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John Glenn
John Glenn
American Astronaut
Born: Jul 18, 1921
Died: Dec 8, 2016
About Day People Space Think You
Related authors: Alan Shepard Buzz Aldrin Christa McAuliffe Ellen Ochoa Jim Lovell Mae Jemison Neil Armstrong Sally Ride
I'm not interested in my legacy. I made up a word: 'live-acy.' I'm more interested in living. John Glenn
Word Made Living More Up Legacy Not Interested Interested
The time will come when we permit more people in space. John Glenn
Time People Space Will More More People Come Permit
Old folks have dreams and ambitions too, like everybody else. Don't sit on a couch someplace. John Glenn
Dreams Old Ambition Sit Too Everybody Everybody Else Else Folks Someplace Couch Like
I don't know what you could say about a day in which you have seen four beautiful sunsets. John Glenn
Beautiful Day You Space Seen Say Sunsets About Could Know Which Four
The space station is the most unique laboratory we've ever built. The reason we have it is to do research on materials, people, medical matters, pharmaceuticals - the possibilities are nearly endless. John Glenn
People Space Matters Research Station Possibilities Most Built Materials Laboratory Endless Space Station Reason Unique Ever Medical Nearly
I think even in bad times it's good to keep some money going into research. And that's the purpose of the whole space program. It's not just exploration and going to see how far we can go out into space and keep people alive and bring them back, although exploration certainly has its place. John Glenn
Good People Money Space Research Think Back Alive Out Bad See Some Purpose Bad Times Although How How Far Go Times Going Just Space Program Place Them Far Exploration Certainly Whole Even Keep Bring Program
I was hooked on aviation, made model airplanes, and never thought I would be able to fly myself. It cost too much. But then World War II came along and changed all that. John Glenn
War Myself World Too Much Fly Thought Made Too Changed Airplane Hooked Would Would-Be Able Cost Never Along Came Model Then Much Aviation World War World War II
Fear connotes something that interferes with what you're doing. John Glenn
You Fear Something Doing Interferes
I supported the efforts in Honduras to stop the flow of arms from Nicaragua across to El Salvador. John Glenn
Supported Arms Salvador Efforts Stop El Salvador Across Nicaragua Flow Honduras
Quite often, while I'm getting up in the morning, I think my warranty is running out on these body parts because it's not working quite the way it used to. John Glenn
Morning Think Way Out Running Parts Because Up Getting Quite Often While Working Body Used Warranty
An end of something means the beginning of something else, and I don't think that something else is going to be the death of the manned space program. John Glenn
Death Space Beginning Think Else Something Something Else End Going Space Program Manned Means Program
To me, we have never really exploited our ability in low-Earth orbit. John Glenn
Me Our Ability Never Orbit Exploited Really
As far as trying to analyze all the attention I received, I will leave that to others. John Glenn
Will Others Analyze Attention Leave Trying As Far As Far Received
If you go to the Air and Space Museum in Washington, you can see the burn patterns on Friendship 7. John Glenn
Friendship You Space Air See Go Burn Patterns Washington Museum
One of the first things I learned in the Marine Corps is that any military mission has to be defined as precisely as you can possibly define it, and then you size the force and equipment force to accomplish that mission without fail. John Glenn
You Marine Corps First Military Define Corps Defined Possibly Fail Mission Force Learned First Things Without Equipment Accomplish Precisely Any Size Then Things Marine
I didn't see Saddam Hussein as being quite the danger that some other people did. John Glenn
People Other Danger See Some Hussein Saddam Saddam Hussein Did Quite Being
The Discovery was the most intricate, complex machine man has ever built. It's a testament to our time. John Glenn
Time Man Our Machine Complex Our Time Intricate Most Built Testament Discovery Ever
I say let's not gamble with American jobs and America's future. John Glenn
Future Say Jobs America American American Jobs Gamble
We're not up there in space just to joyride around. We're up there to do things that are of value to everybody right here on Earth. John Glenn
Space Value Everybody Earth Around Up Just Right Things Here
We had 83 different space research projects on my last space flight in '98, and they covered the whole gamut. John Glenn
Space Research Projects Had Covered Different Flight Whole Last
The conquest of space is not merely a technological project of interest to a handful of select scientists and specialists, valuable though that research and information may be. John Glenn
Space Valuable Research Project Though Select Merely Scientists Handful May Information Interest Specialists Conquest Technological
I have no political affiliations and have always and do now consider myself an independent. John Glenn
Myself Political Consider Independent Always Now
I do not have to watch late-night television, watch a movie, to find out what combat is like. John Glenn
Late-Night Television Out Find Combat Like Movie Watch

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