Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of John Glenn becoming the first American to orbit the Earth. While my hat's off to him, I remain more impressed by his backup, Scott Carpenter, who went on to be not only the 2nd American to orbit the Earth but was referenced in Peanuts!!!
On a side note, when I saw that Glenn's feat was an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics, duh) Milestone, I clicked over to the list and am now a bit curious re: why has nothing been added to this list since the late 70's compact disc and Speak & Spell? Wtf? Is this just a shitty list, or are achieving electrical and electronic milestones just one more thing we now suck at?
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