May Your Future Be Limited Only By

Space Is Going To Be Commonplace.

It's Not The Olympics. It's Concord, New Hampshire, And A Homecoming Should Reflect The Community I'm Part Of.

It Was Hard Telling Those Kids...that I Wasn't Going To Be There This Year. And I Knew I Was Going To Miss Them. I Won't Have An Opportunity To See Them Again, Unless They Stop By The House. Now During The Summer, I Got Lots Of Notes; Kids Would Stop By The House. I'd Be Pulling Weeds Or Something And They Would Come Up And Give Me A Hug And Say, 'oh, I Can't Believe It, This Is So Wonderful!' And Just Get Very Excited About It. It Was Hard Not Being In School. I Would Have Loved To Have Gone Back To School.

I Can Remember In Early Elementary School When The Russians Launched The First Satellite. There Was Still So Much Unknown About Space. People Thought Mars Was Probably Populated.

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.