Jun 1 1963
From The Space Library
Astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr., returned to U.S. after vacationing in Japan with his family since shortly after MA-9 manned space flight, during which he had been stationed aboard Pacific tracking ship Coastal Sentry. Glenn's candidness and openness during visit was said to have "boosted U.S. image" in Japan. (AP, Wash. Sun. Star, 6/2/63)
In address on "Prelude to Independence" at Williamsburg, Va., Barbara Ward of The Economist (London) said: "If the men of 1776 had attempted the opening up of America, with the testy impatience of so many politicians today, they would barely have crossed the Adirondacks . . . . "Seen in the aspect of not a single decade but of the 50 or 60 years needed for full modernization, economic assistance to our crowded world could seem as challenging as our space ventures and far more rewarding. . . ." (Text, Wash,. Post, 6/2/63, A8)
Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D.-W. Va.), addressing Alumni of Concord college, said: "Our marvelous technological developments, our flights into outer space, have demonstrated that there is virtually no limit to the development of the human mind. Today the moon is within range, tomorrow the stars-after that, who knows? Human knowledge is a pyramid whose topmost point stretches into infinity .... "Who develops the mind of the astronaut, and his co-workers? That is the job of the teacher, of education. That pyramid of knowledge .... rests upon a base of solid, fundamental learning which makes all of our splendid achievements possible .... ' (Text, CR, 6/6/63, A3655-56)
