Top 5 merit badges

We might as well be productive while we wait, so I present to you the five merit badges that are useful when waiting for April the giraffe to give birth.

I present to you my big discovery: this list of the five merit badges that come in handy when you find seven Earth-size planets only 40 light years away.

They call him the “Big Blue Boy Scout,” so it’s no stretch to imagine the Man of Steel — aka Superman — earning merit badges.

He uses science, physical strength and ingenuity — all skills promoted in Scouting — to do the right thing. But which merit badges would Batman earn?

Tomorrow’s astronaut could be today’s Scout or Venturer. So check out these Top 5 merit badges for the aspiring astronaut.

Here are the top 5 merit badges where luck might play a role. Not in completing a requirement but perhaps in maximizing its potential.