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good morning

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i'm steve feldman president of the

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astronauts memorial foundation

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i want to welcome you here today

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to a ceremony remembering the 25th

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anniversary of the challenger accident

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challenger sts-51l

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launched on january 28th 1986

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carrying seven astronauts

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including the first teacher scheduled to

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go into space

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tragically

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73 seconds after the launch

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challenger was destroyed

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and all of the astronauts on board lost

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their lives

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today

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25 years later

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we gather here to remember and honor

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those

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astronauts appropriately

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we do this at the site of the space

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mirror memorial

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designated by the united states congress

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as the national memorial to honor all of

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those astronauts who have sacrificed

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their lives for our space program

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please rise for the singing of the

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national anthem by suzie cunningham a

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say can you see

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by the dawn's early light

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what so

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proudly we hate

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at the twilight's last gleaming

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whose broad stripes and bright stars

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through the

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perilous fight

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or the

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ramparts we watched

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were so

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gallantly streaming

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and the rockets red glare

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the bumps bursting in air

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gave proof through the night

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oh say does that star-spangled

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and the home

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we will begin today's program with an

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invocation

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presented by a member of the amf board

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and a prominent author dr mick euclea dr

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today we're here to honor

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remember but also to celebrate seven

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lives that were lived well

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these individuals had families and half

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families and we also remember the

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families and

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the great sacrifice of releasing their

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loved ones to such an intense profession

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to better mankind

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and even greater sacrifice

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of losing those that they dearly loved

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these individuals were able to combine

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their passions their talents their

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competencies

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as well as their vocation into one focus

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and so for this we honor them today

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remember them and were also inspired by

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the lives that they lived join me in

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our father you have created us to excel

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to be all that we can be for the purpose

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of serving other people

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we're created in your image

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and so we find that we also love to

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create and we subdue and we manage our

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environment

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and we love to explore

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to understand the wonders of your

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creation

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we're called to do this and for a rare

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few it even becomes dangerous

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even to the point of risking their lives

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and it's to those rare few that we come

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to honor today

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the risks are well thought thought

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through they're not reckless but they

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are dangerous we accept it

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we accept that along with the promise of

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a better life

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and so we honor them today not only

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because they serve us

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but also because they inspire us

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like the great explorers of old magellan

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columbus and all the rest

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they explored new worlds and it was a

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world without completed maps or full

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proof manuals

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because they were creating them

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and so father we are reminded today that

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there is a time for everything a season

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for every activity under heaven

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the time they be born

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and the time to die

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a time to plan and a time to pluck up

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that which is planted

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so in the spirit of these heroic leaders

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the greatest way we can honor them is to

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not simply live for ourselves

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but to live and plant well as we serve

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father knowing that all of life is on

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loan from you

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we thank you for loaning us these

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incredible lives

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and we thank you that they are now

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safely back

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in your presence

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we are honored to have with us today

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the commander of challenger and its true

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leader was dick scobee

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his wife june has since become one of

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the most respected members of the space

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her original book about challenger

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entitled silver linings the triumph of

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the challenger was truly inspirational

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she wrote a book moon-based crisis

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about motivating young people to study

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and her most recent book an update of

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silver linings and really her

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autobiography which is just that is also

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inspirational and really something for

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she earns a phd degree from texas a m

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university and has taught every grade

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show good morning america and untold

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untold additional shows she has too many

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awards for me to be able to mention this

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morning but it is a pleasure to

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introduce our keynote speaker dr june

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thank you very much dr feldman for those

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and it wasn't even my own funeral

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well it's a nice cool brisk morning here

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chamber of commerce didn't get the

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message to make it a beautiful day for

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brisk day uh to help us honor

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the challenger crew and in fact all

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those names that are

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well so hello to you

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i thank you for being here to help us

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honor our loved ones and the spirit of

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the mission of the space shuttle

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it's hard to believe that 25 years has

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passed since that fateful day january

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1986.

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we know it when we look at our kids and

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how they've grown and we have nine

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we were stunned to see the unspeakable

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unfold right before our eyes

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could this really happen no one believed

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what should have been a day heralded for

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turned to tragedy in a split second our

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our nation grieved

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later uh years later after we lost the

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beloved columbia crew

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my daughter wrote a letter to those

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that their lives had become very public

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keep the memories alive

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of their parents ask people

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i remember being

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at the memorial service at johnson space

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center shortly after this la accident

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watching this missing man formation fly

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one plane i think you all are aware one

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plane pulls up and climbs to the heavens

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to symbolize the loss

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challenger's mission a mission to teach

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lessons were left untaught

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left unsolved but the saddest reality

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the chance to really touch a child and

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we didn't somehow if we didn't somehow

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education than our loved ones would have

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died in vain and certainly that entire

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crew embraced

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teacher in space mission

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we couldn't let that happen

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that they'd be forgotten so we began to

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turn this unimaginable tragedy into a

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monumental triumph

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the entire world

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we wanted the world to know how they

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to create a cause greater than ourselves

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that would not only take us into the

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hearts of those in our nation

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one night only weeks after the accident

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while sitting around in my living room

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we conceived the idea of the challenger

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a living tribute to our loved ones a

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place that would provide america's

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students with access to outstanding

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space science educational opportunities

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we envisioned activities where children

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people and interest in a joy in science

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a spark that could change their lives

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when when you visit a challenger center

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with their teacher and fly a simulated

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there they are challenged to apply

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skills in math and science while working

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together as a team to complete a

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successful mission they learn critical

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skills needed for the 21st century

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teamwork dealing with adversity solving

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problems and the fundamentals of human

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interaction

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we launched our first challenger center

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in houston

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today we've grown to a network of 48

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challenger centers throughout america as

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well as in canada south korea and

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england and later today i'll join

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those folks at the challenger learning

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center in houston to celebrate that

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memory and which i do every year i go to

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a challenger center to see children

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doing what our beloved challenger space

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crew loves so much

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well each year more than 400 000 school

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students visit one of our centers and

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experience the thrill and excitement of

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space exploration

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and with our new chairman

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scott perezinski i think that number

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will double in no time

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and in the past 25 years we have reached

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we have strong partnerships with nasa

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and other federal

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agencies numerous universities and

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aerospace contractors help us keep our

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curriculum current throughout ongoing

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evaluation

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and consultation and leadership on our

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board of directors has laid a solid

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foundation for growth in numerous

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directions so you see

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challenger wasn't the final chapter in

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the book of space exploration

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just a transition chapter

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in this great book

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nor is space shuttle the final chapter

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as i wrote

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and like any good school teacher i

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brought my prop along

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as i wrote in the silver linings book

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we are a nation of believers

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we are innovators and problem solvers

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and yes

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risk takers with a pioneering spirit

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that began with our forefathers

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who sailed from europe to establish and

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colonize our nation

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and then boldly expanded west exploring

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discovering and building our country

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technology gave us automobiles and

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locomotives then we slipped this early

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bonds of earth into airplanes

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and built their rockets to launch us on

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the highway to space

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we

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as a nation are indebted to the space

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pioneers who blazed a trail

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of exploration and discovery

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here at kennedy space center you've

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witnessed decades of launch successes

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from early mercury seven astronauts

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with alan shepard the gemini excitement

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of john glenn and the historic days of

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apollo and moon landings

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when we were all glued to the flickering

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black and white

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televisions to watch the first steps of

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armstrong and aldrin upon the moon

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then came the shuttle a space station

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transportation system a space

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transportation system

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a plane with sparkling white wings

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designed by creative engineers to launch

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like a rocket toward the heavens

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orbit the earth

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build the international space station

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launch satellites collect astonishing

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images from hubble and you've seen those

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most recently

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make discoveries and grow our knowledge

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and then glide safely back home to earth

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after dick scobee and his fellow

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astronauts were selected in the first

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class of 35 shuttle astronauts

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i no longer watched the launch of space

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vehicles from afar

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i watched them standing right here

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with him at kennedy

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we watched the engines ignite and felt

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the hum

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felt that thunderous roar as the first

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shuttle columbia lifted off carrying

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brave astronauts

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john young

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and my dear friend bob crippen who's

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here with us today

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it was sheer exhilaration that our

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family of astronauts shared their

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experiences with us when was a

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particularly personal joy after my

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husband piloted the successful 41c solar

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max mission

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now

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it is sad to see the shuttle story

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approaching the close of its chapter and

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this mighty history book of space

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exploration

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but the book will continue with new

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exciting chapters

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about space programs and more advanced

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space vehicles to carry us into the next

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chapters

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of exciting adventures discoveries and

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achievement

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and will benefit and advance the people

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of our planet and a new legacy our

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challenger center students will be there

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and they'll be ready to accept the

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challenge of space exploration anew

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why

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because we have whole planets to explore

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and we have new worlds to build

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in the silver linings book i draw

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together this rich history of the space

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program from the early days of von braun

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rockets

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my teenage sputnik days and this

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discoveries made by nasa astronauts and

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scientists

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to the explorers of today including this

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interesting emerging role of private

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space travel

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returning to our day of remembrance

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perhaps president reagan said it best 25

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years ago when in place of his scheduled

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state of the union address

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he spoke to a grieving nation

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he took care to speak to the children

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who were watching the live coverage of

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he said

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but sometimes painful things like this

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happen

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it's all a part of the process of

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exploration and discovery

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it's all part of taking a chance and

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expanding man's horizons

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the future doesn't belong to the

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faint-hearted

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it belongs to the brave

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the challenger crew was pulling us into

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the future

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and we'll continue to follow them

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the president concluded his remarks

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we will never forget them

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or the last time we saw them

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this morning as they prepared for their

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journey

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and waved

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goodbye and slip the surly bonds of

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earth

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to touch the face of god

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that was then

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and their names

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are beautifully emblazoned on the mirror

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but this is now

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it's time for the next 25 years to

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unfold

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let us boldly look to the future

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with a vision built upon our rich

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heritage

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of space pioneers

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what's on the next horizon for our

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nation and planet

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well in 48 cities today school children

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will fly a space simulation mission a

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challenger mission that inspires and

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motivates them in the sciences and

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technology engineering and math

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these children and others are our future

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engineers and scientists who will build

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new vehicles to fly in space

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physicians and teachers who will take

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scientific make scientific breakthroughs

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to improve our lives

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and they represent

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future space explorers who will create

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the highway to our planets and beyond

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who will travel to the unknown to make

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the discoveries that expand our

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knowledge and build a better world

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and keep it safe

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recently i wrote with famous authors

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kevin anderson and rebecca mosta this is

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my other prom

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a series of young adult science fiction

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books about star challengers oh these

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books are fun and with a famous science

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fiction author they're well received

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it's about kids who discover just how

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important it is to learn the skills of

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science and math to advance space

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exploration and keep our planet safe and

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they're a lot of fun

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because they have a

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mysterious commander zota who takes them

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into the future

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well and it's here at kennedy that we

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stand beneath this astronaut memorial

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mirror inscribed with our names of our

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loved ones

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challenger as well as those of colombia

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and paulo

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names that represent people who gave

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their lives serving

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the country they loved

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we honor them with our presence at this

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ceremony

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and you honor yourselves for paying

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tribute to them on this day

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25 years after their loss

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on this

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their silver anniversary

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thank you

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mike mccully

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is chairman of the board of directors of

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the astronauts memorial foundation

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he is also a former astronaut and

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shuttle pilot

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he is also a retire retired navy captain

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and test pilot

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he went on to become an executive at

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united space alliance

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and ultimately became president and ceo

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of that corporation

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it's my pleasure to introduce mike

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my first words this morning were going

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to be i am triply blessed to be here

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this morning

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but i'm going to add something in it's

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quadruply actually as bob caban and i

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sat here a moment ago and looked out

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over the audience there's 25 years of

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center directors in this audience

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seven of them

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i would suggest that you guys get

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together afterwards and get a group

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photo because you'll never do this one

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again i don't think

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so the triply blessed though

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first as a relatively new astronaut in

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the mid 80s i was blessed

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to know and support and work with the

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challenger crew

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and it was a privilege

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that i will never forget

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then in the return to flight days uh

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i began to understand more about the

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system and the program and the

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sacrifices and what we had to do and and

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in those days i spent a lot of time in

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washington and i uh my favorite thing to

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do in the mornings was to go jog around

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the memorial mall

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and i would get to the lincoln memorial

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and i would stop and i would run up the

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steps and turn to the left because the

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gettysburg address is on the wall to the

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left and i would sit down

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on the granite

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and read a loud gettysburg address

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the guards thought i was weird for a

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while but they got used to me after a

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while and

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tourists would look at me and point but

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but i would read it

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well then later on the second blessing

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came when i had the opportunity to fly

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space shuttle

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was far more effective far safer far

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better than the one that had gone before

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me

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and the sacrifice of these seven

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contributed greatly to me being able to

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fly in a far safer far better far more

582
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effective space shuttle

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now

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today as the chairman of the board of

585
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the astronaut memorial foundation is an

586
00:25:12,070 --> 00:25:08,880
additional privilege and blessing to be

587
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here with with you today to do this

588
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but as i was thinking about what my

589
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message ought to be as the chairman

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you know i could have made a long speech

591
00:25:22,710 --> 00:25:20,559
or it could make an

592
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almost a no speech but

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in those days when i was in washington i

594
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would sit up there and read the

595
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the

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gettysburg address

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00:25:33,990 --> 00:25:32,159
out loud there was a certain part of it

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that began to take a different meaning

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for me during the return to flight days

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00:25:41,590 --> 00:25:38,720
and in closing i want to read that part

601
00:25:43,669 --> 00:25:41,600
of the gettysburg address

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it is for us the living rather to be

603
00:25:48,789 --> 00:25:46,159
dedicated here to the unfinished work

604
00:25:50,470 --> 00:25:48,799
which they who fought here thus far so

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00:25:52,710 --> 00:25:50,480
nobly advanced

606
00:25:55,350 --> 00:25:52,720
it is rather for us to be here dedicated

607
00:25:57,909 --> 00:25:55,360
to the great task remaining before us

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that from these honored day at dead we

609
00:26:02,310 --> 00:26:00,480
take increased devotion to that cause

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for which they gave the last full

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00:26:06,870 --> 00:26:04,320
measure of devotion

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that we here highly resolve that these

613
00:26:22,230 --> 00:26:09,440
dead shall not have died in vain thank

614
00:26:26,470 --> 00:26:23,669
bob cabana

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00:26:28,549 --> 00:26:26,480
is director of the kennedy space center

616
00:26:30,950 --> 00:26:28,559
and provides leadership to all of the

617
00:26:33,269 --> 00:26:30,960
personnel at the center

618
00:26:36,549 --> 00:26:33,279
he is also a former astronaut

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who has flown into space four times

620
00:26:42,230 --> 00:26:38,799
twice as a shuttle pilot

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and twice as a shuttle commander

622
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he's a retired marine corps colonel and

623
00:26:56,950 --> 00:26:46,960
a former test pilot

624
00:27:01,029 --> 00:26:58,470
well it's really an honor for me to be

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00:27:03,510 --> 00:27:01,039
here today to help honor those uh behind

626
00:27:05,029 --> 00:27:03,520
me on this mirror

627
00:27:06,630 --> 00:27:05,039
you know those of us who are old enough

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00:27:08,630 --> 00:27:06,640
to remember

629
00:27:09,990 --> 00:27:08,640
you know you we can probably tell you

630
00:27:12,870 --> 00:27:10,000
exactly

631
00:27:16,310 --> 00:27:12,880
where they were or what they were doing

632
00:27:17,750 --> 00:27:16,320
you know the morning of january 28 1986

633
00:27:20,470 --> 00:27:17,760
when we lost the space shuttle

634
00:27:22,389 --> 00:27:20,480
challenger in her crew of seven

635
00:27:25,110 --> 00:27:22,399
much like the assassination of president

636
00:27:29,590 --> 00:27:25,120
kennedy uh the apollo 11 landing on the

637
00:27:32,070 --> 00:27:29,600
moon uh september 11 2001

638
00:27:33,990 --> 00:27:32,080
all of these are moments that define our

639
00:27:35,590 --> 00:27:34,000
history

640
00:27:37,110 --> 00:27:35,600
i was a newly selected astronaut

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00:27:38,710 --> 00:27:37,120
candidate

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00:27:40,870 --> 00:27:38,720
with seven months of training under my

643
00:27:42,549 --> 00:27:40,880
belt taking a class in one of the single

644
00:27:44,710 --> 00:27:42,559
systems trainers learning about the

645
00:27:47,029 --> 00:27:44,720
orbiter's orbital maneuvering system and

646
00:27:50,310 --> 00:27:47,039
reaction control systems

647
00:27:52,070 --> 00:27:50,320
when we lost challenger

648
00:27:52,870 --> 00:27:52,080
when our class was interrupted to tell

649
00:27:54,310 --> 00:27:52,880
us

650
00:27:56,389 --> 00:27:54,320
what had happened

651
00:27:58,870 --> 00:27:56,399
there was sheer disbelief

652
00:28:00,789 --> 00:27:58,880
we were unwilling to accept the news

653
00:28:03,830 --> 00:28:00,799
that had been given to us that we had

654
00:28:05,510 --> 00:28:03,840
really lost an orbiter and it's crew

655
00:28:07,510 --> 00:28:05,520
surely they'd aborted

656
00:28:09,029 --> 00:28:07,520
they had it wrong we didn't lose the

657
00:28:10,789 --> 00:28:09,039
crew

658
00:28:13,590 --> 00:28:10,799
but watching the launch

659
00:28:15,190 --> 00:28:13,600
over and over again on tv

660
00:28:18,389 --> 00:28:15,200
reality set in

661
00:28:21,029 --> 00:28:18,399
and it was a really bad day

662
00:28:22,870 --> 00:28:21,039
as an astronaut candidate uh five of us

663
00:28:25,510 --> 00:28:22,880
in my class shared an office next door

664
00:28:27,830 --> 00:28:25,520
to the 51l challenger crew

665
00:28:31,750 --> 00:28:27,840
and one of my absolute fondest memories

666
00:28:33,510 --> 00:28:31,760
is of el onozuka one saturday morning

667
00:28:35,110 --> 00:28:33,520
now in the astronaut office there's

668
00:28:36,789 --> 00:28:35,120
nothing lower than an astronaut

669
00:28:39,029 --> 00:28:36,799
candidate

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00:28:40,549 --> 00:28:39,039
and an assigned crew member a few months

671
00:28:42,950 --> 00:28:40,559
from flight

672
00:28:44,710 --> 00:28:42,960
surely doesn't have time to dedicate to

673
00:28:46,630 --> 00:28:44,720
any of us

674
00:28:49,510 --> 00:28:46,640
but al did

675
00:28:52,789 --> 00:28:49,520
early on he made me feel welcome

676
00:28:55,029 --> 00:28:52,799
he took time from his busy schedule

677
00:28:56,389 --> 00:28:55,039
to talk with me and help me get settled

678
00:28:58,710 --> 00:28:56,399
in the office

679
00:29:00,389 --> 00:28:58,720
and in the uh community he this one

680
00:29:01,990 --> 00:29:00,399
saturday morning coming up

681
00:29:03,590 --> 00:29:02,000
i met him at the top of the stairs and

682
00:29:05,350 --> 00:29:03,600
hey bob how you doing

683
00:29:06,950 --> 00:29:05,360
and he says you know hey if you ever

684
00:29:08,230 --> 00:29:06,960
need to work on your car

685
00:29:09,909 --> 00:29:08,240
bring it over to my garage i know you're

686
00:29:12,389 --> 00:29:09,919
not settled yet i got all the tools that

687
00:29:16,310 --> 00:29:12,399
you need now i'll help you i mean that's

688
00:29:18,389 --> 00:29:16,320
a memory that i will treasure forever

689
00:29:20,230 --> 00:29:18,399
once we accepted the loss

690
00:29:22,230 --> 00:29:20,240
the long process of under what

691
00:29:25,750 --> 00:29:22,240
understanding what happened

692
00:29:28,310 --> 00:29:25,760
in uh bringing us back to flight began

693
00:29:31,350 --> 00:29:28,320
as we recovered the vehicle from the sea

694
00:29:32,549 --> 00:29:31,360
the story started coming together

695
00:29:34,549 --> 00:29:32,559
seeing the pieces of the crew

696
00:29:37,029 --> 00:29:34,559
compartment laid out on the on the

697
00:29:38,070 --> 00:29:37,039
cement here at kennedy space center out

698
00:29:40,389 --> 00:29:38,080
in the open

699
00:29:42,710 --> 00:29:40,399
recording the switch positions of the

700
00:29:45,510 --> 00:29:42,720
consoles in the crew compartment was a

701
00:29:47,029 --> 00:29:45,520
very sobering task

702
00:29:48,149 --> 00:29:47,039
it's no way to bring a space shuttle

703
00:29:49,909 --> 00:29:48,159
home

704
00:29:52,789 --> 00:29:49,919
and unfortunately it wasn't the last

705
00:29:54,470 --> 00:29:52,799
time we would have to do it

706
00:29:56,710 --> 00:29:54,480
we learned many lessons

707
00:29:58,310 --> 00:29:56,720
from the loss of challenger

708
00:30:00,389 --> 00:29:58,320
in the vehicle that returned to flight

709
00:30:02,310 --> 00:30:00,399
two and a half years later

710
00:30:04,870 --> 00:30:02,320
may have looked the same

711
00:30:08,470 --> 00:30:04,880
but had hundreds of changes to make it

712
00:30:10,630 --> 00:30:08,480
safer and more reliable

713
00:30:12,549 --> 00:30:10,640
the challenger crew will be forever

714
00:30:15,190 --> 00:30:12,559
young in our minds

715
00:30:17,190 --> 00:30:15,200
their legacy is the challenger centers

716
00:30:18,710 --> 00:30:17,200
and an inspiration that motivates our

717
00:30:21,029 --> 00:30:18,720
children to learn

718
00:30:23,029 --> 00:30:21,039
and aspire to careers in math science

719
00:30:25,590 --> 00:30:23,039
and engineering

720
00:30:27,350 --> 00:30:25,600
they've shown us that exploration is not

721
00:30:29,669 --> 00:30:27,360
without risk

722
00:30:32,149 --> 00:30:29,679
but that we can learn from our mistakes

723
00:30:34,710 --> 00:30:32,159
and be better for them in the end

724
00:30:36,950 --> 00:30:34,720
they continue to urge us forward to

725
00:30:39,269 --> 00:30:36,960
explore and to never quit

726
00:30:41,990 --> 00:30:39,279
just because it's hard

727
00:30:44,070 --> 00:30:42,000
we are better for having known them

728
00:30:46,470 --> 00:30:44,080
they are a part of us forever

729
00:30:49,190 --> 00:30:46,480
and we will not let them down

730
00:30:50,710 --> 00:30:49,200
we will continue to strive to be better

731
00:30:53,190 --> 00:30:50,720
to explore

732
00:30:55,110 --> 00:30:53,200
to expand our knowledge of our universe

733
00:31:06,630 --> 00:30:55,120
and to reach beyond

734
00:31:11,269 --> 00:31:09,430
the astronauts memorial foundation

735
00:31:13,509 --> 00:31:11,279
honors those astronauts who have made

736
00:31:14,710 --> 00:31:13,519
the ultimate sacrifice for the space

737
00:31:16,310 --> 00:31:14,720
program

738
00:31:19,110 --> 00:31:16,320
we do this of course with the space

739
00:31:21,990 --> 00:31:19,120
mirror memorial but also with our

740
00:31:25,990 --> 00:31:22,000
educational initiatives which serve as a

741
00:31:28,310 --> 00:31:26,000
living memorial to those astronauts

742
00:31:29,590 --> 00:31:28,320
alan shepard was the first american in

743
00:31:31,669 --> 00:31:29,600
space

744
00:31:33,430 --> 00:31:31,679
he was one of only 12 human beings to

745
00:31:35,430 --> 00:31:33,440
have walked on the moon

746
00:31:37,750 --> 00:31:35,440
and he was one of the early members of

747
00:31:39,750 --> 00:31:37,760
the board of directors of the astronauts

748
00:31:41,269 --> 00:31:39,760
memorial foundation and a very active

749
00:31:42,789 --> 00:31:41,279
and important member

750
00:31:44,710 --> 00:31:42,799
upon his death

751
00:31:47,430 --> 00:31:44,720
we established the alan shepard

752
00:31:49,590 --> 00:31:47,440
technology and education award

753
00:31:52,549 --> 00:31:49,600
which is presented every year

754
00:31:55,269 --> 00:31:52,559
to a k-12 educator who has made an

755
00:31:59,029 --> 00:31:55,279
outstanding contribution in educational

756
00:32:01,669 --> 00:31:59,039
technology it's presented jointly by amf

757
00:32:04,710 --> 00:32:01,679
nasa and the space foundation

758
00:32:08,070 --> 00:32:04,720
the 2009 winner of the allen shepard

759
00:32:11,269 --> 00:32:08,080
award was rick soria who was assistant

760
00:32:13,269 --> 00:32:11,279
principal of choctohachi high school in

761
00:32:15,509 --> 00:32:13,279
fort walton beach

762
00:32:17,830 --> 00:32:15,519
rick was selected for his role

763
00:32:18,789 --> 00:32:17,840
in creating the engineers for america

764
00:32:22,230 --> 00:32:18,799
program

765
00:32:25,190 --> 00:32:22,240
an innovative initiative that motivates

766
00:32:27,110 --> 00:32:25,200
students to major in science technology

767
00:32:29,509 --> 00:32:27,120
engineering and mathematics

768
00:32:32,789 --> 00:32:29,519
by having them experience hands-on

769
00:32:34,710 --> 00:32:32,799
aviation and aerospace activities it's a

770
00:32:36,630 --> 00:32:34,720
pleasure to introduce a winner of the

771
00:32:44,789 --> 00:32:36,640
alan shepard technology and education

772
00:32:48,870 --> 00:32:47,269
good morning ladies and gentlemen

773
00:32:51,350 --> 00:32:48,880
a few years ago an engineering friend of

774
00:32:53,350 --> 00:32:51,360
mine told me that we were short over 60

775
00:32:55,350 --> 00:32:53,360
000 native born engineers in the

776
00:32:57,269 --> 00:32:55,360
department of defense we got to thinking

777
00:32:58,870 --> 00:32:57,279
about that did some research we found

778
00:33:00,950 --> 00:32:58,880
that we lose many of those students at

779
00:33:03,350 --> 00:33:00,960
about the fourth or fifth grade

780
00:33:04,710 --> 00:33:03,360
so our initiative targets that student

781
00:33:06,149 --> 00:33:04,720
population

782
00:33:08,230 --> 00:33:06,159
the okaloosa county school district

783
00:33:10,470 --> 00:33:08,240
where i work has partnered with the

784
00:33:12,789 --> 00:33:10,480
united states air force armament museum

785
00:33:15,029 --> 00:33:12,799
at eglin to develop stem experiments for

786
00:33:17,509 --> 00:33:15,039
students based on the aerospace exhibits

787
00:33:19,190 --> 00:33:17,519
that are on display at the museum

788
00:33:21,909 --> 00:33:19,200
the alan shepard award has helped us

789
00:33:24,950 --> 00:33:21,919
advance our efforts greatly first in

790
00:33:27,909 --> 00:33:24,960
november of 2009 the astronauts memorial

791
00:33:30,230 --> 00:33:27,919
foundation partnered with me to perform

792
00:33:32,789 --> 00:33:30,240
the sts-125

793
00:33:34,710 --> 00:33:32,799
mission accomplished project 50 high

794
00:33:36,630 --> 00:33:34,720
school students from four

795
00:33:38,549 --> 00:33:36,640
neighboring high schools

796
00:33:41,029 --> 00:33:38,559
participated

797
00:33:42,389 --> 00:33:41,039
the amf team of walt jaworski and gene

798
00:33:44,789 --> 00:33:42,399
tavares taught these students how to

799
00:33:46,950 --> 00:33:44,799
create movies on dvds for their schools

800
00:33:48,470 --> 00:33:46,960
based on the sts-125

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00:33:49,990 --> 00:33:48,480
mission

802
00:33:52,789 --> 00:33:50,000
then last year the national science

803
00:33:54,549 --> 00:33:52,799
teachers association included an article

804
00:33:56,950 --> 00:33:54,559
describing our stem initiative and

805
00:33:58,789 --> 00:33:56,960
methodology in our national newspaper

806
00:34:01,190 --> 00:33:58,799
as a result we received emails from

807
00:34:02,630 --> 00:34:01,200
teachers across the country asking us

808
00:34:04,310 --> 00:34:02,640
about our experiments and how we went

809
00:34:06,230 --> 00:34:04,320
about doing them

810
00:34:07,750 --> 00:34:06,240
then last july the stem florida folks

811
00:34:09,750 --> 00:34:07,760
were kind enough to recognize our

812
00:34:11,349 --> 00:34:09,760
efforts with their improved student

813
00:34:12,790 --> 00:34:11,359
outcomes award

814
00:34:14,389 --> 00:34:12,800
this was followed by an article in a

815
00:34:16,550 --> 00:34:14,399
recent florida monthly magazine

816
00:34:20,470 --> 00:34:16,560
identifying me as one of 21 intriguing

817
00:34:23,589 --> 00:34:20,480
floridians for developing efa news must

818
00:34:26,389 --> 00:34:25,030
the allen shepherd award in our

819
00:34:28,389 --> 00:34:26,399
collaboration with the astronauts

820
00:34:30,310 --> 00:34:28,399
memorial foundation is making a

821
00:34:31,750 --> 00:34:30,320
difference in the education of students

822
00:34:34,069 --> 00:34:31,760
and teachers

823
00:34:35,510 --> 00:34:34,079
to date almost 100 teachers and over

824
00:34:37,669 --> 00:34:35,520
three thousand students have been to the

825
00:34:39,109 --> 00:34:37,679
museum to perform our experiments

826
00:34:41,510 --> 00:34:39,119
teachers report that students are

827
00:34:43,750 --> 00:34:41,520
genuinely engaged in learning stem

828
00:34:45,430 --> 00:34:43,760
concepts students also display a growing

829
00:34:47,349 --> 00:34:45,440
interest in stem and in their

830
00:34:49,270 --> 00:34:47,359
assessments they demonstrate improved

831
00:34:50,550 --> 00:34:49,280
academic achievement after their museum

832
00:34:52,230 --> 00:34:50,560
visits

833
00:34:54,710 --> 00:34:52,240
but the award has especially encouraged

834
00:34:56,790 --> 00:34:54,720
our sponsors we are funded exclusively

835
00:34:58,790 --> 00:34:56,800
by grants we are not full-timers we all

836
00:35:00,310 --> 00:34:58,800
do this on our own time

837
00:35:01,750 --> 00:35:00,320
the shepherd award has been instrumental

838
00:35:04,310 --> 00:35:01,760
in attracting sponsors such as the

839
00:35:06,310 --> 00:35:04,320
national defense education program the

840
00:35:08,470 --> 00:35:06,320
boeing company the national defense

841
00:35:10,950 --> 00:35:08,480
industrial association target stores and

842
00:35:12,630 --> 00:35:10,960
others to provide us grant funding

843
00:35:14,390 --> 00:35:12,640
in fact one of our contacts with the

844
00:35:16,069 --> 00:35:14,400
national defense education program is

845
00:35:17,750 --> 00:35:16,079
working to get our lessons online so

846
00:35:20,150 --> 00:35:17,760
teachers everywhere can have access to

847
00:35:21,349 --> 00:35:20,160
them so clearly the alan shepard award

848
00:35:23,670 --> 00:35:21,359
has provided us a great deal of

849
00:35:25,589 --> 00:35:23,680
attention and resource support and we

850
00:35:27,589 --> 00:35:25,599
are truly grateful

851
00:35:30,390 --> 00:35:27,599
john rogers the superintendent of a

852
00:35:32,630 --> 00:35:30,400
neighboring school district once noted

853
00:35:34,150 --> 00:35:32,640
all students can fly some just need a

854
00:35:36,470 --> 00:35:34,160
longer runway

855
00:35:38,390 --> 00:35:36,480
the amf and shepard award along with our

856
00:35:40,550 --> 00:35:38,400
sponsors are helping us build longer

857
00:35:42,550 --> 00:35:40,560
runways for many students

858
00:35:44,470 --> 00:35:42,560
on this day when we remember the

859
00:35:46,230 --> 00:35:44,480
challenger crew and those who have made

860
00:35:48,069 --> 00:35:46,240
the ultimate sacrifice in our nation's

861
00:35:49,910 --> 00:35:48,079
exploration of space

862
00:35:51,750 --> 00:35:49,920
it is fitting to pause and challenge

863
00:35:53,990 --> 00:35:51,760
each other to become more involved in

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the stem education of our students

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in the 80s

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nasa scientists astronauts and engineers

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00:36:02,710 --> 00:36:00,720
collaborated with educators by inviting

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a teacher into space

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today the astronauts memorial foundation

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collaborates with educators by

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supporting stem initiatives like our

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engineers for america and together we

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00:36:14,870 --> 00:36:13,200
remain committed to the stem education

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00:36:17,109 --> 00:36:14,880
of our students

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00:36:19,190 --> 00:36:17,119
by this continuing collaboration we

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believe that the challenger mission

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vision and memory live on in each of our

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students

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00:36:26,710 --> 00:36:25,119
the allen shepard award has been and

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00:36:28,390 --> 00:36:26,720
will continue to be instrumental in

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helping us achieve our engineers for

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america stem goals but we need your help

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00:36:34,710 --> 00:36:32,480
too

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00:36:36,230 --> 00:36:34,720
each of us need to do our part

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to ensure america's continued

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technological and defense supremacy

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00:36:42,230 --> 00:36:40,400
every teacher knows that there are few

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endeavors more rewarding than the

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education of the next generation of

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american explorers

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so i'm asking each of you to partner

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with us and to get involved in the stem

893
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education in your community schools

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00:36:55,030 --> 00:36:53,200
we need to start today

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because the future beckons

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thank you

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00:37:11,990 --> 00:37:09,750
william gerstenmaier is the associate

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administrator for space operations at

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00:37:17,829 --> 00:37:13,680
nasa

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00:37:20,310 --> 00:37:17,839
space

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00:37:22,550 --> 00:37:20,320
he has programmatic oversight for the

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00:37:25,430 --> 00:37:22,560
international space station space

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00:37:26,950 --> 00:37:25,440
shuttle space communications and space

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00:37:28,950 --> 00:37:26,960
launch vehicles

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00:37:30,790 --> 00:37:28,960
he has been a close friend

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00:37:33,190 --> 00:37:30,800
of the astronauts memorial foundation

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00:37:35,589 --> 00:37:33,200
and has attended every ceremony of any

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type that we've had for the past decade

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it's my honor to introduce william

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00:37:52,630 --> 00:37:50,550
thank you very much

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00:37:55,430 --> 00:37:52,640
um i'm honored to be here to speak with

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00:37:57,829 --> 00:37:55,440
you today again this year

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00:37:59,109 --> 00:37:57,839
this is the most difficult speech that i

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give

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this speech becomes much more than words

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00:38:06,069 --> 00:38:04,000
as i reflect on the failings of the

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00:38:08,230 --> 00:38:06,079
human space flight team

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00:38:10,310 --> 00:38:08,240
i was present at nasa and involved with

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00:38:11,750 --> 00:38:10,320
the space shuttle and space station at

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00:38:13,270 --> 00:38:11,760
both the challenger and columbia

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00:38:15,270 --> 00:38:13,280
disasters

922
00:38:17,670 --> 00:38:15,280
today i remain an active part of the

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00:38:20,150 --> 00:38:17,680
human space flight team and the lessons

924
00:38:23,190 --> 00:38:20,160
learned from those tragedies are not

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00:38:25,510 --> 00:38:23,200
academic or simple lessons but our

926
00:38:28,710 --> 00:38:25,520
lessons are better lessons that must be

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00:38:32,069 --> 00:38:28,720
implemented and learned every day

928
00:38:35,190 --> 00:38:32,079
it's not easy to look back and reflect

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00:38:36,630 --> 00:38:35,200
the crews lost were my friends

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00:38:38,550 --> 00:38:36,640
co-workers

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and i saw an engineering team that i

932
00:38:43,109 --> 00:38:40,640
love fail

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00:38:46,390 --> 00:38:43,119
after challenger i dedicated myself to

934
00:38:49,109 --> 00:38:46,400
never allowing another tragedy to occur

935
00:38:50,630 --> 00:38:49,119
however colombia occurred

936
00:38:52,630 --> 00:38:50,640
i failed

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00:38:55,030 --> 00:38:52,640
and the team failed

938
00:38:57,270 --> 00:38:55,040
the seeds of columbia failure were

939
00:38:59,030 --> 00:38:57,280
present with sts-1

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00:39:02,069 --> 00:38:59,040
and we missed them

941
00:39:04,390 --> 00:39:02,079
we learned that little things that seem

942
00:39:06,550 --> 00:39:04,400
harmless can become

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00:39:08,790 --> 00:39:06,560
catastrophic events

944
00:39:10,710 --> 00:39:08,800
we need to be ever vigilant and remember

945
00:39:13,349 --> 00:39:10,720
that we are human

946
00:39:15,510 --> 00:39:13,359
and as humans we will make errors

947
00:39:16,630 --> 00:39:15,520
and we need to ask for help

948
00:39:19,510 --> 00:39:16,640
and check

949
00:39:21,589 --> 00:39:19,520
and double check our work

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00:39:23,589 --> 00:39:21,599
we cannot let the fear of failure stop

951
00:39:25,430 --> 00:39:23,599
us from doing the challenging and risky

952
00:39:27,750 --> 00:39:25,440
work of discovery

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00:39:29,510 --> 00:39:27,760
i see the courage of the families

954
00:39:31,270 --> 00:39:29,520
i see the good work that can come from

955
00:39:32,790 --> 00:39:31,280
the tragedy such as the challenger

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00:39:34,069 --> 00:39:32,800
center and their efforts with student

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00:39:36,390 --> 00:39:34,079
education

958
00:39:38,470 --> 00:39:36,400
i also know the wonderful and almost

959
00:39:40,550 --> 00:39:38,480
impossible things that this human space

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00:39:42,470 --> 00:39:40,560
flight team can accomplish

961
00:39:45,430 --> 00:39:42,480
the human space flight team has learned

962
00:39:47,910 --> 00:39:45,440
tremendous lessons from these events

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00:39:50,230 --> 00:39:47,920
there is no better team in the world

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00:39:52,310 --> 00:39:50,240
than the human space flight team and we

965
00:39:54,069 --> 00:39:52,320
are no better than we pull together and

966
00:39:56,069 --> 00:39:54,079
stay focused

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00:39:58,390 --> 00:39:56,079
the ability to come back stronger from

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00:40:00,150 --> 00:39:58,400
adversity gives me the strength to work

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00:40:01,990 --> 00:40:00,160
with the teams and press on with new

970
00:40:05,030 --> 00:40:02,000
discoveries and see things such as the

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international space station come to life

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00:40:10,710 --> 00:40:07,920
130 years ago the world's first purely

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00:40:13,430 --> 00:40:10,720
scientific expedition set sail from port

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00:40:16,069 --> 00:40:13,440
portsmouth england on a four-year

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00:40:17,510 --> 00:40:16,079
70 000 mile journey

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00:40:19,349 --> 00:40:17,520
during the course of the voyage the

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00:40:20,790 --> 00:40:19,359
discoveries of the scientists and crew

978
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formed the basis of the current

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knowledge of the oceans that cover three

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quarters of our planet

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including the deepest section of the

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00:40:31,750 --> 00:40:29,599
ocean that was ever discovered and was

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00:40:34,230 --> 00:40:31,760
named for the ship that discovered it

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00:40:37,109 --> 00:40:34,240
these discoveries were not free these

985
00:40:40,309 --> 00:40:37,119
discoveries were part of the hms

986
00:40:42,390 --> 00:40:40,319
challenger who returned to port without

987
00:40:44,870 --> 00:40:42,400
a large portion of their crew

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00:40:47,109 --> 00:40:44,880
these discoveries were not easy

989
00:40:49,430 --> 00:40:47,119
and and we pressed on

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00:40:52,069 --> 00:40:49,440
25 years ago another ship named

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00:40:55,190 --> 00:40:52,079
challenger left port faded not to return

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00:40:56,870 --> 00:40:55,200
with the crew that she sailed this crew

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00:40:57,990 --> 00:40:56,880
our co-workers

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00:40:59,270 --> 00:40:58,000
friends

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00:41:00,230 --> 00:40:59,280
teachers

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00:41:03,990 --> 00:41:00,240
sons

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00:41:06,309 --> 00:41:04,000
daughters mothers fathers boarded a ship

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00:41:08,230 --> 00:41:06,319
named to honor the legacy of exploration

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00:41:10,630 --> 00:41:08,240
and the pursuit of human knowledge our

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00:41:13,349 --> 00:41:10,640
most sacred pursuit with the goal of

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00:41:16,309 --> 00:41:13,359
accomplishing the same their sacrifice

1002
00:41:18,790 --> 00:41:16,319
was a stark brutal reminder that

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00:41:21,109 --> 00:41:18,800
our knowledge our technology our science

1004
00:41:23,430 --> 00:41:21,119
and our dreams are often paid for in the

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00:41:25,270 --> 00:41:23,440
dearest possible way

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00:41:27,190 --> 00:41:25,280
this has been the case throughout human

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00:41:28,870 --> 00:41:27,200
history and will be the case as long as

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00:41:31,430 --> 00:41:28,880
we're willing to push the boundaries of

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00:41:32,829 --> 00:41:31,440
our capabilities towards destinations of

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00:41:35,670 --> 00:41:32,839
which we can only

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00:41:36,870 --> 00:41:35,680
dream what we do as explorers is not

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00:41:37,829 --> 00:41:36,880
easy

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00:41:38,710 --> 00:41:37,839
michael

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00:41:42,710 --> 00:41:38,720
dick

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00:41:43,910 --> 00:41:42,720
ronald ellison krista gregory and judy

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00:41:45,829 --> 00:41:43,920
knew this

1017
00:41:48,230 --> 00:41:45,839
and accepted the risk

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00:41:50,950 --> 00:41:48,240
we who remain on the ground and ask them

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00:41:53,829 --> 00:41:50,960
to fly failed them that day as we would

1020
00:41:56,309 --> 00:41:53,839
fail the crew of colombia 17 years later

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00:41:57,670 --> 00:41:56,319
and as we failed the crew of apollo 1 19

1022
00:41:59,910 --> 00:41:57,680
years before

1023
00:42:03,109 --> 00:41:59,920
the only possible compensation that we

1024
00:42:04,870 --> 00:42:03,119
can offer is our renewed devotion to the

1025
00:42:06,950 --> 00:42:04,880
jobs we have been asked to do by the

1026
00:42:08,390 --> 00:42:06,960
nation to explore the universe that

1027
00:42:10,470 --> 00:42:08,400
surrounds us

1028
00:42:13,190 --> 00:42:10,480
we seek to answer the most difficult

1029
00:42:15,829 --> 00:42:13,200
questions imaginable and formulate new

1030
00:42:18,710 --> 00:42:15,839
questions the hubble telescope is

1031
00:42:20,790 --> 00:42:18,720
rewriting astronomy textbooks every day

1032
00:42:23,270 --> 00:42:20,800
the farthest seen galaxy was just

1033
00:42:24,150 --> 00:42:23,280
reported yesterday the space station is

1034
00:42:26,150 --> 00:42:24,160
proving

1035
00:42:28,150 --> 00:42:26,160
is providing insight into basic

1036
00:42:30,950 --> 00:42:28,160
biological processes that will change

1037
00:42:33,030 --> 00:42:30,960
the way we understand biology and affect

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00:42:35,270 --> 00:42:33,040
our health here on the earth

1039
00:42:37,510 --> 00:42:35,280
apollo challenger in colombia were not

1040
00:42:39,750 --> 00:42:37,520
the first ships to carry those names and

1041
00:42:41,990 --> 00:42:39,760
they will not be the last

1042
00:42:44,470 --> 00:42:42,000
every generation stands on the shoulders

1043
00:42:46,870 --> 00:42:44,480
of the generation that came before

1044
00:42:49,270 --> 00:42:46,880
not on the shoulders of giants but of

1045
00:42:51,109 --> 00:42:49,280
ordinary men and women who performed to

1046
00:42:53,589 --> 00:42:51,119
the best of their knowledge and

1047
00:42:55,670 --> 00:42:53,599
abilities and often failed

1048
00:42:57,670 --> 00:42:55,680
the legacy of those we have lost will be

1049
00:43:00,230 --> 00:42:57,680
in the dedication to never repeat the

1050
00:43:02,710 --> 00:43:00,240
mistakes and learn from those mistakes

1051
00:43:05,670 --> 00:43:02,720
and learn to anticipate future problems

1052
00:43:08,230 --> 00:43:05,680
that are yet unknown

1053
00:43:10,309 --> 00:43:08,240
do not only listen to my words today

1054
00:43:13,109 --> 00:43:10,319
but stop today

1055
00:43:14,470 --> 00:43:13,119
reflect on the events of the past

1056
00:43:17,030 --> 00:43:14,480
digest

1057
00:43:18,550 --> 00:43:17,040
analyze distill the real learning from

1058
00:43:20,710 --> 00:43:18,560
these events

1059
00:43:22,790 --> 00:43:20,720
tuck this learning away in your heart

1060
00:43:25,990 --> 00:43:22,800
and use it every day and all that you

1061
00:43:28,710 --> 00:43:26,000
are doing do not be afraid of failing do

1062
00:43:31,270 --> 00:43:28,720
not foolishly press on but rather

1063
00:43:33,589 --> 00:43:31,280
rededicate yourselves to expanding the

1064
00:43:36,230 --> 00:43:33,599
frontier of knowledge in a manner that

1065
00:43:55,670 --> 00:43:36,240
is fitting of the huge sacrifice made by

1066
00:44:00,230 --> 00:43:57,670
we appreciate the fact that all of you

1067
00:44:02,069 --> 00:44:00,240
have taken the time to be with us today

1068
00:44:04,390 --> 00:44:02,079
to honor and remember

1069
00:44:06,470 --> 00:44:04,400
the great men and women whom we lost on

1070
00:44:13,030 --> 00:44:06,480
challenger

1071
00:44:19,030 --> 00:44:17,109
we also remember the crews of apollo 1

1072
00:44:21,589 --> 00:44:19,040
and columbia

1073
00:44:24,550 --> 00:44:21,599
and the t-38 accidents

1074
00:44:27,349 --> 00:44:24,560
as well as all of the other astronauts

1075
00:44:30,870 --> 00:44:27,359
who made the ultimate sacrifice for our

1076
00:44:32,790 --> 00:44:30,880
nation and our space program

1077
00:44:35,510 --> 00:44:32,800
we pray for the successes of all of our

1078
00:44:39,670 --> 00:44:35,520
future astronauts who continue to lead

1079
00:44:45,430 --> 00:44:41,910
to conclude today's ceremony

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00:44:47,190 --> 00:44:45,440
i would like to ask june scobie rogers

1081
00:44:49,190 --> 00:44:47,200
and bill gerstenmaier

1082
00:44:50,710 --> 00:44:49,200
to place a wreath at the base of the

1083
00:45:26,710 --> 00:44:50,720
memorial

1084
00:45:26,720 --> 00:46:15,589
damn