Tempting Fate

[Barman]

Is this wise, putting another female teacher on the space shuttle ? ended in total disaster the last time.

21 years after Challenger, a teacher gets her shot
By age 33, Barbara Morgan had taught school on an Indian reservation in the Rockies and in Ecuador's capital in the Andes. That did not quiet her longing for a classroom higher in the sky.
 
"I want to go on the space shuttle," Morgan wrote to NASA in 1985, applying to be the first teacher in orbit. "I want to get some stardust on me."

Her enthusiasm impressed NASA, but it picked high school teacher Christa McAuliffe instead, and Morgan as her backup. McAuliffe never made it to orbit: On Jan. 28, 1986, space shuttle Challenger exploded just after liftoff, killing McAuliffe and six crewmates.

Next week, Morgan, now 55, finally gets her chance at some stardust. On Tuesday, she is scheduled to blast off on her first spaceflight - and America's first effort since Challenger to put a teacher in orbit.

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[Bar Wench]

You do have to wonder don't you. I was in an American school when Challenger went up. We sent pics to go up in the shuttle and we were all sitting watching it when it blew up. Not a good day.

[Grumpmeister]

Bear in mind you are strapped to a ferkin huge fuel tank in a complex vessel with each part made by the lowest bidding contractor. If I was that teacher I'd be following the example of the astronauts in the news the other day and be absolutely paralytic when brought on board. 

At least then if it does go boom I'd be too plastered to know anything about it 

[Darwins Selection]

21 years after Challenger, a teacher gets her shot
 "I want to get some stardust on me."

She should have joined Clinton as an intern.

Much safer.