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 - Class of 1986

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An American Tragedy In 1981 the first reusable spacecraft, the space shuttle Columbia, was launched into orbit and landed safety 54 hours later. Columbia flew three rnore times in 1982 and delivered a satellite into orbit. The following year the new space shuttle, Challenger, made its first launch into space and three more in 1984. In the same year, the third craft .Voyager, entered the space scene. Continuous successful flights made the shuttle missions seem almost routine For about 25 years Americans have safely soared mto space and back on a total of 55 missions But. on January 28. 1986, the perfect record ended with the catastrophic explosion of the space shuttle. Challenger. 73 seconds arter lift off. about nine miles above the Atlantic Ocean, the $1.2 billion orbitor burst into a massive cloud of smoke and flames killing all seven crew members of the 25th space shuttle mission. After several days of delays, the Challenger crew. Commander Dick scobee. Pilot Michael Smith. Electri- cal Engineer Judith Resnick. Physicist Ronald McNair. Aerospace Engineer Ellison Onizuka. Electrical Engineer Gregory Jarvis and School Teacher Chnsta McAuWfe were anxious to begin their flight and carry out their missions. For the professional crew the missions were: to carry a Si OO million NASA satellite into space to fill communication gaps, to deploy instruments that would measure the ultraviolet spectrum of Hailey's comet and to sample the amounts of radiation in the shuttle at different points of orbit. McAu liffe was to teach two 15-minute lessons from space: (1) ‘The Ultimate Fie!d Tnp . a tour of the spacecraft and an explanation of the crew's duties: (2) “Where We've Been. Where We're Going. Why? an explanation of the scientific, commer- cial and industrial benefits of space travel. Satellite deployment and radiation arc often too technical and complicated for the average Amencan and do not seem to play a direct role in everyday l-fe down hero on oarth. So. when Christa McAutiffe. a so- cial studies teacher from Concord. New Hampshire and mother of two, joined the shuttle crew in shine 1985 millions of ordinary citizens including many elementary school children saw McAuiiifo as a link between the heavens and earth. She was to bring the ordinary person one stop closer to the understanding of the universe and prove that one does not have to be a professional astronaut to participate in the adventure of space exploration. Questions concerning the safety of space flight followed the tragedy, and on a televised address to the nation that night. President Ronald Reagan assured the young school children. “I know it's hard to understand that sometimes painful things like this happen. It is all pari of the process of exploration and discovery, it's all part of taking a chance and expanding man's horizon. The seven crew members' Irves were not lost in vain. Christa McAuliffe's long hours of training were not m vain. They knew the risk involved and took the risk. Despite the tragedy. McAuliffe and her fellow crew members have brought us one step closer to under- standing the universe. The understanding that the universe is still a mysterious entity, and man has a long journey ahead of him accompanied by discovery and tragedy before he comes to understand the universe fully. But it is only with those courageous and daring enough to explore the worlds beyond ours can one know that the only boundries confining man aro the boundaries that man h’mself establishes. by Patricia Eaton

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