In a recent story about NASA, the author reported an anecdote attributed to John Glenn.
Strapped into his seat in Friendship 7, moments before lift-off he suddenly thought, “Oh my God! I’m sitting on a pile of low bids!”
It’s amazing we successfully sent people to moon and back when you think about that.
Hippasus500 aka jwn2
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