["....perhaps we've forgotten the courage it took for the crew of the shuttle; but they, the Challenger Seven, were aware of the dangers, but overcame them and did their jobs brilliantly. We mourn seven heroes: Michael Smith, Dick Scobee, Judith Resnik, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Gregory Jarvis, and Christa McAuliffe. We mourn their loss as a nation together.
"For the families of the seven, we cannot bear, as you do, the full impact of this tragedy. But we feel the loss, and we're thinking about you so very much. Your loved ones were daring and brave, and they had that special grace, that special spirit that says, "Give me a challenge and I'll meet it with joy." They had a hunger to explore the universe and discover its truths. They wished to serve, and they did. They served all of us...."
"....I know it is hard to understand, but sometimes painful things like this happen. It's all part of the process of exploration and discovery. It's all part of taking a chance and expanding man's horizons. The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave. The Challenger crew was pulling us into the future, and we'll continue to follow them.
"I've always had great faith in and respect for our space program, and what happened today does nothing to diminish it. We don't hide our space program. We don't keep secrets and cover things up. We do it all up front and in public. That's the way freedom is, and we wouldn't change it for a minute....
"....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 goodbye and 'slipped the surly bonds of earth' to 'touch the face of God.'"](https://history.nasa.gov/reagan12886.html)
They are still alive.
I don't know why everyone downvoted this. I think I saw a picture of literally all six of them, older, in different places of power. like, professors or something?
yes! also your post. lol.
They are not alive.
well I agree that it certainly is suspicious that there's another person in the United States named "Michael Smith", but
PLZ EXPLAIN TO THE N00B HOW THE ASTRONAUTS THAT WERE FILMED BOARDING THE SHUTTLE EITHER ESCAPED THROUGH A SECRET HATCHWAY PRE-LAUNCH OR SURVIVED BOTH THE EXPLOSION AND THE COMMAND MODULE'S 200 MPH IMPACT INTO THE OCEAN. PLZ ALSO EXPLAIN WHAT NASA'S PURPOSE IN A PLOT THAT SHUT DOWN THE SHUTTLE PROGRAM FOR TWO YEARS WOULD HAVE BEEN AND ALSO WHAT KIND OF STUPID COVERUP ALLOWED THE DEAD ASTRONAUTS TO GO BACK INTO SOCIETY IN THEIR SAME FIELDS USING THEIR REAL IDENTITIES.
AND IF IT'S NOT TOO MUCH TO ASK PLZ ALSO EXPLAIN HOW AN EXPLOSION THAT WAS BROADCAST LIVE TO MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN 1986 IS A "PHOTOSHOP".
THX IN ADVANCE GENIUS.
Apologies for the non-Q post -- however, Reagan's words from 35 years ago today may have a special resonance at this hour.
Sorry, but I don't think these people blew up that day. It is just too coincidental that people (who have the same names as they do) look just like them older. Here is an article about it, showing them today and what they are doing now.
https://aplanetruth.info/theyre-alive-challenger-crew-found-alive-and-well-30-years-since-the-disaster/
None of those people look remotely like the Challenger crew, adjusted for age or not. You don’t develop a gap tooth as you get older. The natural part in your hair doesn’t change. Your basic eyebrow shape/brow ridge and the way your lips curl when you smile do not change, either.