Scott Carpenter — American Astronaut born on May 01, 1925, died on October 10, 2013

Malcolm Scott Carpenter,, was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, astronaut, and aquanaut. He was one of the original seven astronauts selected for NASA's Project Mercury in April 1959. Carpenter was the second American to orbit the Earth and the fourth American in space, following Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, and John Glenn... (wikipedia)

Pioneering in space was something I would willingly give my life for.
Space is not an enterprise that belongs to the U.S. or to Russia or to China - it is a human endeavor and experience. And that's as it should be.
We've got to take care of the resources we have on this planet, because there's no resupply possible.