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Quotation from Address to the Nation on the Challenger Disaster by Ronald Reagan
“Well, today we can say of the Challenger crew: Their dedication was, like Drake's, complete.”
Address to the Nation on the Challenger Disaster, Paragraph 6 (Public Papers of the Presidents, Reagan Library)
The comparison with Sir Francis Drake, who died at sea on the same date in 1596.
Citation: "Well, today we can say of the Challenger crew: Their dedication was, like Drake's, complete." — Ronald Reagan, Address to the Nation on the Challenger Disaster, Paragraph 6 (Public Papers of the Presidents, Reagan Library). (id challenger-disaster-address-q7)
Portrait: Challenger flight 51-l crew, NASA, Public domain.
