It Takes A Couple Of Years Just

I Slept Just Floating In The Middle Of The Flight Deck, The Upper Deck Of The Space Shuttle.

When The Space Shuttle's Engines Cut Off, And You're Finally In Space, In Orbit, Weightless... I Remember Unstrapping From My Seat, Floating Over To The Window, And That's When I Got My First View Of Earth. Just A Spectacular View, And A Chance To See Our Planet As A Planet.

The Rockets Light! The Shuttle Leaps Off The Launch Pad In A Cloud Of Steam And A Trail Of Fire.

After The Challenger Accident, Nasa Put In A Lot Of Time To Improve The Safety Of The Space Shuttle To Fix The Things That Had Gone Wrong.

Everywhere I Go I Meet Girls And Boys Who Want To Be Astronauts And Explore Space, Or They Love The Ocean And Want To Be Oceanographers, Or They Love Animals And Want To Be Zoologists, Or They Love Designing Things And Want To Be Engineers. I Want To See Those Same Stars In Their Eyes In 10 Years And Know They Are On Their Way!