Teacher in Space Project to interested teachers while 11,000 teachers sent completed applications to NASA. Each application included a potential lesson that would be taught from space while on the Space Shuttle. The applications were sorted and then sent to the various State Departments of Education, who were then responsible for narrowing down their state applicants to a final set of two each. These applicants were notified of their selections and were gathered together for further selection processes down to ten finalists. These were then trained for a time, and in 1985 NASA selected Christa McAuliffe to be the first teacher in space, with
Road Accident Fund cover to accident victims or their families, and indemnity cover to wrongdoers. Prior to 1997, the system of compulsory motor vehicle accident insurance was governed by the following legislation: • Motor Vehicle Insurance Act, 1942 (Act No. 29 of 1942); • Compulsory Motor Vehicle Insurance Act, 1972 (Act No. 56 of 1972); • Motor Vehicle Accident Act, 1986 (Act No. 84 of 1986); and • Multilateral Motor Vehicle Accidents Fund Act, 1989 (Act No. 93 of 1989). The RAF, as established by the RAF Act, is owned by the South African public. It is listed as a national public entity