Now 90, Glenn, a retired Marine Corps pilot, said research is the most
important benefit of the US space programme and lauded the decision to
extend the International Space Station’s life to at least 2020 from 2015.
“People say, ‘Well, what good is research?’ I think every bit of progress
made by human beings has been made because somebody was curious about the
unknown,” Glenn said.
“If there’s one thing we have learned through the history of our country,
it’s that money spent on basic research has a way of paying back in the
future beyond anything we ever see at the outset,” he said.
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