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T he N atio n al A e ro n au ­ b e tte r in th e b e tte r eye, n o w .”, “ H ow can you grow if
tics and Space A d m in istra ­ b lo o d p re s s u re less th a n you d o n ’t exp erien ce new
tio n (NASA) in Ja n u a ry 1986, 160/100, and th e a b ility to th in g s?”
w ill send an e d u ca to r in to h ear th re e feet aw ay (h ear­ He seem ed to th in k th at
th e o u te r lim its of space. ing aid p e rm itted ). “ p io n eer in h e rita n ce ” had
NASA sp en t m ost of 198$ T h r e e o f t h e 1 2 7 som eth in g to do w ith w hy he
s e a rc h in g f o r th e f i r s t N ebraska teach ers in terested w a n te d to go in to space.
te a c h e r to e n te r space in th e in th e ch allen ge and p ro ­ W o lfe’s g ra n d p a re n ts had
S h u ttle C olum bia. spect of flyin g th ro u g h space been covered -w agon pioneer
In o rd er to be con sid ered w ere R alston English/Span- ed u ca to rs w h o ta u g h t on an
fo r th e NASA p ro je ct th e ish T e a c h e r C h e ry l B lu e, In d ian re s e rv a tio n . O ther
person firs t had to be a U.S. E le ctro n ics T each er Ja m e s a n c e s to r s w e re F ro n ­
citiz e n , a fu ll-tim e te a ch e r W olfe and E n glish T each er tie r s m a n D av y C ro c k e tt,
and secondly be able to co m ­ Jo h n M orrissey. b o th H a rriso n p resid en ts
p ly w ith th e g u id e lin e s W hy did Blue fill o u t th e and th e fam ous D eclaration
o u tlin ed in th e a p p licatio n . ap p licatio n ? “ B ecause ev er of In d e p e n d e n c e Jo h n
T h e a p p lic a tio n a sk e d since I w as a little k id I H an cock .
n u m erou s q u estion s about w o n d ered w h a t it w ou ld be W olfe said, “ I consider
th e p e r s o n ’s h e a lth an d lik e in space, to see th e w o rld m yself a ’R enaissance Man.’ A
c r e d ite d te a c h in g e x p e r ­ fro m a d iffe re n t v ie w ,” she m an w h o has h is feet in
ien ce. A few of th e h ealth said. h isto ry , to rso in th e present
re q u ire m e n ts in clu d ed c o r­ W olfe’s reaso n s b eh in d and his head in th e clouds.
re cta b le vision w ith 20/40 or w a n tin g to go w ere m an y: W h at did th e ir fam ilies
“ I t ’s a n ew f ro n tie r !” , “ I’m th in k ab ou t th e m filin g out
alw ays push ing m y lim its !” , th e a p p lic a tio n f o r th e
“ I sh ou ld n ’t stop w h ere I am NASA p ro je ct? B lu e’s fam ily