ecl@mtgzy.UUCP (e.c.leeper) (02/13/86)
The following is an official news release dated 29 January 1985 from the L-5 Society regarding the Challenger loss: > CHALLENGER SEVEN > > The tragic loss of the Challenger Seven is a part of the price of opening a > new frontier, a price the crew knew they might have to pay. Their courage > will not be wasted. The program will go on with the support of the American > people. > > We share the loss and sadness of the families and friends of the crew, of > the American people, and of the schoolchildren of the world. We have no > criticism of NASA's safety precautions. Only their superb safety record > allowed us to hope this day would never come, but we knew it might. > > We identify in a special way with our pioneers who embody not just what we > are, but the best we aspire to be. These pioneers were leading us into the > frontiers of space where so many of us hope to find our futures. All of the > crew of the Challenger believed, as we do, that space is vitally important > to the future of America and the human race. > > We, the members of the L-5 Society, therefore pledge to rededicate our lives > to opening the space frontier for all people, so that the Challenger Seven > will not have died in vain. Posted by another L-5 member, Evelyn C. Leeper ...ihnp4!mtgzz!ecl (or ihnp4!mtgzy!ecl)