On February 26, 1962, John Glenn climbed into a Mercury capsule perched atop a slightly-modified Atlas intercontinental missile for a planned orbital flight.
Today, I stood and looked up at that tiny capsule, and marveled at the crudity of the whole thing and the bravery it took to climb into it.
(click on image for larger version. Canon 40D, IS0200, F6.3 @ 1/2000th)
So, what do you think ?