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GLENN RETURNS TO ORBIT...
...launch control center 36 years ago, when John Glenn made his first orbit of the earth [SPACE, Nov. 9]. I spent 20 years in manned space flight, and am now 65 and retired. When I was 48, I applied to become a mission specialist, but, alas, was deemed "too old." Glenn's second space trip has given me new hope! Maybe in 12 years, when I'm 77 like he is now, space travel will be available to anyone with the health and determination to go. If that happens, we'll look back on this mission as the milestone that...
...pounds is supposedly bankrolling the work, it's American dollars that are really keeping it going. The project is also 14 years behind schedule and will probably slip further before construction on the 360-ft.-long, 460-ton skyliner is done. Worst of all, once the ISS gets into orbit, there are very real concerns about whether it will have anything truly useful...
...crew of the shuttle Discovery was apparently smart enough to come in out of a storm, returning safely to Earth last Saturday before the Leonid meteor shower could begin. The mission's glamour boy, however--veteran astronaut John Glenn--was a bit unsteady, both in orbit and on his return to terra firma...
...doesn't always do that," deadpanned Brown. "Only when he's awake." Brown went on to enumerate the major landmarks that can be spotted from orbit: "You can see the pyramids from space and sometimes rivers and big airports, and actually, Jay, every time we fly by California, we see your chin...