Your graphic reminds me of my kid.
The month my son was born, NASA launched a satellite called the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). It’s published mission length was two years.
That son developed an interest in space and went to college to become an Astronautical Engineer.
When he was 20, He got a college job at NASA as a data technician with the 20 year old SOHO Mission, you know, the one that was supposed to last for 2 years.
In the interview, he actually said “I was born for this job.”
That’s a great story.
I always loved space stuff. I recall doing a report on the Voyagers back in middle school when they had launched.
40+ years later my daughter was also interested in space stuff and astronomy and we read and researched the news of the Voyagers leaving our solar system and STILL sending back data.
IIRC they are both shut down now (or maybe just one of them?), with the hope that in some years they are going to try to “awaken” it to see if they can???
Oops - I just read where they had been shut down temporarily, but as of Jan. 2020 they are still on and sending back data. They were supposed to last 4 to 5 years!
While my daughter likes space/astronomy, her academic strengths were in other areas.