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Quotation from Address to the Nation on the Challenger Disaster by Ronald Reagan
“I know it is hard to understand, but sometimes painful things like this happen. It's all part of the process of exploration and discovery.”
Address to the Nation on the Challenger Disaster, Paragraph 4 (Public Papers of the Presidents, Reagan Library)
The opening of the passage addressed to the schoolchildren who watched the launch.
Citation: "I know it is hard to understand, but sometimes painful things like this happen. It's all part of the process of exploration and discovery." — Ronald Reagan, Address to the Nation on the Challenger Disaster, Paragraph 4 (Public Papers of the Presidents, Reagan Library). (id challenger-disaster-address-q4)
Portrait: Challenger flight 51-l crew, NASA, Public domain.
