It's not about the Institute, it's about the people. Each and everyone of them has made significant contributions to their respective field: astronautics, semiconductors, etc. You may not know now what can be done with these technologies, but in the long run they will be vital for new processes you can benefit from. Just wait and see...

According to some older news, the original footage of the Apollo 11 mission had disappeared. IIRC it was the BBC who lost it, or was the Australia original telemetry. Anyone can confirm?