“Reach for it, you know. Go push yourself as far as you can.”

— Christa McAuliffe

Tanscript - CNN Presents: CHRISTA MCAULIFFE REACH FOR THE STARS (22 January 2006 http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0601/22/cp.01.html

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American educator and astronaut 1948–1986

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