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(NOONAN) JA NUA RY 28, 1986
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PR~ S 1DE rIT ' s BACKUP COPY S/::'iZZ1
ADDRESS TO THE NAT ION : ~I
r GE
DEATH O SPACE SHUTTL E CH AL LEN R CREW
EN D
LADI ES AND GENTLEM , I HA PL ANN ED TO SPEAK TO
YOU TON IGHT TO REPORT O THE STATE
N OF THE UNION, BUT
E
THE EVENTS OF EARLIER TODAY HAVE LED M TO CHANG E THOSE
NS
PLA . R O ''lBERI NG.
TODAY IS A DAY FO M URN ING , AND REMEr
NANCY AND I ARE PAI NED TO TH E CORE BY THE TRAGEDY
OF THE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER. E E
W KNOW W SH ARE THIS PA IN
F LY
WITH AL L OF THE PEO PLE O OU R COUNTRY.\ THIS IS TR U A
NATIONA L LOSS.
NI NfTEEN YEARS AGO ALMOST TO TH E [lAY, WE LOST
TH REE ASTRONAUTS I N A TERRI BLE ACCIDENT ON THE GROU ND,
E N
BU T W HAVF NEVER LO ST A ASTRONAUT I N FLIGHT.) WE HAVE
NEVER HAD A TR AG E
EDY LIKE THIS . \ AND PERHA PS W HAVE
R
FORGOTTEN THE COURAGE IT TOOK FO THE CREW OF THE
SHUTTLE ,' H
BUT TH EY, THE C ALLENGER SEVE N, WERE AW ARE OF
THE DA NGERS -- AND OVERCAME THEM AND 0] 0 THEI R JOBS
BRILLIANTLY.
O
fiE M URN SEVE N KEROES -- r'I I CHAEL SI1ITH,
DI CK SCOBE E, JUDI TH RESNIK, RONALD McN A!R,
H- O
ELUSON (O NI H- ZO - KUfl) , GREGORY JARVl S,
~,N D CHR iSTA McAULlFf'E , \ W~ M R iHEI P, lOSS J\ S
OLI N ~,
NbT ] Oi'l , TOG~-;-,HEP ,
-- ~ ' -- --- -- - - - -~ --
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!"l F
TO TH E FA I UES O THE SEVEN : E
W CANNOT BEAR.
LL F
AS YOU DO. TH E FU IMPACT O TH IS TRA GEDY -- B W ~ UT
FE ~ l TH E LOSS, AND WE ARE TH INKI NG ABOUT YOU SO V ERY
U N ERE A G
M CH, r YOUR LOVED O ES W D RI N ANDBRAVE A THEY ND
A A
H D TH T SPECIAL G L
RACE. THAT SPECI A SPJR1T THAT SAYS :
G EE
GIV E ME A CHAL LEN E AN D I 'lL M T IT WI TH JOY,! TH EY
A PLO E ND O ER
H D A HUNGER TO EX R TH E UN IVE RS E A DIS C V ITS
UH ISHED TO SERVE AND THEY DID -
TR T S, TH EY W
F S,
THEY SERVED ALL O U
E
W HAVE GROWN USED TO WONDERS IN IH 1S CENTURY -
R
iT's HARD TO DAZZL E US . \ BUT FO 25 YEARS THE UNIT ED
O R AS G E
STATES SPACE PR G AM H BEEN DOI N JUST THAT .\ W HAVE
ROW E F ND
G N USED TO THE ID A O SPACE. A PERHAPS W FORG E E T
E N
THAT WE ' V O LY JUST BEGUN, W E'RE ST1LL PIONEERS -
EY.
TH THE M F G
EMBERS O THE CHALLEN ER CREW,
WERE PIONEER
ND
S,
A [ W TO SAY SOMETHI NG T THE SCHOOL CHi LDREN
ANT O
--- -
OF A A H G
MERICA WHO WERE WTC IN THE LIVE COVERAGE OF THE
SHUTTLE's TAKEOFF, \ I KNOW lT' s HARD TO UNDERSTAND BUT
SOMET1M£S PAINFUL THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPEN -- IT' s ALL
R
PA T OF THE PROCESS OF EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERY -
iT's ALL PART OF TAKING A CHANCE AND ~Y.PANDING ~AN's
HORIZONS, \ THE FUTURE DOESN'T BELONG TO THE
T-H R
FA IN EA TED -- IT BELONGS TO TH B A E, E RV
THE CHAL LENGE R CREy,' \liA S PULLING US INTO THE FUTU RE
AND \'IE 'LL CONT INUE TO FO OW THE"'I,
LL
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I'VE ALWAYS HAD GREAT FAITH IN AND RESPECT ~OR OUR
DY
SPACE PROGRAM -- AND WHAT HAPPENED TO A DOES NOThING
._
TO DIMINISH IT . w ~ DON'T HIDE OUR SPACE PROGRAM,
E S
W DON'T KEEP SEC RETS AND COVER THING UP , WE DO IT ALL
P O T ND AY
U FR N A IN PUBLIC . ) THAT 's THE W FREEDOMIS ,
O LDN E R INU
AN DWE WU ' T CHANG IT FO AM TE,
E'l O U
W l C NT INU E OUR Q EST IN SPACE ,\ TH ILL E
ERE W B
MRE SHUTTLE FLIGHTS AND MR SHUTTL E CREWS AND . Y
O OE ES.
OR
M E VOLUNTEERS. MORE CIVILIANS , MORE TEACHERS . I N
SPACE.\ NOTHING ENDS HERE - OUR HOPES AND OUR JOURN EYS
CDNTjNUE.
T
I WANT TO ADD THA I WISH I COULD TALK TO EVERY
AN OMA
M AND W N WHO WORKS FOR NASA OR WHO WORKED O TH N IS
IS ND E: E ICA
M S1 0N A TELL TH M YOUR D D TION A ND
FE N A O E ND PRESSED U FOR
PRO SSIO AL ISMH VE MV D A IM S
DEC ADES, A D W KNOW O YOU A ISH ,j WE SHA R iT .
N E F R NGU E
N
THERE's A COINCIDENCE TODAY. \ O TH-IS DAY
390 YEARS AGO, THE GREAT EXPLORER SIR FRAHc=CC;ISCCD~R.AKE
DIED ABOARD SHIP OFF THE COAST OF PANAMA. IN HIS
LI FETIME THE GREAT FRONTIERS WERE THE OCEAN~! AND A
HISTORIAN LATER SAID, uHE LIVED BY THE SEA, DIED ON IT,
AND ~/AS BURIED IN !T,~ ]rODAY WE CAN SAY OF THE
CHALLENGER CREW: THEIR DEDICATION HAS, LIV,E DRAKE's,
COMPLETE ,
- - - ---- --- -_ .
,
THE CREw O~ IH~ SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER HONOR ~D
US BY THE MANN~R IN WHICH THEY LIVED THEIR LIVES.
E
W WILL N EM E
EVER FORGET TH , ~OR THE LAST TIME W SAW
TH EM -- THIS MORNI NG. AS THEY PREPARED FOR THE1R
JOURNEY . AND WAVED GOODBYE, AND " SLl PPED THE SURLY
NS F UH C
BO D O EARTH" TO "TO C THE FA E OF GOD ,"
AN
TH KYOU ,
#I 1/ 1/
Jenu a :;:-y 28. 1986
A~tachee i s the dra ! t f o r
you r b r i~ f televised address
f r o m the Ova l Office . The
s peech ~i l l be on a
t e l ep r o mp ter. The remarks
hav e b e en reviewed and
a p p rove d by your Senior
St a f f .
Pl eas e re t u rn t he dra f t t o
the Us he r ' s Of fice af te r yo u
ar e fin i s hed wi th you r
edi ts .
~.;"
David Chew
Do cumen t Two
(Noonan)
J an uary 2 8 , 1 9 8 6
3 :30 p . m.
PRESIDENTI AL REMARKS, DEATH OF SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGE R CREW
TUESDAY, JANUARY 2 8 , 1 986
La di e s a nd gentleme n , I had p l a n n e d to spea k to y o u ton igh t
t o r eport on the State o f t he Unio n, but the e vent s of e a r l ier
today have led me to c hange th o s e p lans . To day i s a d ay for
mourni ng, an d r e me mbe r i n g.
Nan cy an d I a re pained to t he co re b y the tr ag edy o f t he
Sh uttle Chal lenger. We kn ow we sha re t h i s pa i n with a l l of the
peo ple o f ou r c ountry_ This is truly a nat iona l loss .
Ni n e tee n y e a r s ago a lmost to t h e day, we l o s t t hre e
astr o n a u ts i n a terrib le accident on the grou n d . But we hav e
n e v e r lost an a st r onaut in fligh t . e
W have n e v e r h ad a tr a g e d y
like t h i s . And pe rhap s we have fo rgot ten the courage it t oo k for
th e crew of t h e s h u t t le . But they , the Mag ni f icent Seven, Were
aware of the da n g e r s -- a n d ove rcame t hem a nd d id t he i r j o b s
br illi a n tl y .
We mOur n s e v e n he roes -- Michael Smith, Di c k Scobe e, Jud i th
cN
Resnik, Ro n a l d M air, El li son Oni zu ka [ o h - n i h - ZOO- ku h ) , Gregory
J ar v is , a nd Ch r is ta McAuliffe. We mour n the i r l o s s as a Na t ion,
t o gether .
To the f a mi li e s o f the Seven: e
W c a n n o t bear, as you do ,
the fu l l i mp a c t o f t h is tragedy -- bu t we f ee l t he 10 5 5 , and we
are th i nki n g ab o u t yo u 50 very muc h . Your l o v e d o nes were d aring
and brave a nd t he y h ad t ha t s pec i al grace, t h a t s peci a l spi r it
t hat sa y s : Gi v e me a cha l le nge and I' l l me et it with joy. The y
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had a hunge r t o e x p l o r e the universe and discove r its t ruths .
They wi s h e d t o s e rve and they did - - t h e y served all of us .
We have grown used to wo nders in this cen tu r y -- i t 's hard
t o daz zle us . But fo r 25 year s t h e United State s space proqra m
has bee n doing just t hat . e
W have grown used t o t h e idea o f
space , and perhaps we f or g et tha t we ' v e on ly ju s t b e g u n , we 're
s t ill p i o ne ers - - th e y , th e member s of t h e Ch a l l e n ge r c re w, we re
p io neers .
And I wan t to say some th i n g to the schoo l children of
America who we r e watching the l iv e coveraqe o f the shuttle 's
tak eof f . I k n ow i t ' , hard to unde rsta nd but some times painful
things li k e th i s happen -- i t ' s a l l pa r t o f the p r o c e s s of
exp l orat i o n and discovery -- i t' s al l pa rt o f t a king a chance and
expanding man 's ho rizons . Th e f utur e doesn' t belong to the
f aint-hear t e d - - it belongs to t h e b r a v e . Th e Chal lenge r c rew
wa s pulli n g u s into t h e futu r e -- an d we' l l continue t o follow
t he m.
I' v e al wa ys had g r e a t f aith in and res pe c t f o r ou r space
program -- a nd wh a t happene d t o d a y does nothing t o diminish it .
W don 't hide our space prog ram , we don't keep s ecrets and COVer
e
things up . we do it all up front and in public . That's the way
f r e e d o m is , and we wouldn' t change it for a minut e .
We'll con tinue o u r ques t i n space . There will be ~ore
r1;,hti
shuttle~ and more shuttle Cre ws and. yes. more volunteers, more
civilians, mor e teachers, in space . Nothing ends here - - Our
hopes and our journeys continue .
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I ~a nt to add t h a t I ~i s h I could t alk t o every man and
woman who works for NASA or who wor ked on t h i s aissio n a nd t e l l
the m, yo ur dedica tio n and profe s s i o nalis m have moved and
i mpr e s s ed us f or dec ade s , a nd we k now o f you r anguis h . ~e sha re
it .
There's a coi nc i d e nc e to day . On th is da y 390 yea r s ago, t he
great exp lo rer Sir Francis Drak e d ied aboard shi p o f f the coa s t
o f Panama . I n his l i f e t i me t he grea t f ro n t i er s were t h e oce ans.
And a h isto ria n late r sai d , wHe lived b y t h e sea , d ied o n i t, an d
was bur ied in it . w Tod ay we can sa y o f t he Challenge r Cr e w :
thei r d ed i c a t i o n was , lik e Drake 's , compl e t e .
The crew o f t he space shuttle Cha l l enge r honored u S by the
manner in wh i c h they lived their l i ves. e
W will never f org e t
t he~. no r the las t t ime we saw them -- th i s morning . as t h e y
prepared f o r t he i r journey , and wa ve d g o o d b ye , and ~ s l ipped t he
s u r l y bonds o f ea r t h " to "to u c h th e f ace o f God . "
Th a nk you .
WJ 0728
DQ cwnen t Thre e
OlKu....nt HQ, .;5'f.. 7S&CJ 55
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
OAn ; 1 /28/86 _ AcnON.lCOHQJItIt£NCE!COMM£NT DU£ .y ; _A
AS_' _
SUIJ£CT ;
REMARK S , DEATH OF SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER CREW
ACTiON Nt ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT 0 0 OGLESBY 0 C
REGAN 0 0 POINDEXTE'R 0
MIUER 0 0 'YAN 0 0
BUCHANAN 0 0 SPEAKES 0 0
CHAVEZ 0 0 SPRINKEL 0 0
CHEW Dl' 0_.
pUbl ic~1 That's t he v a y
freedom is, and we wo u l dn ' t chang_ it for a .inute .
we ~n t i nu e our que. t in .pace.
shuttle~~nd- .ar e s hu t tl e c r~s and, yes,
tea chers, i n s pace . Not hi ng end. here -
jou rn e y s con ti nue .
I want t o a dd t h at I wi s h I coul d ta lk t o every . .n a nd
vo~ n v ho work. fo r NASA or vho vor ke d on th is ~i •• io n , and tell
them: you r ded i cat i on a nd prof.ss i onalism h a ve .av.d and
I
i=pre.sed us for decades, and ve know of your anquil h,
.. sue J OG d: • j i Ii "Ii en s "e ' • n :e Gild '" cr a 75
' ,, ; Hi, .' •
"
'1There I S a on this day 390 years aqo the
qreat explorer Sir Franc is Drake died a boa r d ship off the coast
~
of Pana.4 . In hi. l ifetime the qr••t f r onteArl ve r e the oc e a n• .
~
And a historisn later s aid. -He lived by the lea, died on it. and
was buri ed in it .* Today we c an s ay of t he Challe nqer
G,a... lHert 2ll' ;!ia . ,",,",:;!lI!'~'~hei r
d~ icat ion wa. , like Dr ake 's, eomplete .~
The crew of the apace shuttle Chsllenqar hono red u. by the
aanne r in Vh~ they lived their livel . W v i I I never forqet
e
th_. nor the l a s t time Vt! .av th_ -- thil .ornUlCj. a. they
,
prepared fo r their jdtney. and vaved qoo4bye. and - s l i pped the
t
.urly bonds of earth- to A o uCh the f sce of God. *
Thank you .
Do cument Fo u r
Offic e 0 1 .n . PID.:Itr
0., SY...Ct: S>lUTTU W:PWsl""
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I flnd the por~rayal o f a pi rate as a fig~ e of history to be ad..ir ed
and eulogized in you r speed on the occasion o f ~he deaths o f s ev e r.
genu ine heroes, ~o be insultinq ~o the m~ries o f those astron au ts
and offensive t o their families, as we l l as ~o ~he memories o ! those
people massacr ed on that day in Por~obelo a nd ~o all the people o f
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o f t he crew aboard the Chall e ng er and t he d ea t h o f sir_~~£is
Dr ake" t i f the coas t o f Pa n a ma "39 0 years a go".
Sir F ran cis Dr a ke wa s an En gli s h pi r a te, who de l i gh ted in the
sla ug ht e r of the civi l i a n c i ti zen s of t he c o lon i a l c ity of Po rto
be la . Go ld a nd s i l ver we r e stoc kp i l e d in this Atl a n t i c port, a
wa it i n g s hipment to Spain. I t was ther e fore a prime targ e t for the
greed-mot ivated expeditio n s of me n l i ke Drake. It wa s i n an at~empt
t o l oot, des t roy a nd r a v a g e the city and i t ' s population of nuns ,
women , chi'ldre n a nd mi s sionaries, tha t Drake wa s happily ann i h i l a t e d ,
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ma n t ici ze d i n I\."glo- Arner ican h istory books . I am n o t s u r prise d to
occasionally e ncounter t hi s mis c onc e p t i on. HowBv e r , t o f u r t h e r the
credence of th is g r o s s ina c cu racy in a president ial add re ss, l e t
alone comp are the ambition s of a p i r a t e to those that motiva ted our
l o s t a st r on a ut s c an o nly be the r e su l t o f car eles s histor ical re
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and eulog ized in your speech on the occa sion of the deaths of seven
genuine heroes , to be insulting to the memories of those astronauts
and offensive to their families, as well as to the memories of those
people ma s s a c r e d on that day in Po rtobelo and to all the people of
Pa n ama .
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