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were do the names come from who played the sons in thunderbirds

2007-09-22 07:05:54 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia

Each of the five sons were named after a Mercury astronaut.

Scott (Carpenter)
Virgil (Grissom)
Alan (Shepard)
Gordon (Cooper)
John (Glenn)

2007-09-22 11:47:39 · answer #1 · answered by Canadian Ken 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋

The first US astronauts:

Scott Carpenter,
Virgil Grissom,
Alan Shepard,
Gordon Cooper
and John Glenn

not sure why Walter and Donald got left out

2007-09-22 11:49:40 · answer #2 · answered by Beardo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋