Post-dated Jan. 28 Challenger entry

Backdated for Jan. 28, 2011, 25 years after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
Perhaps what gave the event the impact that it had was that Christa McAuliffe was to have been the first-ever teacher in space and children all over the country were watching live. She, along with six others, in the words of President Ronald Reagan, who was quoting poet John Magee, "slipped the surly bonds of earth" to "touch the face of God," and there has never been a teacher in space.
Did you know there was also supposed to be a journalist in space?http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011101270352
So NASA, as the space shuttle program winds down, I officially throw my press hat in the ring to represent both teachers and journalists on a future flight. I'd only take up one seat. You know where to find me.