All-American John Glenn turns 90 today.

[amb123]

Marine - Astronaut - Senator - Hero. What else needs to be said except:

Happy Birthday.

http://www.space.com/12328-astronaut-john-glenn-90th-birthday-american-orbit.html

[Ian David]

1. I will not have his moon-cheese baby! n/t

[ashling]

2. The right stuff!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Does anyone else remember this?:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgTSwS8hLkU

[Ichingcarpenter]

3. His kids were in my 7th/8th grade public school

when I was growing up. Which I thought was cool.




Nelson Mandela and John Glenn born on the same day
who else?

[MannyGoldstein]

11. Any stories?

He seems like an interesting fellow.

[pokerfan]

12. From The Right Stuff

based on the book by Tom Wolfe. Annie, John's wife had a stuttering problem and understandably did not want to go on national television with then Vice President Johnson.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1VaD-7PFDw#t=19m33s

John Glenn: Annie, listen to me, OK? You listening? If you don't want the Vice President or the TV networks or anybody else to come into the house, then that's it, as far as I'm concerned. They are NOT coming in, and I will back you all the way, a hundred percent on this. And you tell them that, OK? I don't want Johnson or any of the rest of them to set as much as one toe inside our house.
Annie Glenn: OK.
John Glenn: You tell them that- that Astronaut John Glenn told you to say that.

:bounce:

[FLPanhandle]

4. Great career.

I was disappointed in him for doing a space shuttle junket ride, however, in his position, I'd probably take advantage of my position and do it too.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

6. Hey, if you are going to send a senior citizen into space, it might as well be him.

Plus, I was able to see that shuttle blast off in person. So it allowed me to say I actually saw John Glenn go into space, even though his original flight was decades before I was born.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

5. Godspeed John Glenn!

The Right Stuff was--and still is--one of my all time favorite movies growing up.

[RegieRocker]

7. One of the Keating Five in the Savings and loan crisis. No happy

birthday from me.

[Ichingcarpenter]

9. Yeah he sucked as a Senator... he was naive

and way over his head in politics and was manipulated
He didn't have the right stuff for that


I still liked him as a person

[prairierose]

8. John Glenn was one of my heroes...

I listened to every launch and reentry as a kid.

Happy Birthday Sen. Glenn

[damntexdem]

10. That's just out of this world!

I'm sure we're all in his orbit.