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From: cs2532aa@unm-cvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Teacher in space
Message-ID: <269@unm-cvax.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 23-Feb-85 01:07:31 EST
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Posted: Sat Feb 23 01:07:31 1985
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> As long as people are flaming about serious issues I might as
> well flame about a lighter one:
>
> Didn't Ronald Reagan promise that the first civilian in space would
> be a teacher? So who the hell does Jake Garn think he is?
>
> S. McLinden

Reagan's promise to make a teacher "first civilian in space" was a pretty
transparent attempt to offset the NEA's endorsement of Walter Mondale in
last year's presidential race.  On the other hand, NASA's putting Garn into
orbit is a pretty transparent attempt to keep the funds flowing in their
direction.  I'd rather have a Senator in space than a teacher . . . but I'd
rather the Senator was William Proxmire; maybe they'd leave him up there! :-)

Even ignoring the obvious propagandistic aspects of Reagan's statement, I
was still pretty put off by it.  The first REAL civilian in space should be
someone who can relate the beauty and excitement of the experience to those
of us who are back on the ground, preferably a writer or journalist, not a
teacher.  (Sorry, mom.)

[Gee, no real flame content here . . . wait . . . is that . . . no, it can't
 be!  NOT DOUG LLEWELLYN!  ARRRGHHHHHHHHHH!]

		.rne.

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