ArcherII
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The last surviving member of the Mercury gang passed away today 
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38257445
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38257445
John Glenn passed away
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WestIndian425
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Sad to see him go, but very proud of the legacy he has left behind.
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SurferLucas
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Godspeed Friendship 7, the Mercury 7 are together once more
The next group after the First 7, the New 9, I believe there are 5 remaining of them.
Eagle421flyer
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RIP
A Life Aloft
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Sigh. Another icon and American hero passes. So great was this man and his accomplishments that this feature film was shown in theaters across the country. The most remarkable 4 hours and 55 minutes in the history of the world. He trained for 3 years to become the third astronaut launched into space and the first astronaut to orbit our planet.
“To sit back and let fate play its hand out and never influence it is not the way man was meant to operate. I don’t know what you could say about a day in which you have seen four beautiful sunsets.
The most important thing we can do is inspire young minds and to advance the kind of science, math and technology education that will help youngsters take us to the next phase of space travel.
If there is one thing I’ve learned in my years on this planet, it’s that the happiest and most fulfilled people I’ve known are those who devoted themselves to something bigger and more profound than merely their own self-interest." -Colonel John H. Glenn
This exchange between Senators Glenn and Metzenbaum is worth reading. Damn impressive impromptu speech! Next time someone accuses you or any Veteran of not having a "job" because you're in the Military, quote Sen Glenn.
Howard Metzenbaum to John Glenn:
Metzenbaum: "How can you run for Senate when you've never held a 'job'?"
Glenn: "I served 23 years in the United States Marine Corps. I was through two wars. I flew 149 missions. My plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire on 12 different occasions.
"I was in the space program. It wasn't my checkbook, it was my life that was on the line. This was not a 9-to-5 job where I took time off to take the daily cash receipts to the bank.
"I ask you to go with me, as I went the other day to a Veterans Hospital, and look those men with their mangled bodies in the eye and tell them they didn't hold a job.
"You go with me to any Gold Star mother, and you look her in the eye and tell her that her son did not hold a job.
"You go with me to the space program, and you go as I have gone to the widows and the orphans of Ed White and Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee, and you look those kids in the eye and tell them that their dad didn't hold a job.
"You go with me on Memorial Day coming up, and you stand on Arlington National Cemetery — where I have more friends than I like to remember — and you watch those waving flags, and you stand there, and you think about this nation, and you tell me that those people didn't have a job.
"I tell you, Howard Metzenbaum, you should be on your knees every day of your life thanking God that there were some men — SOME MEN — who held a job. And they required a dedication to purpose and a love of country and a dedication to duty that was more important than life itself.
"And their self-sacrifice is what has made this country possible.
"I HAVE HELD A JOB, HOWARD!"
Oohrah sir, oohrah. RIP
“To sit back and let fate play its hand out and never influence it is not the way man was meant to operate. I don’t know what you could say about a day in which you have seen four beautiful sunsets.
The most important thing we can do is inspire young minds and to advance the kind of science, math and technology education that will help youngsters take us to the next phase of space travel.
If there is one thing I’ve learned in my years on this planet, it’s that the happiest and most fulfilled people I’ve known are those who devoted themselves to something bigger and more profound than merely their own self-interest." -Colonel John H. Glenn
This exchange between Senators Glenn and Metzenbaum is worth reading. Damn impressive impromptu speech! Next time someone accuses you or any Veteran of not having a "job" because you're in the Military, quote Sen Glenn.
Howard Metzenbaum to John Glenn:
Metzenbaum: "How can you run for Senate when you've never held a 'job'?"
Glenn: "I served 23 years in the United States Marine Corps. I was through two wars. I flew 149 missions. My plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire on 12 different occasions.
"I was in the space program. It wasn't my checkbook, it was my life that was on the line. This was not a 9-to-5 job where I took time off to take the daily cash receipts to the bank.
"I ask you to go with me, as I went the other day to a Veterans Hospital, and look those men with their mangled bodies in the eye and tell them they didn't hold a job.
"You go with me to any Gold Star mother, and you look her in the eye and tell her that her son did not hold a job.
"You go with me to the space program, and you go as I have gone to the widows and the orphans of Ed White and Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee, and you look those kids in the eye and tell them that their dad didn't hold a job.
"You go with me on Memorial Day coming up, and you stand on Arlington National Cemetery — where I have more friends than I like to remember — and you watch those waving flags, and you stand there, and you think about this nation, and you tell me that those people didn't have a job.
"I tell you, Howard Metzenbaum, you should be on your knees every day of your life thanking God that there were some men — SOME MEN — who held a job. And they required a dedication to purpose and a love of country and a dedication to duty that was more important than life itself.
"And their self-sacrifice is what has made this country possible.
"I HAVE HELD A JOB, HOWARD!"
Oohrah sir, oohrah. RIP
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A Life Aloft
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Truly a legend, the real Right Stuff.......................................
‘His missions have helped make possible everything our space program has since achieved and the human missions to an asteroid and Mars that we are striving toward now.’ NASA Administrator Charles Bolden
Annie Glenn, his wife of 73 years
His children Carolyn Ann Glenn and David Glenn
Colonel Glenn will be flown to Washington D.C. and buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
And all of those who see me, all who believe in me
Share in the freedom I feel when I fly
Sail over the canyons and up to the stars
And reach for the heavens and hope for the future
And all that we can be and not what we are
‘His missions have helped make possible everything our space program has since achieved and the human missions to an asteroid and Mars that we are striving toward now.’ NASA Administrator Charles Bolden
Annie Glenn, his wife of 73 years
His children Carolyn Ann Glenn and David Glenn
Colonel Glenn will be flown to Washington D.C. and buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
And all of those who see me, all who believe in me
Share in the freedom I feel when I fly
Sail over the canyons and up to the stars
And reach for the heavens and hope for the future
And all that we can be and not what we are
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RDoug
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At 42 he figured he'd never get a moon shot, so he resigned from NASA January of 1964, and retired from the Marines a year later.
A Life Aloft
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I am not sure. None of the Mercury astronauts flew two Mercury missions and the next missions would be Gemini in 1965 and Glenn was gone from NASA by January 1964. He was getting ready to leave NASA before even the first Gemini assignments where being handed out. But also John Kennedy had specifically told NASA that John Glenn, after his orbital flight, was a national hero and a natural resource and under no circumstances were they to risk his life by sending him on a second space flight. So something was at play against him having another shot. I know he wanted to get another space assignment though.
I was thrilled to see him on Discovery in '98 though.
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