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...Williams, the baseball player who served with Glenn in the Marines, a minister who was his boyhood companion in New Concord and remembers his enthusiasms for Glenn Miller and Buck Rogers, his old commanding officer in Korea, all provide chips of bright color that fit into the mosaic of Astronaut Glenn's life...
...Constantine Generales, coordinator of space medicine research at New York Medical College, suggested that it might be well to replace Glenn with another astronaut. Referring to the tension of the long wait. Dr. Generales said: "Like any good soldier, Glenn would never admit that it affected him. But on the psychological, subconscious level, these things could affect in-flight performance." Dr. Generales' view was quickly challenged by Dr. Robert Voas, a psychologist who works with the astronauts. Said he: "There's no evidence that he's building up any frustrations or annoyances. If you really wanted...
...consensus, the most single-minded of the group in his determination to get into space. Says Scott Carpenter, Glenn's back-up astronaut: "Most people need a break in the routine to relax and unwind. But not John. He needs no diversion. He's all business and darned hard to keep up with." What is more, Glenn has so devoted himself to the success of the mission that he has come to look upon himself as just another piece of machinery in the system...
Awakened at 2 a.m. from a sound sleep, Glenn had eaten a hearty breakfast (orange juice, poached eggs, a small filet mignon) with a surprise guest, Marine Corps Commandant David M. Shoup. The astronaut underwent a final physical examination, then began squeezing into his silver space suit. At 5:12 a.m. Glenn entered the capsule ("You don't get in it," he once joked, "you put it on'') and began his long wait...
Other recipients of citations include astronaut Virgil (Gus) Grissom; Newton N. Minow, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, and Theodore C. Sorenson, special counsel to the President. All the winners are under...