John Glenn Death: Trailblazing US Astronaut Was 95 - BBC News

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Link: John Glenn death: Trailblazing US astronaut was 95 - BBC News

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God Speed, John Glenn.

 

There goes Project Mercury from living memory.

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Another sad loss

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Also the oldest man to travel in space.

 

R.I.P.

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Also sadly the point where NASA management got that Go Fever again which led to Columbia.

 

Many shuttle era astronauts consider NASA assigning Glenn to STS-95 as another publicity stunt like Christa McAuliffe or Bill Nelson going up. A final favour from an outgoing Democratic President and a Democratic NASA Administrator. If anyone is interest in a warts'n'all astronautt biography read Riding Rockets by Mike Mullane. A man who thanks to the NSA will never get credit for releasing and troubleshooting a spy satellite the size of Hubble.