John Glenn Quotes:
Ocupation: Former United States Senator
Life: b. July 18, 1921
Birthday: July 18
It was the time of the Cold War and so there were was a lot of pressure on the - to get going and the Russians were claiming that they were - Soviets were claiming they were ahead of us in technology. And so it was against that backdrop that the early space flights took off.
source: Source: www.npr.org
topic: War, Technology, Space Flight, Backdrop
