When you read the bios of men like Glenn, or my personal hero - Neil Armstrong, you are struck by how the superhuman was so ordinary to them.

Even after you filter out the Hollywood BS, they simply were men of a very special steel.

The challenge for us is to create a nation where these extraordinary humans can achieve greatness.

Pretty hard in an era where living life loud, or making footprints of any type is seen as some kind of mortal sin.

Yes, Godspeed John Glenn.