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Quotation from Address to the Nation on the Challenger Disaster by Ronald Reagan
“But they, the Challenger Seven, were aware of the dangers, but overcame them and did their jobs brilliantly.”
Address to the Nation on the Challenger Disaster, Paragraph 2 (Public Papers of the Presidents, Reagan Library)
Reagan insists the crew were not passive victims but courageous professionals who knew the risk.
Citation: "But they, the Challenger Seven, were aware of the dangers, but overcame them and did their jobs brilliantly." — Ronald Reagan, Address to the Nation on the Challenger Disaster, Paragraph 2 (Public Papers of the Presidents, Reagan Library). (id challenger-disaster-address-q2)
Portrait: Challenger flight 51-l crew, NASA, Public domain.
