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.

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.

Imagine a history teacher making history.

Reach for it. Push yourself as far as you can.

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.

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.

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!