I was one step closer to following in the footsteps of Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon and Tom Corbett. Ten years have passed since that process began and much history has been written. We all remember January 28, 1986. I shall never forget it as I witnessed live the final seventy-three seconds of the Challenger. It is still very clear in my mind.
Space can be that for some.
The prolific writer of the western frontier, Louie L amour, said that we need a new frontier to keep us forward looking and thinking. He and others have said that that new frontier is space. Whenever I visit schools in my capacity as a space ambassador I see first hand how the subject of space excites the imagination and challenges the spirit. The questions are endless and there is never enough time to get to them all before the day is gone. As Christa McAuliffe said I touch the future, I teach.