>> Enjoyed it! - Didn't realise America were so far behind Russians in just getting a
>> man into space!
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My guess was that they didn’t see Russia as a threat until they realised that an atom bomb could be put on a missile and sent in to the USA.
The film is simplified and sympathetic. John Glenn was much older in real life and a senior rank and degree qualified engineer. The scene where he asked the figures to be rechecked by the lady computer is true, though it wasn’t that close to the launch.
The scene where he wanted to meet all the ladies including the African American ladies is also true.
Struck me as a man that valued a person’s ability and not the colour of their skin.
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