How we cite our quotes: (Sentence)
Quote #4
We'll continue our quest in space. There will be more shuttle flights and more shuttle crews and, yes, more volunteers, more civilians, more teachers in space. Nothing ends here; our hopes and our journeys continue. (34-36)
And more taco trucks in space, and more strips malls in space, and more...Reagan seems awfully confident in this passage about the future endeavors of NASA, which would actually have its Space Shuttle Program stalled until September 1988.
Quote #5
There's a coincidence today. On this day 390 years ago, the great explorer Sir Francis Drake died aboard ship off the coast of Panama. In his lifetime the great frontiers were the oceans, and an historian later said, "He lived by the sea, died on it, and was buried in it." Well, today we can say of the Challenger crew: Their dedication was, like Drake's, complete. (40-43)
Reagan torques up the mythological status of the Challenger Seven here with his comparison to Sir Francis Drake, because what better way to ensure the historical legacy of someone than by placing them in the same camp as someone else with an already long-established historical legacy?