I am not trying to knock what happened fro Wally ( YES I do think it was wrong what NASA did) But both times John Glenn went into Space, it was Into Orbit, NOT a 10- 15 minute Sub Orbital flight. Plus he last flight he spent several days in Space. He readily did something other than float around fora few minutes.
@mycya4me Well that is true however since she has no control over what options are available or how long she will be there, what she was (expensively) able to so was better than nothing. Which is what she had before this. Nothing.
@Limewater@mycya4me
You forget those taxpayer-funded subsidies of Medicaid and TIFFs that make up the difference between a living wage and the low wages Amazon pays its workers and the tax breaks in the Trump Tax giveaway to Bezos and his executives.
@mike808@mycya4me I didn’t forget. I was curious how long it would take for you to notice and respond with pretty much this very message, though I didn’t foresee you wedging Trump in there. Pleasant surprise.
@Kidsandliz I agree, What I wish would happen now is that Elon Musk you give one of the seats on a Dragon Capsule to Wally Funk! That is to make it right!
Yes!
One of the Mercury 13 woman astronauts, who never got to space with NASA.
That IS super cool!!!
Glad to see she was able to get a seat. She showed the young dude Mr. Glenn that old people can go into space.
I am not trying to knock what happened fro Wally ( YES I do think it was wrong what NASA did) But both times John Glenn went into Space, it was Into Orbit, NOT a 10- 15 minute Sub Orbital flight. Plus he last flight he spent several days in Space. He readily did something other than float around fora few minutes.
@mycya4me Well that is true however since she has no control over what options are available or how long she will be there, what she was (expensively) able to so was better than nothing. Which is what she had before this. Nothing.
@mycya4me Meh.
John Glenn going back into space was a silly publicity stunt.
I mean, this was too, but at least it wasn’t on the taxpayers’ dime.
@Limewater @mycya4me
You forget those taxpayer-funded subsidies of Medicaid and TIFFs that make up the difference between a living wage and the low wages Amazon pays its workers and the tax breaks in the Trump Tax giveaway to Bezos and his executives.
@mike808 @mycya4me I didn’t forget. I was curious how long it would take for you to notice and respond with pretty much this very message, though I didn’t foresee you wedging Trump in there. Pleasant surprise.
@Kidsandliz I agree, What I wish would happen now is that Elon Musk you give one of the seats on a Dragon Capsule to Wally Funk! That is to make it right!
@Limewater I agree sending John Glen into Space on the Space Shuttle was a PR Stunt that NASA needed.
@mycya4me Had Wally Funk gone on of the Mercury flights she trained for, she would not have had crap to do either. They were along for the ride.
I think that Elon Musk should have her on one of the Dragon. Capsules that really go into orbital space
I’m just really impressed that with a 2 year headstart on SpaceX, Blue Origin has managed to get a decade behind them.