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Quotation from Address to the Nation on the Challenger Disaster by Ronald Reagan
“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."”
Address to the Nation on the Challenger Disaster, Paragraph 7 (Public Papers of the Presidents, Reagan Library)
The closing sentence, ending with phrases from John Gillespie Magee Jr.'s sonnet High Flight.
Citation: "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."" — Ronald Reagan, Address to the Nation on the Challenger Disaster, Paragraph 7 (Public Papers of the Presidents, Reagan Library). (id challenger-disaster-address-q8)
Portrait: Challenger flight 51-l crew, NASA, Public domain.
