2016 strikes again - John Glenn

Fretwired

Heard him speak when I was younger at an event in London .. amazing guy .. seat of your pants astronaut.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/08/john-glenn-astronaut-senator-american-hero-dies-95/

HAL9000

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38257445

95 so a decent innings. RIP.

Brize

Wow, 2016 is really throwing up some surprises. Who'd have thought that a 95-year-old would die.

Fretwired

Brize said:

Wow, 2016 is really throwing up some surprises. Who'd have thought that a 95-year-old would die.

He could have made it to 96 ... he's an amazing guy but then I guess you just see him as some old bloke worthy of a sarcastic comment.

scrumhalf

All of the astronauts must have had balls the size of spacehoppers.

Brize

Fretwired said:

Brize said:

Wow, 2016 is really throwing up some surprises. Who'd have thought that a 95-year-old would die.

He could have made it to 96 ... he's an amazing guy but then I guess you just see him as some old bloke worthy of a sarcastic comment.

No dear boy, I'm just making the point that it's nothing to do with 'the curse of 2016'.

Jalapeno

Godspeed John Glenn, truly The Right Stuff !!!!!

littlegreenman

Made it to 95 and went into Space!!! Godspeed John. And had a wife 20 years his junior!

If that's not a life well lived then there's no chance for the rest of us.

ICBM

RIP

ICBM

littlegreenman said:

Made it to 95 and went into Space!!! Godspeed John. And had a wife 20 years his junior!

If that's not a life well lived then there's no chance for the rest of us.

And not only that, went up again at the age of 77 - the oldest ever astronaut.

Roland

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