John Glenn has died

[BoomerD]

Age 95. Sounds like cancer.

I remember his Mercury space flight when I was a kid.

 

[Spydermag68]

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/12/john-glenn/john-glenn.html

 

[Iron Woode]

God speed John Glenn

 

[Brainonska511]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...bar&tid=a_breakingnews&utm_term=.c65a4a407734

RIP

 

[zinfamous]

Age 94. Sounds like cancer.

I remember his Mercury space flight when I was a kid.

Or, like, he was just really old. I know he was rushed into the hospital yesterday, but once you get into the 80s and beyond, it's really more like age ~ cancer = whatever.

anyway: RIP to a true American badass.

 

[zinfamous]

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/12/john-glenn/john-glenn.html

e, along with fellow aviators Orville and Wilbur Wright and moon-walker Neil Armstrong, truly made Ohio first in flight.

Booo, hiss--That's NC's motto! suck it, OH! They get stuck with flat, boring, windless plains where true pioneers flee if they want to make something of themselves. You know that saying: what is it about Ohio that makes so many people want to escape the planet?

 

[nakedfrog]

Guess 2016 ain't done with us yet.

 

[Drako]

RIP Mr. Glenn - a truly great American.

 

[John Connor]

This really sucks. I was just going to write him and get his autograph. I collect autographs. I have a mini cassette tape I used to record his radio transmissions from the shuttle on my scanner back when he went up again in I think '97. I just bought a mini cassette recorder on ebay so I can convert this audio to MP3 and give him a copy. I'm very sad now. Goodspeed John Glenn,

 

[John Connor]

I hope Chuck Yeager doesn't go next. He's on my autograph list.

John Glenn was 95, not 94.

 

[SKORPI0]

http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/08/health/john-glenn-dead/index.html

95 yrs 4 months 3 weeks. RIP.

 

[kage69]

RIP Magnet Ass. You are, and will forever be, one of the greatest American aviators of all time and a real hero.

When I heard about Buzz Aldrin getting evac'ed from the South Pole the other day, apart from concern I thought 'I hope Glenn is doing ok, he's even older.'

Now I'm worried about Yeager.

Edit: forgot to add fuck 2016.

 

[John Connor]

forgot to add fuck 2016.

^This. Year of death it seems which scares me because of my mom. She just had quadruple bypass surgery in October and now needs her thyroid taken out which has a tumor. I think she'll do alright though, but fucking scary.

 

[Mayne]

Thank you for your service Mr. Glenn.

 

[IronWing]

God speed John Glenn

He flew faster than that!

 

[Slew Foot]

RIP to a great American

 

[Sonikku]

^This. Year of death it seems which scares me because of my mom. She just had quadruple bypass surgery in October and now needs her thyroid taken out which has a tumor. I think she'll do alright though, but fucking scary.

I'm so sorry she's going through that right now. My heart goes out to you John. *hug*

 

[Spacehead]

Bummer. Heard he was taken to the hospital other day.

RIP spaceman pioneer

 

[Iron Woode]

 

[Ketchup]

A truly great American. You will be missed.

 

[Humpy]

^This. Year of death it seems which scares me because of my mom. She just had quadruple bypass surgery in October and now needs her thyroid taken out which has a tumor. I think she'll do alright though, but fucking scary.

Take her off your autograph list ASAP!

 

[Linflas]

A truly great American that I have admired my whole life. The Mercury 7 astronauts were a breed apart. Given the way we look at space launches today it is hard to understand the bravery of these early pioneers strapping themselves into a capsule atop a rocket with a roughly 80% success rate. The folks that strapped you in then all retreated 3 miles away into a bunker to watch the launch. Godspeed and rest in peace John Glenn.

 

[sdifox]

Fire him off into deep space