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And the NYT follows up yesterday's curmudgeonly editorial describing the mission as "a testament more to past eminence than present value" with today's "Editorial Observer" saying that even Glenn's original blast-off wasn't that important.
It's almost a clean sweep of the papers for John Glenn--his last Tang go leads at USA Today , the New York Times , and the Washington Post . USAT 's front page is All Glenn All the Time and includes a huge spectacular blast-off photo.