I was listening to a radio programme this morning on the way to work, one broadcast to the world by a well-known news agency (yes, that’s the one, run by the Broken Biscuit Company.) In Lifechangers, Dr Kevin Fong talks to people about their lives in science, and in this episode, former NASA administrator, Major General Charles Bolden talked about his life and career. As soon as the term NASA, or the word space, is mentioned, my ears prick up. I grew up in the sixties when space exploration was at its boldest. The Apollo missions fired my imagination and I was devastated when I found I would be on…