What happened in 1969? On June 20, Neil Armstrong stepped on the Moon's surface. How exactly did we as a country get there? It wasn't a bunch of English majors or people with degrees in Broadcast Journalism or History. It was America's mathematicians and engineers; those geeks that nobody really liked that were thought to be lame and good-for-nothings. America today has maybe one of the crappiest education systems on the planet, and less and less students are seeking careers in degrees that will truly make us the most advanced country in the world. What happened in the 60's that sparked our willingness to land a man on the Moon? It was the Russian launch of Sputnik, and there was no way the U.S. was gonna let the Soviets get away with it. Thus, the U.S. got on the ball and landed American astronauts on the friggin' surface of the Moon! We need another Sputnik, and maybe it will kick-start America's creativity and desire for technological advancement. I'm sick and tired of hearing about India's and China's engineers. Simply, we as a country need to get crackin'.