I Really Don't Want To Say Goodbye

I Can Remember In Early Elementary School When The Russians Launched The First Satellite. There Was Still So Much Unknown About Space. People Thought Mars Was Probably Populated.

Every Shuttle Mission's Been Successful.

I Told Them How Excited I Would Be To Go Into Space And How Thrilled I Was When Alan Shepard Made His Historic Flight, And When John Kennedy Announced On The News That The Men Had Landed Safely On The Moon, And How Jealous I Was Of Those Men.

I Really Don't Want To Say Goodbye To Any Of You People.

Nasa Was Going To Pick A Public School Teacher To Go Into Space, Observe And Make A Journal About The Space Flight, And I Am A Teacher Who Always Dreamed Of Going Up Into Space.