RIP American hero John Glenn...

KentuckyStout

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He was great in Backdraft

 

KyCatFan1

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He was an American hero that survived dangerous situations, but death finally caught up with him. Rest in pieces.


 
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When was the last time an astronaut did anything anyone gave a **** about? 1969?

Yea... I was a nut in my dad's 10 year old balls then.

the ones that died in the space shuttle explosions probably did something that people gave a crap about. dying and all that.
 

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When was the last time an astronaut did anything anyone gave a **** about? 1969?

Yea... I was a nut in my dad's 10 year old balls then.
Fat, dumb, and proud of it is no way to go through life son.

...to allow the astronaut pilot to have some (lifts finger) to have...(points to press)...to have control of the reentry process (gives a thumb up).
 

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When was the last time an astronaut did anything anyone gave a **** about? 1969?

Yea... I was a nut in my dad's 10 year old balls then.
I mean what the hell are they teaching in American history? You have never seen The Right Stuff or Apollo 13 or any number of movies that cover early NASA?

On my high school class trip to DC it was arranged that he came out on the Capitol stairs for a few minutes to talk to us. Pretty awesome experience.
 

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When was the last time an astronaut did anything anyone gave a **** about? 1969?

Yea... I was a nut in my dad's 10 year old balls then.

If you truly had not heard of John Glenn, then you have more issues than I thought.
 

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I couldn't name you one person that died in that explosion.



Wait... didn't Tom Hanks die in that explosion? I take back what I said above.



Clearly I have heard of him. As evidenced by me remembering he was an astronaut. Try and keep up.

Well done, sir
 

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Seriously though he really was a great man and a hero. I always wanted to be an astronaut as a kid because of men like him. At least he lived a long fruitful life.

Me too, growing up in the 60s I was obsessed with the Space Program like a lot of kids were. Thanks and RIP Colonel Glenn.
 
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you strap yourself into a skyscraper sized explosive machine, rocket out of our atmosphere with enough highly explosive fossil fuels to wipe a small town off the map, then torch through space at thousands of mph in conditions unimaginable all the while knowing you have to plummet back into our extremely dangerous atmosphere in a machine basically just guiding its way with no power and hoping that a building full of NASA geeks got their science right on your shuttle's design so that you don't ignite into fireball on reentry then gliding around half the globe till you hit your target of a tiny landing strip, yea,you are a badass individual. and badasses like that usually don't care if anyone knows their names or not.
 
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BlueVelvetFog

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you strap yourself into a skyscraper sized explosive machine, rocket out of our atmosphere with enough highly explosive fossil fuels to wipe a small town off the map, then torch through space at thousands of mph in conditions unimaginable all the while knowing you have to plummet back into our extremely dangerous atmosphere in a machine basically just guiding its way with no power and hoping that a building full of NASA geeks got their science right on your shuttle's design so that you don't ignite into fireball on reentry then gliding around half the globe till you hit your target of a tiny landing strip, yea are a badass individual. and badasses like that usually don't care if anyone knows their names or not.
Back where I'm from, we call that a "Tuesday"
 

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you strap yourself into a skyscraper sized explosive machine, rocket out of our atmosphere with enough highly explosive fossil fuels to wipe a small town off the map, then torch through space at thousands of mph in conditions unimaginable all the while knowing you have to plummet back into our extremely dangerous atmosphere in a machine basically just guiding its way with no power and hoping that a building full of NASA geeks got their science right on your shuttle's design so that you don't ignite into fireball on reentry then gliding around half the globe till you hit your target of a tiny landing strip, yea,you are a badass individual. and badasses like that usually don't care if anyone knows their names or not.
Reminds me of the coolest scene Brad Pitt ever did.
 

KyCatFan1

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you strap yourself into a skyscraper sized explosive machine, rocket out of our atmosphere with enough highly explosive fossil fuels to wipe a small town off the map, then torch through space at thousands of mph in conditions unimaginable all the while knowing you have to plummet back into our extremely dangerous atmosphere in a machine basically just guiding its way with no power and hoping that a building full of NASA geeks got their science right on your shuttle's design so that you don't ignite into fireball on reentry then gliding around half the globe till you hit your target of a tiny landing strip, yea,you are a badass individual. and badasses like that usually don't care if anyone knows their names or not.


You realize we're sitting on 45,000 pounds of fuel, one nuclear warhead and a thing that has 270,000 moving parts built by the lowest bidder? Makes you feel good doesn't it?
 

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Kalifornia
Snatch
Seven
Fight Club
Inglorious Basterds
12 Monkeys
True Romance

You know how I know you're gay? You think liking Brad Pitt movies is gay.
Lemme make sure I understand this -- you feel so strongly about defending Brad Pitt's "coolness" that you post his filmography?

I hope for your sake that you're a middle-aged chick.
 
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