RIP John Glenn
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First American to orbit the earth.
I remember watching him blast off. We got out of class. 2nd grade.
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First American to orbit the earth.
I remember watching him blast off. We got out of class. 2nd grade.
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"This is Friendship Seven. I
"This is Friendship Seven. I'll try to describe what I'm in here. I am in a big mass of some very small particles, that are brilliantly lit up like they're luminescent. I never saw anything like it. They round a little; they're coming by the capsule, and they look like little stars. A whole shower of them coming by.
They swirl around the capsule and go in front of the window and they're all brilliantly lighted. They probably average maybe 7 or 8 feet apart, but I can see them all down below me, also."
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What a life.
What a life.
i had a "Cape Canaveral" plastic set, w little plastic figures, rockets, moonlanders, etc...that got a lot of play on living room floor in my house.
((RIP))
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Damm, Godspeed john glenn
Damm, Godspeed john glenn
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6tAY05Ws6RE
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He didn't walk on moon. First
He didn't walk on moon. First American to orbit.
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^ya, i was slightly confused
^ya, i was slightly confused for a minute McD....go figure
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who said he did
who said he did
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He was quite the hero in 1962
He was quite the hero in 1962. I remember listening on the radio to the whole flight.
Got a ticker tape parade down the canyon of heroes.
RIP
Zero G, and I feel fine.
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John Glenn was a true
John Glenn was a true national hero. RIP.
I saw him introduce Bruce Springsteen at a rally on the OSU campus before the first Obama victory.
The Boss played a verse and chorus of "Hey Mr. Spaceman" by The Byrds in his honor.
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RIP to a true American hero,
RIP to a true American hero, and a Buckeye through and through.
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Just read that Ted Williams
Just read that Ted Williams was his wingman in the Korean war, he also came back from one mission with 250 holes in his plane from being shot. He was also nicked named magnet ass because of all of the enemy he attracketed in the unfriendly skies. A true American Bad Ass.
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Godspeed John Glenn
Godspeed John Glenn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVZm8VmMRpA
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He gave a pretty moving
He gave a pretty moving eulogy at my grandfather's funeral as I remember.
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John Glenn & Neil Armstrong
John Glenn & Neil Armstrong were my first heroes as a child. When I was 9 I was lucky enough to meet John when I was on a tour of Cape Canaveral with my family. He was every bit as nice as I expected him to be & my mother said he seemed humbled about how much I admired him. It was a moment I'll cherish for the rest of my life!
RIP John. May you forever have a place among the stars.
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That don't make em as tough
That don't make em as tough as JG was anymore.
Talk about a real American bad ass.
His aircraft was hit by enemy fire on five different occasions, yet he escaped serious injury. A 1962 Life magazine spread noted that Glenn once returned from a mission in Korea with 375 holes in his plane. Crew members nicknamed the aircraft “the flying doily.”
((375 holes))
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>>>Got a ticker tape parade
>>>Got a ticker tape parade down the canyon of heroes.
Got a second one in 1998 after traveling on the space shuttle as the oldest person ever to go into space.
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When some journalists asked
When some journalists asked Chuck Yeager whether he regretted not being chosen for the Mercury program -- certain PR-savvy people in the government had decreed that only college graduates would be eligible, and Chuck didn't fit that bill -- he said that he was happy for some younger folks to have their chance. (John Glenn is two years older than Yeager.) "Besides," he added, "I've been a pilot all my life, and there won't be any flying to do in Project Mercury." When the assembled scribes expressed some confusion about this pronouncement, Chuck merely commented, "Well, a monkey's gonna make the first flight."
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IMO, Chuck Yeager was a big
IMO, Chuck Yeager was a big part of the reason the space program got as far as it did. The first person to break the speed of sound & also test piloted rocket powered aircraft. An American hero in his own right.
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a great American
a great American
You can kind of stick him up there with Daniel Boone/ Lewis & Clarke/Lindbergh and the great Jim Bridger
He did get a lot of help
:-)