One Year: 1986 | 2. The Ultimate Field Trip
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The Opportunity of a Lifetime
A NASA task force had been looking into the possibility of sending a private citizen to space since 1982. The president of America's largest teachers union derided Reagan's plan as a campaign stunt. But there were plenty of teachers who didn't care about his motivations. For them, NASA was offering the opportunity of a lifetime.
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