Having spent the first 27 years of my life living within a mile of Stapleton Int. Airport, hundreds of hours outdoors as a carpenter, hunter, fisherman and wild crafter I can safely say I don't fit in the box you just described. I have also been a fan of space launches and have seen on film almost every major launch since Friendship 7 which I clearly recall watching as a child. And then the Challenger disaster from the Cape.
OK, so you are not in the group I describe as “ignorant” on the subject, which means...