As I Hurtled Through Space, One Thought

By Its Very Definition, Civic Responsibility Means Taking A Healthy Role In The Life Of One's Community. That Means That Classroom Lessons Should Be Complemented By Work Outside The Classroom. Service-learning Does Just That, Tying Community Service To Academic Learning.

We Had An Airplane, A Beechcraft Baron, That We - I Had Since 1981. And Annie [glenn] And I Both Of Had To Have Knee Replacements Unfortunately Over The Past Year, And It Made It More Difficult To Climb Up On The Airplane. We Weren't Using It That Much So We Did - It Hurt A Lot But I Finally Sold The Airplane.

To Sit Back And Let Fate Play Its Hand Out And Never Influence It Is Not The Way Man Was Meant To Operate.

Exploration, Of Course, Is Going To New Places, But I Don't Think We Go To New Places Just Solely To Say: "well, We've Been There," And Come Back, Interesting Though It May Be. To Me, Each Time We Go Farther Into Space We Should Use That To Do Basic Research - Basic Research That Can't Be Done Before You Go There.

Most Of Our Competitor Nations Around The World Have A National Education System And America Is The Only Major Nation In The World That Operates Off Of Local School Boards. They Receive Very Little Direction From State Boards Of Education Or From The Nation. So Local School Boards Direct Basically What Happens And Too Often They're Not Willing To Track Or To Do The Supervision Of The Education System That Will Make It World Competitive.