Damn, I didn't realize Fred Ward was that old. But then again
The Right Stuff is about 40 years old now, so the math follows...
I can still picture the end of that movie in my head and hear Fred Ward's voice, as 'Gus Grissom' fidgets in his seat at a table with a TV news broadcaster watching Gordo Cooper's Mercury-Atlas 9 ascend from the launch pad, nervously twisting a pencil between his hands until he finally erupts in excitement...
"GO HOTDOG, GOOOOO!!"
RIP