Rereading the speech on the loss of the Space Shuttle Challenger, and it's remarkable: https://history.nasa.gov/reagan12886.html … A couple of excerpts:pic.twitter.com/qm9HruMUro
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The line "We're still pioneers" is echoed - deliberately, I am certain - in the remarkable trailer for the movie Interstellar:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM4ue7HDEPU …
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The last line is adapted from a sonnet written by John Gillespie Magee, Jr., a pilot who died at the age of 19 in WWII.pic.twitter.com/QaUHGm9v2m
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@rivatez has me doing this same deep dive on the poem, the speech and everything related to challenger. Also reminded me of one of my fave songs, Commander Thinks Aloud, about the columbia space shuttle tragedy. -
Peggy Noonan's speech is utterly remarkable. Written in a few hours.
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very beautiful
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Someone convinved me I should memorize that sonnet around the time I earned my pilot's license.
Turns out I still get all the feelings when I read it.
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