I've waited almost A LIFETIME to watch the first manned landing on Mars.
I waited while NASA became mired in bureaucracy after throwing away the successful Saturn rocket, indulging in cutbacks and budget games while pretending it knew nothing about extraterrestrials, turning the next phase of the moon and mars projects into a never ending cash cow as endless studies and delays OVER DECADES resulted in absolutely nothing but more promises for the ever indefinite "the future".
Then one guy named Musk comes along, does things differently, rationally, cleverly, and suddenly we are at the threshold of a new age, all while NASA is still talking, planning, and denying.