citing his lack of spending on education, the nation’s largest teaching union dismissed the President’s announcement as an electioneering gimmick. “We don’t need to send one teacher into space,” the union president said. “We need to send all teachers into their classrooms fully equipped and ready to help students learn. Sending a teacher into outer space won’t solve the problems in schools on earth.” On Capitol Hill, former astronaut Senator John Glenn opposed the initiative as dangerous and frivolous.
