In Memoriam
Clearly, I am behind on life again. As a result, you get both Thursday and Friday's Memoriams today.
STS-51-L
Challenger
28 January 1986
The sacrifice of your loved ones has stirred the soul of our nation and, through the pain, our hearts have been opened to a profound truth-the future is not free, the story of all human progress is one of a struggle against all odds. We learned again that this America, which Abraham Lincoln called the last best hope of man on Earth, was built on heroism and noble sacrifice. It was built by men and women like our seven star voyagers, who answered a call beyond duty, who gave more than was expected or required, and who gave it with little thought to worldly reward.
-President Ronald Reagan, Memorial Service, 31 January 1986
Francis R. (Dick) Scobee
Commander
Michael J. Smith
Pilot
Ron McNair
Mission Specialist
Ellison Onizuka
Mission Specialist
Judith Resnik
Mission Specialist
Gregory (Grego) Jarvis
Payload Specialist
Christa McAuliffe
Teacher in Space participant
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth,
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds,-and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of-wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long, delirious burning blue
I've topped the wind swept heights with easy grace,
Where never lark or even eagle flew-
And while with silent, lifting mind
I've trod The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand and touched the face of God.
-John Gillespie Magee, Jr., “High Flight”
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STS-51-L
Challenger
28 January 1986
The sacrifice of your loved ones has stirred the soul of our nation and, through the pain, our hearts have been opened to a profound truth-the future is not free, the story of all human progress is one of a struggle against all odds. We learned again that this America, which Abraham Lincoln called the last best hope of man on Earth, was built on heroism and noble sacrifice. It was built by men and women like our seven star voyagers, who answered a call beyond duty, who gave more than was expected or required, and who gave it with little thought to worldly reward.
-President Ronald Reagan, Memorial Service, 31 January 1986
Francis R. (Dick) Scobee
Commander
Michael J. Smith
Pilot
Ron McNair
Mission Specialist
Ellison Onizuka
Mission Specialist
Judith Resnik
Mission Specialist
Gregory (Grego) Jarvis
Payload Specialist
Christa McAuliffe
Teacher in Space participant
Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth,
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds,-and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of-wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long, delirious burning blue
I've topped the wind swept heights with easy grace,
Where never lark or even eagle flew-
And while with silent, lifting mind
I've trod The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand and touched the face of God.
-John Gillespie Magee, Jr., “High Flight”
This entry was originally posted at http://archane.dreamwidth.org/599666.html. You can view
comments there, or add your own using an Open ID login.