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DLnyc

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6. Yes, I remember feeling it was a critical moment for St. Ronnie
Tue Mar 22, 2016, 09:58 PM
Mar 2016

Here is a paragraph from wiki's article on the disaster.


On the night of the disaster, President Ronald Reagan had been scheduled to give his annual State of the Union address. He initially announced that the address would go on as scheduled, but then postponed the State of the Union address for a week and instead gave a national address on the Challenger disaster from the Oval Office of the White House. It was written by Peggy Noonan, and was listed as one of the most significant speeches of the 20th century in a survey of 137 communication scholars.[31][32] It finished with the following statement, which quoted from the poem "High Flight" by John Gillespie Magee, Jr.:

I won't copy here the sickening sugary rhetoric Ronald used, trying to fit the disaster into the soap opera of his presidency. A disaster probably forced by his pressure to have the launch go forward, so that he could use the imagery in his scheduled speech.
Florida had an unusual freeze that night. O-rings nosedive in strength after freezing. Festivito Mar 2016 #1
If I remember correctly... teamster633 Mar 2016 #2
Sickening SOTU win-win. Cool speech, or moving shock doctrine opportunity. Festivito Mar 2016 #4
Yes, I remember feeling it was a critical moment for St. Ronnie DLnyc Mar 2016 #6
You bet! I remember that glorious sugary language, moving as the people died. Thanks for Akamai Mar 2016 #11
Good memory... MinM Mar 2016 #19
There was an overnight launch delay. Wilms Mar 2016 #5
"Management. The engineers didn't do this." SusanCalvin Mar 2016 #18
I still remember where I was when I first heard about the explosion. In the drafting room at work Waldorf Mar 2016 #3
I was at work also. SusanCalvin Mar 2016 #16
Why are we just hearing about this now? Reter Mar 2016 #7
The Rogers Commission Wilms Mar 2016 #8
Who am I ryan_cats Mar 2016 #9
The Challenger is still taught as a case study on groupthink tammywammy Mar 2016 #10
Hopefully something will be learned. nt SusanCalvin Mar 2016 #20
He died knowing that people knew that he was not totally responsible -- good for him! Akamai Mar 2016 #12
Safe Passage, Mr. Ebeling. You fulfilled your office with honor! Find peace at last! LongTomH Mar 2016 #13
NASA Handed Over To The Military The Next Day billhicks76 Mar 2016 #14
The military already had a considerable stake. Wilms Mar 2016 #17
. SusanCalvin Mar 2016 #15
I'm just a regular person with no high knowledge of how these things work, montana_hazeleyes Mar 2016 #21
My sister worked on that project... Dr. Xavier Mar 2016 #22
Sad that this tragedy couldn't have been prevented liberalfromaustin21 Mar 2016 #23
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