Visible crew/equipment: You can see reflections of film crew and lighting boards in Clint Eastwood's sunglasses several times during the scenes where he is gathering the old members of team Daedalus.
Visible crew/equipment: When Clint Eastwood first enters IKON to power up the panel, you can see a crew member's hand (with a gold ring) to his right. On his way out you can also see a hand and the top of the head of a crew member in the same location.
Visible crew/equipment: Set lights and camera equipment are reflected in Hawk's sunglasses as he speaks with the kid who wants to go up in his plane.
Scott215
Chosen answer: It wasn't a matter of how physically fit they were, but that their particular combination of knowledge, skills, and past experiences were needed for this specific mission. The physical criteria would be amended in order to recruit them for that mission.
raywestThey were specifically told they wouldn't be given an easier ride and would need to pass the exact same tests as the younger astronauts. The physical criteria wouldn't have been amended to suit them so is it possible for 4 guys of this age to pass?
The_Iceman