[ninenot]

No wonder Reagan cherished her

Remember the line: "and slipped the surly bonds of Earth to touch the face of God" from the Noonan speech given by RR on the Challenger.

She IS the best.

[Movemout]

"Remember the line: "and slipped the surly bonds of Earth to touch the face of God" from the Noonan speech given by RR on the Challenger. "

I remember it well. It was a revision of "High Flight,"-- John Gillespie Magee, Jr. "Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth and danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings."

[ArGee]

Remember the line: "and slipped the surly bonds of Earth to touch the face of God" from the Noonan speech given by RR on the Challenger.

That's from a poem called "High Flight" which is the official poem of the USAF.

I don't remember the name of the author.

It begins something like:

Oh, I have slipped the surley bonds of earth
and danced the sky on laughter silvered wings
Sunward I've climbed
and done a thousand things you have not dreamed of.

Shalom.