Abstract
On 28 January 1986, an emotional Ronald Reagan appeared live on American television. This time, the old actor seemed genuinely shaken. His task was to try to explain to the American public why the space shuttle Challenger had exploded just 73 seconds after take-off, killing everyone on board.1
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Popular Culture Space Shuttle Sealant Ring American Television Space Shuttle Challenger
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Notes
- 2.Ronald Reagan (attributed to), ‘The Future Does Not Belong to the Fainthearted’ in The Penguin Book of 20th Century Speeches, edited by Brian MacArthur (Harmondsworth, 1993) pp. 448–50, pp. 449–50.Google Scholar
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