Christa McAuliffe
Christa McAuliffe
Sharon Christa McAuliffewas an American teacher from Concord, New Hampshire, and was one of the seven crew members killed in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAstronaut
Date of Birth2 September 1948
CityBoston, MA
CountryUnited States of America
Christa McAuliffe quotes about
ready teacher
I don't think any teacher is as ready as I am,
american-astronaut people sat
We sat around one night and thought that people are going to look back and say, I can't imagine there was a lot of excitement about HER going up!
american-astronaut amount pounds
We haven't sat down with Scott and Caroline and said, Now you realize that there's X amount of pounds of thrust. And this can happen and that can happen.
american-astronaut concerned crew kinda program whether
I was a little concerned with how the crew was going to view me because I didn't know whether this program had been kinda forced down their throats. But they were wonderful.
american-astronaut touch
I touch the future. I teach. That's going with me.
appreciate future touch
I touch the future. I teach. I really appreciate that sentiment. That's going with me.
math space people
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.
stars reaching reaching-for-the-stars
What are we doing here? We're reaching for the stars!
successful missions
Every shuttle mission's been successful.
teacher imagine making-history
Imagine a history teacher making history,
class people working-class
My sympathies have always been for working-class people.
twilight kids thinking
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.
travel space house
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.
jobs teaching writing
My job in space will be to observe and write a journal. I am also going to be teaching a class for students on earth about life in space and on the space shuttle and conducting experiments.