January 5, 2012
the-star-stuff: It Was 40 Years Ago Today On Jan. 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Dr. James C. Fletcher, NASA Administrator, discussed the proposed Space Shuttle vehicle in San Clemente, Calif.The President announced that day that the United States should proceed at once with the development of an entirely new type of space transportation system designed to help transform the space frontier into familiar territory. Image Credit: NASA

the-star-stuff:

It Was 40 Years Ago Today

On Jan. 5, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Dr. James C. Fletcher, NASA Administrator, discussed the proposed Space Shuttle vehicle in San Clemente, Calif.

The President announced that day that the United States should proceed at once with the development of an entirely new type of space transportation system designed to help transform the space frontier into familiar territory. 

Image Credit: NASA

(via npr)

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    I was 6 years old when this photo was taken. I believe I was 22 or 23 when the space shuttle with first teacher in space...
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