found this on instapundit – really great (i am posting it word for word too!)

We didn’t watch astronauts land on the moon, we don’t have many notable space achievements, it’s all been done for us. My generation has always had astronauts, they aren’t heroes to us, we haven’t discovered anything new through them. We take astronauts for granted, space travel is supposed to be easy; we’re going to live on the moon. Today’s discoveries and feats are made through computers, how can I make that my hero? The people most effecting my generation are the computer programmers, the game makers, and those who brought us Napster and Kazaa.

The people who have accomplished great during our time on Earth are invisible to us. When was the last time you saw a poster of a computer programmer on your child’s wall?

Our ignorance is not an excuse but look at what we are left with. Generations before have explored many of the conceivable frontiers. We have no New World, no Oregon Trail, no gold rush, no Alaska, and no man on the moon. You’ve left us to do the almost impossible. We are lucky, and happy we have the things we have today. We’re glad we didn’t have to grow up without the Internet, cable TV and video games. But look at where you’ve left us.

We must achieve the almost impossible to go further than you. To go further than you we have to establish human life beyond the confines of our home. That is a mighty task you have left us with. Hopefully we can do that while finding the solutions to earthly problems in the process. We need a place to go, and we’ll find that place. Then we will go there, with our kids in the backseat (of the spacecraft) asking “Are we there yet?”

Until then, please forgive us as we learn just how much these events really mean to you.

– David Russell