Tuesday, October 5th, 2004 11:23 am
Considering that Mercury was the messenger of the gods, maybe it's appropriate that one of the Mercury 7 astronauts passed on when he did.

Gordon Cooper, you carried a nations hopes and prayers with you into space 41 years ago during your historic flight. I'd like to think that now you've carried news of yesterday's successful flight to a much larger audience.

Where ever you are, may you find peace.