John Glenn passes away

[graham]

Reported on Sky News this morning that John Glenn, the first American to orbit the earth has died aged 95. One of the early space programme pioneers.

news.sky.com/story/first-american-to-orbit-the-earth-john-glenn-dies-aged-95-10688423

[davidallum]

Sad news indeed Graham,been a sad few days this week,always seems to happen in the run up to Christmas.

[graham]

Indeed Dave, a musical hero of mine Greg Lake passed away yesterday he was only 69. I followed the early years of American and Soviet space exploration quite fervently, right until the various Apollo moon landings in the late 60's/early 70s, after which it all rather lost its interest for me. I believe John Glenn was the last surviving member of the Mercury programme.