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To: Valueman who wrote (4787)	10/30/1998 4:49:00 PM
From: dwight martin	Respond to of 10852

Thanks for that story, Valueman.

To: Valueman who wrote (4787)	10/30/1998 7:55:00 PM
From: brian h	Respond to of 10852

Valueman and all, I guessed my negative comments this morning had more direct and sudden impact on LOR's share price than Mr. Snake's. What do you guys think? Should I continue to do so? (ggg) Brian H.

To: Valueman who wrote (4787)	10/30/1998 8:13:00 PM
From: bikepath	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10852

Does anyone share the opinion that John Glenn's mission, especially the successful launch (and hopefully safe landing), helped the entire space sector in the market Thursday and Friday?

To: Valueman who wrote (4787)	10/31/1998 8:57:00 PM
From: Drew Williams	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 10852

OT -- I was twelve when I watched John Glenn fly the first time on his Mercury mission. All of Bern Township Elementary was crowded into the gym to watch it on a grainy black and white console television the principal brought from home. He fiddled with the rabbit ears for a long time. The picture was never very good, but we knew we were watching something very important. We'd seen Alan Shepard and Gus Grissom go up, too, with an even worse picture. My eight year old daughter watched John Glenn's space shuttle take off this time in perfectly tuned color TV (fed by a rooftop satellite dish) in her classroom. They then logged onto the internet and watched the replay on the computer. I would have loved to watch it with her live, but had to work. I watched it live there on CNN, and got misty when the shuttle took off. We sent all field employees a page, saying "Shuttle launch perfect @ 2:19pm. Godspeed John Glenn." I did watch the replay with her that night. Over and over. Made sure that this was no Zenit that exploded just over the horizon. Several of my friends have commented that this was a great waste of resources, that it was a big, expensive publicity stunt, and that had John Glenn not been a famous former astronaut and senator, NASA never would have considered sending someone his age into space. To this I have answered, all this is true, but so what. If there is anyone in the world who earned that ride, John Glenn is that man. He is one of the few genuine American heroes, and if he wants to go up one last time, so be it. He earned it.