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NASA Thaws Out 'Teacher in Space' Program

Posted by michael on from the rolling-the-dice dept.

Guppy06 writes "The Houston Chronicle reports that, seventeen years after the Challenger disaster, NASA is pushing forward its Teacher in Space program again. Christa McAuliffe's original back-up, Barbara Morgan from Idaho, is scheduled to go up this November. NASA intends to recruit more teachers in the future. Between this and rumored Mars missions, it seems new NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe is keeping himself busy."

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  1. heh by GigsVT · · Score: 2, Funny

    NASA Thaws Out Teacher in Space.... ....program.

    Caught me offguard for a second. :) Images of frozen teachers in stasis, part of a super secret Mars mission, etc etc.

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  2. Politicians instead of teachers! by jcasey · · Score: 2, Funny

    Nasa has a tendency to have dramatic accidents occasionally... And we have a shortage on good school teachers ( in NY at least ). We should send some politicians up instead... Allow them to paste their ad's on the sides of the ship etc.. If the ship blows up, we lose one more politician...

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  3. Software Engineer in Space? by theCoder · · Score: 2, Funny

    Teacher in Space is all well and good, but where's the "Software Engineer in Space" program? That's the one I want to sign up for!

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  4. Good as a first step, but by Mister+Proper · · Score: 2, Funny

    When will be able to vote on exiling our teachers into space?

  5. Headline should have read: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    NASA Dredges Up 'Teacher in Space' Program.

    Or maybe...

    NASA Resurrects 'Teacher in Space' Program.

  6. Re:"NASA thaws out Teacher in Space" by isorox · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's strange, I thought space was really cold. Maybe they have some kind of generator up there?

    Actually they put a webserver up there, then posted a link on slashdot, that'll thaw out anything!