Originally Posted by StevenASylwester
The NASA angle is a clever way to avoid public hostilities toward smart kids.

...Until someone discovers the ruse and there's a backlash of outrage. It perpetrates the perception that there's a group of silver spoon fed uberkinder that is being groomed for replacing those "Pentagon-based generals and admirals and the highest ranking personnel in the various U.S. intelligence agencies". I understand what your concerns are and the reasoning behind it. It just stinks of entitlement and payoffs.