John Glenn – The First Septuagenarian Astronaut

John Glenn Jr. (born July 18, 1921) is a former American astronaut, Marine Corps fighter pilot, ordained Presbyterian elder, corporate executive, and politician. He was the third American to fly in space and the first American to orbit the earth. He also served as a United States Senator from Ohio (1974 – 1999).

In November 1998, at the age of John at the age of 77 became the first septuagenarian astronaut to go into space. It was 36 years after his previous orbit of Earth. This time round, there were 250,000 spectators watching the liftoff.

It's an advantage up here for older folks because in zero-G you can move around much more easily.

John Glenn, the 77-year-old NASA pioneer said in a transmission from space.

It was found that:
1. The decade during which the men were between 60 and 70 contained 35% of the world’s greatest achievements
2. Between the ages of 70 to 80, contained 23% of the world’s greatest achievements
3. In the years after 80, contained 8% of the world’s greatest achievements

Physical beauty is like a bottle of coke, it turns stale with time. The mind is like a bottle of wine, the longer it is kept the better it becomes.

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