New Hampshire: From School Room to Space Shuttle with Dani Coke

The Preamble

Sharon McMahon

History, Education

4.9 • 15.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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In this episode, Sharon sits down with return guest Danielle Coke to learn about the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster of 1986. This history lesson is cast from the perspective of one of America’s most cherished ordinary heroes, Sharon Christa McAuliffe, a school teacher from New Hampshire who was selected by NASA to become the first teacher in space. In 1984 President Ronal Reagan announced the Teacher in Space Project designed to inspire students, honor teachers, and spur interest in mathematics, science, and space exploration by sending a teacher on a voyage to space with NASA. The infamous program ended fatally, however, when after just 73 seconds into its flight on January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded, killing Christa and all six other crew members aboard.

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0:00.0	Hello friends, welcome, welcome.
0:04.0	Always delighted to have you join me, and today I have my friend Danny Koch back again.
0:10.0	The last time Daddy was here, we talked about Florida, we talked about Walt Disney.
0:13.5	So many of you messaged me to say, please have Danny back again.
0:17.4	She was fantastic.
0:18.8	I love her.
0:19.6	So she's back!
0:20.6	She humored me.
0:21.6	I just adore this girl. let us dive in to this incredibly moving
0:27.7	story of a woman from New Hampshire. I'm Sharon McMahon and welcome to the Sharon Says So podcast.
0:36.0	Yay, oh my gosh, I am so excited to have you back.
0:40.0	Thank you for coming.
0:42.0	An honor, a pleasure.
0:44.0	I can't wait to hear what story you've got for me today.
0:47.0	So last time I had you on this podcast,
0:52.0	I was deluged with messages from people ranging from
0:57.2	strangers to my relatives saying she was so fantastic.
1:02.6	Please have her back regularly.
1:04.9	I absolutely loved her.
1:06.3	So people very much enjoyed hearing your voice.
1:10.7	Oh, I love that so much.
1:12.3	It was really fun. I learned it was. I thought it was really fun. And so if somebody hasn't
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