re: I did not mean to insult or discourage your efforts.
It's cool , I didn't take it that way. I know you can't force people to love what we have passion for, but people come to us with questions and curiosity, so we take that and run with it. Some never come back and some join. It's a good way to find the people who want to learn.
But all in all, people want that hands on, it's gives them the reality they seek, and the oooooo's and aaaaaa's say alot when they see the moons surface, or the polar caps of Mars, or the rings of Saturn.
It then generates more and more questions from them, they are the ones who end up joining and become active.