Generation X-plorers don't have a clue about what it takes to get into space.
In past generations not knowing that something is impossible was a virtue - they had the basic math and science skills to figure it out as they go.
Generation X-plorers not only don't know what they don't know, they don't even know what they think they know. In manned spaceflight that kind of arrogance can be fatal.
Well, there are a lot of baby-boomers who have been waiting for this opportunity too.