Remember as a young child watching his first space flight. A great man. Gods Speed to the Heavens Senator Glenn.



http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/...glenn.html

Oh no! Very sad! He lived quite a life.

God Bless John Glenn!

I wonder if Obama will send a representative to the funeral?

A real American hero....

An American legend.

Last living member of the Mercury 7.

(12-08-2016 03:45 PM)HarmonOliphantOberlanderDevine Wrote:  God Bless John Glenn!

I wonder if Obama will send a representative to the funeral?

While he was fairly liberal from what I recall, I don't think he was enough of a socialist to warrant a presidental rep at his funeral.

Circled the globe three times IIRC, and also seem to recall that it was he whose heart beat barely rose as he reentered earth's atmosphere, something no one was 100% sure a man could survive. Nads of steel.

We know him as the astronaut, as the Senator, but he also fought in Korea with an interesting wingman. Yes, THAT Ted Williams.

(12-08-2016 05:24 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  We know him as the astronaut, as the Senator, but he also fought in Korea with an interesting wingman. Yes, THAT Ted Williams.

Interesting. The first astronaut and the last .400 hitter.

(12-08-2016 05:24 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  We know him as the astronaut, as the Senator, but he also fought in Korea with an interesting wingman. Yes, THAT Ted Williams.

He flew combat missions in WWII and Korea.

He went back up in the shuttle at age 77.

(12-08-2016 05:50 PM)QuestionSocratic Wrote:  He went back up in the shuttle at age 77.

Thanks for the reminder. He did indeed. The oldest person to ever fly in outer space.

(12-08-2016 05:50 PM)QuestionSocratic Wrote:  He went back up in the shuttle at age 77.

Yup, was gonna mention that too. Something most 27 YO's wouldn't qualify physically for.

RIP. Lived a full life, that's for sure.

Married to the same gal for 73 years too. Than might be his toughest accomplishment.

R.I.P. to an American legend.

RIP John Glenn. He's one of the few of the older astronauts that I didn't meet. I met Shepard, Truly, Schmidt, John Young, etc. by virtue of refueling their T-38s, and F-104s that came to the Transient Terminal at the airport. I've gotten about 55 NASA patches and more than 100 photos of the space program. A few autographed pictures of the astronauts too. What I love about those are they're signed to me by the particular astronaut. Sometimes I wonder how much my collection is worth. I know one thing my grandkids are going to be the lucky ones as I'll be giving them my collection.

(12-08-2016 06:21 PM)olliebaba Wrote:  RIP John Glenn. He's one of the few of the older astronauts that I didn't meet. I met Shepard, Truly, Schmidt, John Young, etc. by virtue of refueling their T-38s, and F-104s that came to the Transient Terminal at the airport. I've gotten about 55 NASA patches and more than 100 photos of the space program. A few autographed pictures of the astronauts too. What I love about those are they're signed to me by the particular astronaut. Sometimes I wonder how much my collection is worth. I know one thing my grandkids are going to be the lucky ones as I'll be giving them my collection.

Very cool.

I just remembered that we used to have a large shadow box with all the past and current NASA patches under lock. A supervisor got a rock that looked like what anyone would think a moon rock would looked like (it was probably from his back yard) and he placed it in the box with a sign that said "moon rock" and we tried hard not to laugh when people would ask us about it and we would tell them that that's what it was.

(12-08-2016 04:04 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  Last living member of the Mercury 7.

Not to demean Mr. Glenn's accomplishments but we still have a couple of space heroes alive in Buzz Aldrin (who had his own recent health scare after traveling to the South Pole!) and Chuck Yeager (he's 93).

I wonder if our first travelers to Mars will be looked upon with awe like the Mercury 7 members?

RIP and God Speed.

(12-08-2016 03:57 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  A real American hero....

... then he became a politician.

God speed John Glenn.