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| Glenn marks 50 years since historic orbit of Earth | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Feb 21 2012, 05:20 AM (463 Views) | |
| Max | Feb 21 2012, 05:20 AM Post #1 |
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - John Glenn made his historic spaceflight alone in 1962 but celebrated its 50th anniversary Monday among hundreds of people within his orbit, from fellow headline-making astronauts and NASA's administrator to family, friends and students at Ohio State University, where the public affairs school bears his name. They watched footage of the launch, laughed at his enduring sense of humor and showered him with applause, praising the man who became the first American to orbit the Earth on Feb. 20, 1962. Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon, told the audience at the celebratory gala that Glenn was "no ordinary pilot." There was a need for leadership in the space program in the early 1960s, Armstrong said, and Glenn "literally rose to the occasion." The former astronaut and U.S. senator from Ohio, now 90, circled the Earth three times in five hours and was viewed as a national hero for helping to lead the United States into space. "I think the hero thing is in the eye of the beholder," Glenn said during a question-and-answer session with Annie, his wife of nearly seven decades. "I don't look at myself that way." Asked about his heroes, Glenn said he admires different qualities in different people, such as the perseverance of former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona, who was severely injured in a shooting last year. Her husband Mark Kelly, a retired astronaut and commander of the space shuttle Endeavour's final mission, was the night's featured speaker and said he was honored to be sitting between two of his own heroes, Armstrong and Glenn. He brought the audience a message from Giffords: "Be passionate. Be courageous. Be strong. Be your best." Glenn urged the audience to support research and education and shared the lessons he learned when he was among the top military test pilots presented in 1959 as the Mercury Seven. The only other surviving Mercury astronaut is Scott Carpenter, who called out the memorable line "Godspeed John Glenn" moments before the rocket ignited for Glenn's spaceflight. "With a lot of work and a lot of people organized, you can do almost anything," Glenn said. Earlier Monday, NASA had surprised Glenn with the kind of anniversary gift only a space agency can give, enabling him to speak live with the International Space Station from a stage at Ohio State University. Sitting on stage with NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, he chatted with three space station crew members about space research and NASA's future. Commander Dan Burbank appeared by video link, flanked by two flight engineers floating in the zero-gravity environment, and said the crew was delighted to help commemorate Glenn's momentous trip. "Fifty years ago today, Friendship 7 was orbiting planet Earth, and that helped in a very big way, paved the way for America to become a space power, and to go to the moon, and to do the things that we're doing right now on the International Space Station," Burbank said. Glenn had a light-hearted but educational exchange with the crew, asking them about the types and number of experiments on board — more than 100, they said — and explaining to his gravity-bound audience of more than 200 people that, for example, a candle burns differently in space than on Earth. When Bolden asked the astronauts which experiment they'd like to hand off to Glenn if he could join them, Burbank suggested research on the "regenerative environmental control systems" on spacecraft. "That's a fancy word for our toilet," flight engineer Don Pettit added. "So he wants to put Sen. Glenn busy fixing the plumbing up here." Glenn took the humor in stride, replying: "That's exactly what I thought I was going to get assigned to." Bolden joked that Glenn sometimes bugs him about making a trip to the space station. Glenn became the oldest person to fly in space in 1998, at age 77. SOURCE:YahooNews 50 years! How remarkable. I just wish we were doing more as far as manned exploration of space. Where will we be 50 years from today? |
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| LarryOldtimer | Feb 22 2012, 11:34 AM Post #2 |
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There are now US robotic missions which are amazing. If anyone can be bothered to read the reports and see the the high-resolution pics. As it happened, I was at a conference in Las Vegas and saw a presentation by Buzz Aldrin, and afterwards spent about half an hour chatting with him. I paid for the cab ride (I had to take a cab anyway) and we shared a cab back to to the hotel in Las Vegas. Quite an interesting chat, it was! |
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| Max | Feb 22 2012, 11:41 AM Post #3 |
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Anything you'd care to share from that conversation, Larry?
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| LarryOldtimer | Feb 22 2012, 11:52 AM Post #4 |
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Of couse, Aldren was the bearer of Top Secret data, so he couldn't say exactly what he saw and experienced, but he did say that what he saw and experienced changed his outlook tremendously. What we chatted about was mostly a sort of philosophy. My intelligence training taught me how to read between the lines, and what he saw at close hand was UFOs and alien creatures. |
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| Max | Feb 22 2012, 11:59 AM Post #5 |
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I have long believed that we found alien life of some sort on the Moon, and were perhaps warned away by UFOs we found there. Thanks Larry. |
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| LarryOldtimer | Feb 22 2012, 01:10 PM Post #6 |
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I don't think alien life which developed on the moon, but rather an alien base, there for the purpose of maintaining intelligence of what humans were /are up to. Humans are not at all a peaceful species. Mars is a geater probability, and with technology much greater than we have, could actually live on and might be living on Mars now. |
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| Max | Feb 23 2012, 09:19 AM Post #7 |
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You're right Larry, I should have specified that I think the Moon is a *base* for aliens visiting Earth. |
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| LarryOldtimer | Feb 23 2012, 03:07 PM Post #8 |
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So good to seeing you use the term "think" instead of "believe". Belief is what causes the lack of gaining knowledge. "Believe" is a religious term. |
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| Max | Feb 24 2012, 04:16 PM Post #9 |
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I have to admit that I tend to use "believe" and "think" interchangeably. Thanks to what you posted there, I'll be changing that.
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| Isis | Mar 4 2012, 05:59 PM Post #10 |
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I'm going to be odd man out, I still dont think we walked on the moon the first time like they said.....
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Isis, The Goddess of Desire & Darkness. In The Darkness, We Find The Light. This is a Drama Free Zone..! | |
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| LarryOldtimer | Mar 6 2012, 12:21 PM Post #11 |
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I had a long chat with Buzz Aldrin after he retired. What he experienced and saw on that moon walk changed his outlook on life completely. He got real shaken up, was still shaken up and I don't think that he could have possibly faked it.
Edited by LarryOldtimer, Mar 6 2012, 12:24 PM.
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| Max | Mar 8 2012, 04:23 PM Post #12 |
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Yes, I think we visited the Moon, found an alien base there, and were "kicked off" after just a few missions. |
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