Just as the pioneer travelers of the Conestoga wagon days kept personal journals, I, as a pioneer space traveler, would do the same. Christa McAuliffe More Quotes by Christa McAuliffe More Quotes From Christa McAuliffe I have a vision of the world as a global village, a world without boundaries. Christa McAuliffe village vision world You have to dream. We all have to dream. Dreaming is OK. Imagine me teaching from space, all over the world, touching so many peoples lives. Thats a teachers dream! I have a vision of the world as a global village, a world without boundaries. Imagine a history teacher making history! Christa McAuliffe teaching dream teacher Space is for everybody. It's not just for a few people in science or math, or for a select group of astronauts. That's our new frontier out there, and it's everybody's business to know about space. Christa McAuliffe space math people 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. Christa McAuliffe space done jobs What are we doing here? We're reaching for the stars! Christa McAuliffe reaching space stars May your future be limited only by your dreams! Christa McAuliffe your-future dream may Reach for it. Push yourself as far as you can. Christa McAuliffe push-yourself 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. Christa McAuliffe jealous moon men Imagine a history teacher making history. Christa McAuliffe making-history imagine teacher Space is going to be commonplace. Christa McAuliffe corny commonplace space No teacher has ever been better prepared to teach a lesson. Christa McAuliffe teach lessons teacher I really don't want to say goodbye to any of you people. Christa McAuliffe farewell goodbye people I will have a one-hour program called the Mission Watch, where I will describe details of the mission and give additional information about the lessons from space. Christa McAuliffe details space giving I cannot join the space program and restart my life as an astronaut, but this opportunity to connect my abilities as an educator with my interests in history and space is a unique opportunity to fulfill my early fantasies. Christa McAuliffe space unique opportunity It was hard telling those kids...that I wasn't going to be there this year. And I knew I was going to miss them. I won't have an opportunity to see them again, unless they stop by the house. Now during the summer, I got lots of notes; kids would stop by the house. I'd be pulling weeds or something and they would come up and give me a hug and say, 'Oh, I can't believe it, this is so wonderful!' and just get very excited about it. It was hard not being in school. I would have loved to have gone back to school. Christa McAuliffe weed summer believe When I'm 60, maybe, I'll look at my pile of papers and wonder, What really happened that year? Christa McAuliffe paper looks years 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. Christa McAuliffe space house travel My sympathies have always been for working-class people. Christa McAuliffe working-class class people Sometimes when things get kind of frantic, it helps to call my husband Steve, because I think he's got a real good sense of where everything's gonna be in a few years. Christa McAuliffe husband real thinking If anything happened, I think my husband would have to deal with that as the time came. Christa McAuliffe deals husband thinking
