We're not up there in space just to joyride around. We're up there to do things that are of value to everybody right here on Earth.

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• John Glenn:

  Just to continue a space program because it's a space program? No, I don't think we have an obligat

• John Glenn:

  We had 83 different space research projects on my last space flight in '98, and they covered the wh

• John Glenn:

  The conquest of space is not merely a technological project of interest to a handful of select scie

• Tom Stoppard:

  Despite the digital age, there is a very large number of venues and spaces that are looking for pla

• Tom Stoppard:

  There are many, many more small theater spaces than there were when I was starting out.

• John Glenn:

  I was hooked on aviation, made model airplanes, and never thought I would be able to fly myself. It

• John Glenn:

  The Discovery was the most intricate, complex machine man has ever built. It's a testament to our t

• John Glenn:

  I've never let people push me around in politics.

• John Glenn:

  Any administration foolish enough to call ketchup a vegetable cannot be expected to cut the mustard

• John Glenn:

  I say let's not gamble with American jobs and America's future.