News That Affects You - Youth Magazine Staff - February 1985

Youth Magazine Staff

Your Teacher's Ticket to Space? by Robert C. Taylor - India: At the Crossroads by Colleen Dixon - Test Drive the Future by Jeff Zhorne - Earthscrapers Going Up (Or Is That Down?) by Dan Taylor; Could one of your teachers soon be traveling on the space shuttle? If you live in the United States or one of its territories, the answer could be yes. President Ronald Reagan announced in August that a schoolteacher would be the first "citizen passenger to circle the earth in the space shuttle. Although other nonmilitary people have flown on the shuttle, they have been a part of the crew, assigned specific tasks. The job of this special teacher, on the other hand, will be to enjoy the trip and tell everyone on earth what outer space is like. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library