G+: America Needs Space Heroes
America Needs Space Heroes
Buzz Aldrin: John Glenn was a hero. We owe it to him to keep exploring space.
I was deeply saddened by the passing of my friend John Glenn last Thursday. All of us have lost a space pioneer, a world icon and a visionary space exploration advocate. As one of those special seven astronauts selected in 1959 for America’s Project Mercury program, Glenn became the first …