AH Challenge: Make an astronaut US president

Well, Schmidt's pratfall on the Lunar surface wae certainly more "cosmic" than Ford's various trips. Glenn's try for the White House was doomed almost from the start. Certain terms would of been used by the press such as "spaceman". Besides I remeber political cartoons about the debates then and Glenn is always seen in a pressure helmet. Enough said. But if Glenn had not fallen in the bathtub, I suspect that he would of been the command pilot on either Apollo 1 or 11
 
'Ol Neil becomes a successful politician,succeeds Kennedy,takes man to the moon and decides he was the man most suited to the job of the first moon landing.:p
 
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Well, Schmidt's pratfall on the Lunar surface wae certainly more "cosmic" than Ford's various trips. Glenn's try for the White House was doomed almost from the start. Certain terms would of been used by the press such as "spaceman". Besides I remeber political cartoons about the debates then and Glenn is always seen in a pressure helmet. Enough said. But if Glenn had not fallen in the bathtub, I suspect that he would of been the command pilot on either Apollo 1 or 11

Well if he was on Apollo 1, there would certainly be no chance of a political career. :rolleyes:

But if he was command pilot on Apollo 11, he would get the prestige of being the first man on the moon! OTL Armstrong was approached by both Democrats and Republicans but refused their offers. Glenn may well accept the offers, getting into politics a bit later but having a much better shot at the presidency.
 
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