Think about it,
"The DBA who went to Space!"
It means bragging rights to your family, friends, children, and grandchildren for them to reach higher and achieve their best! 😎 Alan B. Shepard league.
Shepard took the chance of going the lost in space route and in those days rockets were less reliable then today. There's always a risk in everything you do including crossing the street at the wrong time.
....paying off your house ? er.. really ? YAWWWN, who will remember that ?
Strap me up to that big firecracker and let's go up to visit the Aurora Borealis. 🙂
Space Joe