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Motive
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Scientific curiosity
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Wanted to leave his desk job
at the U.S. Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics for something that involved flying
again
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Felt he was a talented pilot
and could offer his services to his country
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Personality Traits
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Brave, winning 18 medals for
service in WWII and the Korean War
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Adventurous, courageous
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Patriotic
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Likes publicity, and the limelight
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Compassionate, it was John Glenn
that told Bobby Kennedy's children that their father died
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Tenacious, took 3 tries for
the U.S. Senate before he won his seat
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Always looked ahead, planning
his next move
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Success
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First American to orbit the
Earth in space
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Renowned Senator from Ohio
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Became the oldest person ever
to fly in space in 1998
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The first person to make a nonstop
supersonic (greater than the speed of sound) flight from Los Angeles to
New York in less than 3 hours and 23 minutes in 1957
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Failure
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Crushed when not chosen to be
the first to fly into space (Alan Sheppard was chosen make the first sub-orbital
flight for the United States)
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Lost twice for his bid for United
States Senator
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Considered (wrongly) as one
of the "Keating Five," part of the government's savings and loan scandals
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Changed the World
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Convinced the world that manned
space flights were possible
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Model for senior citizens
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Showed that it was still safe
to go into space for older astronauts
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