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[i]The Challenger plate debuted on Jan. 1, 1987 — less than year after the Jan. 28, 1986 disaster — as the nation's first specialty tag. Tallahassee lawmakers added shuttle Columbia shortly after the 2003 disaster, and the plate was bolted to 50,688 Sunshine State vehicles that year. But now, that number of sales and renewals has dipped to 19,811 plates, Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles records show — a 61 percent plunge. Competition is a key factor: Florida now offers a cornucopia of 137 specialty license plates featuring colleges and universities, political causes, recreational activities, pro sports teams, wildlife and more. The Challenger/Columbia plate's $25 annual fees benefit the Astronaut Memorial Foundation at the Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex.[/i]
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