More accurate:
The Boomer eats most of the cookies, then bitches at the younger generations for wondering where all the cookies went after being told there'd be cookies.
The astronauts and NASA crew were largely Silent Gen, with GI Gen leading, while Boomers were just coming out of college at the time. Nice try, Boomers.
They didn't really bend over and take it, they grew up during the highest living standards in history, rebelled against them, abandoned responsibilities, became filthy hippies, neglected their GenX kids, then scolded the younger generations for being resentful over having to bend over and take it.