There is an Open House this weekend being held at JPL in Pasadena, where you can get a view to the history and work of JPL, one of the principal participants in the space race going back to around the time of Russia's launching of it's Sputnik satellite.
The JPL home page gives more details. It's free and with free parking, something you don't have at, well, Dodger Stadium, for one example. http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/events/open-house.cfm
It might be something useful for parents to take their children to where there may be a rekindling of interest in this area among the young people like we had in the 60s, ultimately getting us on the Moon in less than a decade.
Without leaving the ground, another area of interest for us is eathquakes, and JPL is also involved in that subject among all that JPL does. You might have noticed that it gets called by television and radio news reporters whenever we have an earthquake of any level for more information.
Even if you don't see your children becoming scientists, it may inspire them to do better in their studies to get into whatever their potential can take them to.
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