At 11:27 AM 2/20/98 -0800, Gavin Scott wrote:
>Jerry wrote:
>>In the local newscast last night there was a piece on the
>>beginning of training for a 70-ish year-old down at NASA,
>>who will be the oldest person to fly in space...seems kinda
>>ironic that he is also the subject of today's 'This day in
>>History....'!
>
>>           In 1962 - John Glenn, Jr. became the 1st American to
>>                     orbit the earth.
>
>Of course it's 36 years(!) later, and he's not getting any farther into
>space than he did the first time, which is a rather sad comment on the
>state of at least manned exploration.
>
>G.
>
On the other hand, he won't be travelling alone this time with, apparently,
no fewer than 2 MD's as crewmates. NASA has stated that Senator Glenn's age
(76, I believe) and the ER squad aboard are unconnected events. Right...
just as politics havn't played a role in any of this.
Eric