And we have got immense information. This I think was better than I expected. On the other hand, manned space research has been to some extent held up partly because the American shuttle took so much longer to develop than expected, cost so much more and had that one ghastly tragedy, Challenger, and also because changes in Russia meant the Russians ran out of money. So there has been a combination of circumstances which has meant that the manned programme has been slightly slower than might have been expected, which I believe now we are on the threshold of great things. Only a few minutes ago I watched the international space station pass over and only a few decades ago that would have been sheer science fiction.
Science fiction does have a habit of turning into science fact.
The Moon is perhaps your real love as far as astronomy goes. I knew I had no hope of going into space. I am the wrong age and the wrong nationality. And also you have to be immensely fit physically. Or, for that matter, my age.