Reagan's Address to Nation Challenger Disaster Speech 1986
Date of the Speech:
January 28, 1986
Target audience
President
- Families of lost ones
- To the people and children
Place where the speech was given
Reagan's Address to Nation Challenger Disaster Speech 1986
The White House: Oval Office
Reasons for the speech
Domestic/International conflicts with the speech addresses
To show remorse on the lost ones contributing in the Nasa take off
A group of Nasa ast who risked their life to expand humanities knowledge of outer space
A picture of the president giving the speech
Tone
Brief summary of the speech
Remorseful to the families of the lost ones and the young children who witnessed the tragedy
Reagan's Address to Nation Challenger Disaster Speech addresses the people on a terrible accident about seven astronauts that took flight and died while doing so which has never happened before.
Historical reference
Personal opinion
Quotes
It was a touching speech due to President Reagan not only addressing the adults but the children as well.
Nineteen years before this disaster, three astronauts were tragically lost in an accident on the groud
- And I want to say something to the schoolchildren of America who were watching the live coverage of the shuttle’s takeoff. 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. It’s all part of taking a chance and expanding man’s horizons. The future doesn’t belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave. The Challenger crew was pulling us into the future, and we’ll continue to follow them.
- "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 the journey and waved goodbye and “slipped the surly bonds of earth” to “touch the face of God.”
- "Nothing ends here; our hopes and our journeys continue. I want to add that I wish I could talk to every man and woman who works for NASA or who worked on this mission and tell them: “Your dedication and professionalism have moved an impressed us for decades. And we know of your anguish. We share it.”