jetophile Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 RIP in that big space rocket it the sky. http://nypost.com/2016/12/08/john-glenn-astronaut-and-former-senator-dead-at-95/ http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/08/health/john-glenn-dead/index.html A friend of mine passed away from cancer at that hospital and donated his body to science. They were very kind to him there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetophile Posted December 8, 2016 Author Share Posted December 8, 2016 On a lighter note, I'm sure most everyone has seen this, but just thought I'd share. You can't make it up . . . http://time.com/4591564/doctor-david-bowie-buzz-aldrin/ Haha, Buzz Aldrin's manager also says, "You can't make this stuff up." Nope, you can't. It's saying of mine in many variations, so I laughed like hell when I heard about the incident. He should be able to go home soon, he just needs David Bowie to sign off, lol. I saw another article that I can't find now that said 'Ground Control To Major Coincidence'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewilly12 Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 3rd person to ever conduct an independent sub-orbital human spaceflight (after Gagarin and Shepard) 5th person in space First American to orbit the Earth First person to land (splashdown) in a spacecraft after orbital flight (the Russians landed on farmland, not water) Congressional Space Medal of Honor in 1978 US Senator (Ohio) from 1974-1999 Oldest person ever to go into space (77, in 1998) Presidential Medal of Freedom (2012) Last surviving member of the Mercury 7 Helluva resume. RIP John, you belong to the ages (and the stars) now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larz Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 what a man what a life RIP to a true American hero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 11 minutes ago, joewilly12 said: RIP That's not him, but certainly the men who made it to the Moon have Glenn and the Mercury 7 to thank that they were able to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joewilly12 Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 1 hour ago, Jetsfan80 said: That's not him, but certainly the men who made it to the Moon have Glenn and the Mercury 7 to thank that they were able to do so. I googled John Glenn you are correct thats not him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larz Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 1 hour ago, Jetsfan80 said: 3rd person to ever conduct an independent sub-orbital human spaceflight (after Gagarin and Shepard) 5th person in space First American to orbit the Earth First person to land (splashdown) in a spacecraft after orbital flight (the Russians landed on farmland, not water) Congressional Space Medal of Honor in 1978 US Senator (Ohio) from 1974-1999 Oldest person ever to go into space (77, in 1998) Presidential Medal of Freedom (2012) Last surviving member of the Mercury 7 Helluva resume. RIP John, you belong to the ages (and the stars) now. his test pilot career is as impressive, when the USA had a bat sh*t crazy idea, and needed someone skilled and brave enough to pull it off, they called John Glenn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetophile Posted December 8, 2016 Author Share Posted December 8, 2016 That's Neil Armstrong, also passed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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