In sci.space.history message , Mon, 20
Feb 2012 10:19:16, GordonD posted:

Presumably like a lot of people here, I'll be raising a glass today to
toast John Glenn on the fiftieth anniversary of his first mission.

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=o...pg=PA52&dq=%22
ham+briefing+the+first%22&source=bl&ots=PJDUHN0s3r &sig=3-SbM_clrA4taCIH2
ma-u25e_o8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=cAJET43sNq-b1AX9oO2ODw&ved=0CCEQ6AEwAA#v=onepag
e&q=%22ham%20briefing%20the%20first%22&f=false, top of page 52, might
amuse readers (I have the book itself - "The Moonlandings", Reginald
Turnbull, CUP).

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