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...Department's buildings after McAuliffe so that "her sacrifice will live forever in the memory of this nation." New York's Democratic Congressman Gary Ackerman introduced legislation to designate Jan. 28 of each year as a permanent National Teacher Recognition Day. Florida's Democratic Congressman Bill Nelson, who, like Garn, had flown on a shuttle, proposed that seven of the newly discovered moons of the planet Uranus each be named for one of Challenger's victims. Colorado Republican William Armstrong went a bit further, asking the Senate to name ten moons, adding the three Apollo astronauts who died...
Nelson, who will be the second politician in space--after space sickness expert Senator Jake Garn (R-Utah)--will participate in the Harvard-affiliated experiment. However, Diller stressed that Nelson "will not evaluate the experiment, only make sure the parameters are adhered to and that they are executed properly...
Cartoonist Garry Trudeau, in his Doonesbury strip, dubbed Garn "Barfin' Jake." But the 52-year-old Senator held up well in preparations for the mission, which included being sealed in a dark bag to test his resistance to claustrophobia. During a spin in a simulator known as the "vomit comet," which is designed to induce motion sickness, Garn kept his food down...
...astronauts who have waited more than a decade to go on a space flight were disgruntled by Garn's mission. The Senator, however, has impressive flight credentials. The son of a World War I pilot, he began flying at 16. As a naval pilot Garn flew transport missions in Viet Nam. All told, he has logged some 10,000 hours of flying time--more than any of NASA's 90 active astronauts except Air Force Colonel Joseph Engle. Garn is also in superb physical condition; he carries a muscular 170 lbs. on his 5-ft. 11-in. frame...
What of President Reagan's campaign promise that the first private citizen in outer space would be a teacher? Garn retorts, with some logic, that he is not a private citizen. "I am a public official," he says. "I am concerned. I even flew the B-1 bomber years ago, to decide whether that was something I ought to vote for or not, and I've driven the M-1 tank for the same reason." * Despite the flak about Garn's flight, 69% of those polled in a recent Salt Lake City newspaper survey supported the mission. Such popularity must...