitant to join.

According to a Pew Research Center study, “About 75 percent of adults 18 to 30 went online daily, compared with 40 percent of those 65 to 74 and about 16 percent for people 75 and older.” I believe that 18 to 30 year olds will not decrease in daily internet use, if anything there will be more going online daily as the internet becomes a larger part of our lives.

I get excited about new technologies and interesting ventures, like the spaceship. As soon as the new Motorola Droid came out I was one of the first in line. I was stoked the day I got my first apple computer, and boy do I love my Wii. If I had $200,000 lying around don’t you worry I would have already put a down payment on that spaceship.

My grandparents on the other hand scoff at the idea of going into space and they could care less about my new phone. They say that is too hard to figure out or they are too old. I don’t believe that my interest in technological advances will change as I get older, I will still get excited about the newest innovations. I will learn with my grandchildren instead of getting left in the dust.