Thirty Years On: President Ronald Reagan, Address on the Challenger Disaster
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“The crew of the space shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which
they lived their lives. We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw
them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye
and 'slipped the surly bonds of earth' to 'touch the face of God.'”
President R Reagan, 28 January 1986 - speech by Peggy Noonan