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zonkers

(5,865 posts) Thu Dec 8, 2016, 07:28 PM Dec 2016

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John Glenn orbit scene from The Right Stuff (ooops, fixed)

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John Glenn orbit scene from The Right Stuff (ooops, fixed) (Original Post) zonkers Dec 2016 OP

share.... As a child of the sixties, I cannot overstate what the space program and astronauts meant zonkers Dec 2016 #1

Ed Harris! One of my faves. longship Dec 2016 #2

One of the great American movies! DanTex Dec 2016 #3

zonkers

(5,865 posts)

1. share.... As a child of the sixties, I cannot overstate what the space program and astronauts meant

Reply to zonkers (Original post)

Thu Dec 8, 2016, 07:36 PM

Dec 2016

to me growing up. It was just America at its best. Just awe inspiring. I am glad to have lived during the Apollo era.

longship

(40,416 posts)

2. Ed Harris! One of my faves.

Reply to zonkers (Original post)

Thu Dec 8, 2016, 07:39 PM

Dec 2016

Great flick. I have it on DVD. Gonna have to watch it again now.

DanTex

(20,709 posts)

3. One of the great American movies!

Reply to zonkers (Original post)

Thu Dec 8, 2016, 07:44 PM

Dec 2016

And great casting (and acting, of course). Ed Harris is a spitting image of John Glenn.

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