This is a nicely sumerization of his testimony by the Space.com editor Tariq Malik I did view the video feed of the days event as well as yesterdays. Lacking of the Hero's image are the Buzz, Shephards and Armstrong and many former astronauts from the Apollo era. Only Do I myself know the names of a few shuttle pilots and even fewer with respect to the ISS crews. Get real media in front of the people so that we all can be part of this process like we all were when the Lunar landing happened so many years ago.

Not knowing the astronauts' names is actually a good sign. Do you know the names of all the people who will board an airplane today?

The closer we get to anonymity, the more people are travelling to space. I am in no way suggesting that we already have open enough access to space. But I hope the trend of astronauts (and cosmonauts, and taikonauts) becoming more and more commonplace accelerates.