In praise of John Glenn. From: The Boston Herald | Date: October 29, 1998 | COPYRIGHT 1998 Boston Herald. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

They say John Glenn's experiments on the aging process in space aren't very important. So what?

They say John Glenn's ride aboard the space shuttle Discovery is a payoff for defending the White House in Senate hearings on campaign fund-raising. We don't care.

They say John Glenn's trip is just a publicity stunt by the National Aeronautics and Space Agency to revive interest in its programs. Tell us something new.

John Glenn is special.

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