Alan Kay's 1972 paper "A Personal Computer for Children of All Ages," has come true in many ways. The paper shows childern looking at the Dynabook at a pitcure of a spacecraft.
There are several Google Nexus's ads where children are running through the house, with the space helemets on, looking at a picture of a spacecraft.
The future has now arrived. Still waiting to see if the Microsoft Surface is anything beyond an Ultrabook, without enough storage space - minumum 300GB for my needs.