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The Worst One Yet

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The Worst One Yet
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The Worst One Yet
December 8, 2016 at 6:57 pm
(apos if someone already posted this - I looked and didn't find it)

Astronaut John Glenn Dies At 95

Maxi-bummer.

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RE: The Worst One Yet
December 8, 2016 at 7:00 pm
At 95 you're allowed to give it a rest. I didn't even know he was still around.
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RE: The Worst One Yet
December 8, 2016 at 7:03 pm
We've had a couple big offshore earthquakes. I thought this was notification of a third one! Closer to land to boot. 

Yeah, I heard the news of his passing earlier. Sad  As an aerospace buff, it's a sad day. But it was a good, and long, life.
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RE: The Worst One Yet
December 8, 2016 at 7:04 pm
I honestly had no idea who he was, but it's sad nonetheless.
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RE: The Worst One Yet
December 8, 2016 at 7:04 pm
Yeah, I thought - for some reason - he'd got away before.

People these days seem to play fast and loose with the word 'hero', but I think John Glenn qualified.

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RE: The Worst One Yet
December 8, 2016 at 7:27 pm
and then some

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RE: The Worst One Yet
December 8, 2016 at 7:28 pm (This post was last modified: December 8, 2016 at 7:34 pm by vorlon13.)
I met Scott Carpenter back in the 70's, never got to meet Glenn.

There's a subdivision in SW Omaha and all the streets are named for astronauts, Glenn is honored there.


And his shuttle flight was a shade more dangerous than was realized at the time . . . . .
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RE: The Worst One Yet
December 8, 2016 at 7:55 pm
(December 8, 2016 at 7:28 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: I met Scott Carpenter back in the 70's, never got to meet Glenn.

There's a subdivision in SW Omaha and all the streets are named for astronauts, Glenn is honored there.


And his shuttle flight was a shade more dangerous than was realized at the time . . . . .

I've met a lot of spacey people, but never one who had actually been to space...

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RE: The Worst One Yet
December 8, 2016 at 8:58 pm
I remember hearing his name repeatedly as a small child.

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RE: The Worst One Yet
December 9, 2016 at 12:28 pm
According to a similar thread on another thread, dude was married 73 years! That's a thread in and of itself!
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