When I think we have (certainly for most of us) built our passion for space upon things that have hardly turned true.
For instance, paintings by Chesley Bonestell inspired many but they are all a far cry from reality. Rudaux painted a real moon, but got no success.
The HST shows us marvelous things but it never is what the human eye would see (except for nearby planets, perhaps); once in space, we can't see much if our eyes see the sunny side of any object, we can't see stars, the milky way, etc... Science-Fiction authors lead us to believe going to space was easy and straightforward, but it's so difficult, in fact, that it still depends on governements and their political willingness. Weightlessness is fun as it gives us an ultimate freedom feeling, but there are short, near and long term annoying effects to it.
Space is total silence, a silence unbearable to movie makers (except Kubrick) and even sometimes documentary producers.
Moving in space isn't like flying a plane: if you want to catch up with a station, you have to SLOW down (in order to get to a!