PROVO - Jake Garn believes it was America's freedom, prosperity and opportunity that veterans preserved in war that gave him the opportunity to travel into space.
And, the former U.S. senator from Utah said today at Provo's Veterans Day commemoration: It was that trip on the space shuttle Discovery that showed him the key to peace on earth.
In space, he said, one doesn't see the Earth as a globe carved up into different nations, but rather as a small part of a vast universe.
"When you realize that there are more galaxies out there than there are grains of sand on the beach, you wonder why are we killing each other?" Garn said. And as more people go into space, they will change their attitude about life on earth and realize we're all brothers and sisters.
Garn said it is also important to realize that America is free and was able to become a leader in technology because veterans defended the country in time of war.
