The crew of the space shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives. We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved good-bye and "slipped the surly bonds of earth" to "touch the face of God."
Peggy Noonan wrote that. Oneof the best speeches ever. and every time she was compliemnted on it, she would always say that Reagan made the speech work..