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Christa McAuliffe

"The president felt that it was important to send an ordinary citizen to experience the excitement of space travel as a representative for all Americans."

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"The president felt that it was important to send an ordinary citizen to experience the excitement of space travel as a representative for all Americans."

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"When I'm 60, maybe, I'll look at my pile of papers and wonder, What really happened that year?"
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"I really don't want to say goodbye to any of you people."
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"I can remember in early elementary school when the Russians launched the first satellite. There was still so much unknown about space. People thought Mars was probably populated."
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"If I can get some student interested in science, if I can show members of the general public what's going on up there in the space program, then my job's been done."
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"The Twilight Zone' wasn't around with the kids. They think going up in space is neat. Within their lifetime, there will be paying passengers on the shuttle."
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"I told them how excited I would be to go into space and how thrilled I was when Alan Shepard made his historic flight, and when John Kennedy announced on the news that the men had landed safely on the moon, and how jealous I was of those men."
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