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<p>[QUOTE="CamaroDMD, post: 3727563, member: 5233"]Christa McAuliffe is the only person the public remembers from the loss of Challenger. We lost a second shuttle in 2003 (Columbia) but only "space nerds" like myself can name any single member of the crew. McAuliffe's death was no more or less tragic than the loss of any of the other six and her presence on the crew was simply a public relations move. NASA basically admitted that when they announced there would no more "civilian" (non-astronaut) shuttle crewmembers on future missions. The fact that the commemorative focuses on her tells me (and this is my opinion) that they are simply using her "fame" (for lack of a better word) to sell coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>We have long complained on CT and elsewhere that modern commemoratives become more and more stale each year and are often only made to sell to the public to produce revenue (economic gain). I see this as no different.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="CamaroDMD, post: 3727563, member: 5233"]Christa McAuliffe is the only person the public remembers from the loss of Challenger. We lost a second shuttle in 2003 (Columbia) but only "space nerds" like myself can name any single member of the crew. McAuliffe's death was no more or less tragic than the loss of any of the other six and her presence on the crew was simply a public relations move. NASA basically admitted that when they announced there would no more "civilian" (non-astronaut) shuttle crewmembers on future missions. The fact that the commemorative focuses on her tells me (and this is my opinion) that they are simply using her "fame" (for lack of a better word) to sell coins. We have long complained on CT and elsewhere that modern commemoratives become more and more stale each year and are often only made to sell to the public to produce revenue (economic gain). I see this as no different.[/QUOTE]
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