Space Shuttle Challenger Speech

On January 28th, 1986, former President Ronald Reagan addressed the nation after Space Shuttle Challenger was unsuccessful and took seven lives. President Reagan came on live television to address and mourn the loss of lives that were taken that day. He wanted them to be remembered for how hard they worked not for dying on an unsuccessful space mission. On that day seven lives were lost but they were lost doing something that they loved and were passionate about doing. In his address to the national, he wants everyone to mourn with him. The seven people families who lost someone that day weren’t the only ones to lose someone, our country lost seven great Americans. He went on to say that “We mourn their loss as a nation together”. He wanted