All in the name of science, or just a political stunt?
Senator Glenn lobbied NASA for another spaceflight, citing research showing that the physiological changes in spaceflight were not dissimilar to those brought about by aging. Glenn reckoned that taking a ride on the Space Shuttle would put the theory to the test, and NASA administrator Dan Goldin agreed, as long as Glenn, 77 at the time of his flight, passed the same physical tests as the other astronauts, which he did.
After Challenger, NASA was a little more careful when it came to flying politicians, making Glenn's lobbying all the more impressive. Glenn died in 2016, before Wally Funk and then William Shatner snatched the oldest person in space crown, although his record as the oldest person to orbit the Earth remains intact at the time of writing.
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