The Nation - News from Jan. 30, 1987

The brother of Sharon Christa McAuliffe accused the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of exploiting his sister for the sake of publicity and called on the government to abandon for now programs to put everyday people into space. “They shouldn’t be using the public for something that’s mainly for the government,” said Christopher Corrigan of Framingham, Mass., whose sister was chosen to be the first private citizen in space. She died in the Jan. 28, 1986, Challenger explosion.