They Are Still Waiting

"We stand here waiting to be outdone."

Who said that? Scott Carpenter, one of the first Americans in space, and, along with John Glenn, one of the last survivors of the Mercury Seven. Why is he saying it? Because right now we're still coasting on the gains we made when they were risking their lives, willingly strapping themselves to the tops of large bombs that exploded them into space.

Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr., Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom, John Herschel Glenn Jr., Malcom Scott Carpenter...