I always believed that space travel would be available to regular people like myself by the year 2020. At least this is what I believed 20 years ago. Yesterday was the 20th anniversary of the Challenger space shuttle disaster. I was stunned by what happened, I can still recall exactly where I was standing when I heard about it. My first thought was all the kids watching it live on TV because the first "teacher in space" Christa McAuliffe was aboard.To this day when there is a space launch of the shuttle I always stop and watch or at least pay attention. The crew of Challenger never made it into space that day and I always think of the danger they faced for science and exploration. While I am not terribly religious, I do keep them in my thoughts every time there is a launch.
Sadly the drive to space has slowed down dramatically and I don't believe accessible space travel will happen in my lifetime, which is a shame, because I always wanted to see the world from space.
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