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.

Imagine a history teacher making history.

It's not the Olympics. It's Concord, New Hampshire, and a homecoming should reflect the community I'm part of.

No teacher has ever been better prepared to teach a lesson.

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.

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.

My sympathies have always been for working-class people.