>He was the oldest man to fly in space, at age 77 My (then teenaged) brother had a change to meet John in the early 90s. He asked him, "Why don't you go back t

>He was the oldest man to fly in space, at age 77 My (then teenaged) brother had a change to meet John in the early 90s. He asked him, "Why don't you go back to space?" and suggested he go back up if the opportunity presented itself. We'll never know if that had any bearing on John Glenn's decision to return (maybe he already planned to I don't know), but I like to think it certainly did. Maybe just hearing the idea out loud, even from a teen, made the thought of it less crazy.