Yes, and he was rewarded with a ride on the Space Shuttle.
And at the time, the official story was that Glenn’s flight on the shuttle was to study “aging in space.”
Back then, I was thinking, “How do you study aging in space in only three days?”
Even then I knew it was a reward to John Glenn for his efforts in blocking the Chinese campaign cash connections to Bill Clinton.
Yes, and what was the ridiculous cover story for that one? Studying how octogenarians handle space flight or some such nonsense.