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I consider myself very fortunate to have lived during a time when men began their ventures into space. Heros like John Glenn only come around once in a rare while.
ABC News "edited-to-death" the old tapes and soundtracks of Glenn's flight for this evening's newscast.
They had Glenn taking command when the automatic attitude control system malfunctioned (true) while at the same time dodging "fireballs" passing by his window (false). In fact these were chunks of the retro-rocket belt burning up on re-entry, which the engineers had decided to keep strapped on because of a signal the heat shield might be loose. (The belt would help hold it in place.)
The two issues were totally unrelated and occurred during different phases of the flight. I guess ABC's editors decided "fake news" would be better than the real story tonight. What a shame it's come to this. Makes you wonder about all the news.
That's the problem with fake news - once you make up a series of fake stories like the space program (there never was a lunar landing), you're liable to slip up on small details like what problems happened when.
But Area 51 and UFOs - they're real
There once was a time when space flight and astronauts were inspiring - and real.
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Ted USMC
They had Glenn taking command when the automatic attitude control system malfunctioned (true) while at the same time dodging "fireballs" passing by his window (false). In fact these were chunks of the retro-rocket belt burning up on re-entry, which the engineers had decided to keep strapped on because of a signal the heat shield might be loose. (The belt would help hold it in place.)
The two issues were totally unrelated and occurred during different phases of the flight. I guess ABC's editors decided "fake news" would be better than the real story tonight. What a shame it's come to this. Makes you wonder about all the news.
Wikipedia: Friendship 7 mission: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury-Atlas_6
But Area 51 and UFOs - they're real
There once was a time when space flight and astronauts were inspiring - and real.
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