 The president felt that it was important to send an ordinary citizen to experience the excitement of space travel as a representative for all Americans. |
| If anything, the overriding emotion is gonna just be excitement. |
| My job in space will be to observe and write a journal. I am also going to be teaching a class for students on earth about life in space and on the space shuttle and conducting experiments. |
| I was a little concerned with how the crew was going to view me because I didn't know whether this program had been kinda forced down their throats. But they were wonderful. |
| I will have a one-hour program called the Mission Watch, where I will describe details of the mission and give additional information about the lessons from space. |
| I really don't want to say goodbye to any of you people. |
