里根史密斯，里根在什么航天失事后的讲话英文？

里根在“挑战者号”航天飞机失事后的演讲   

Ladies and Gentlemen, I'd planned to speak to you tonight to report on the state of the Union, but the events of earlier today have led me to change those plans. Today is a day for mourning and remembering. Nancy and I are pained to the core by the tragedy of the shuttle Challenger. We know we share this pain with all of the people of our country. This is truly a national loss.

Nineteen years ago, almost to the day, we lost three astronauts in a terrible accident on the ground. But we've never lost an astronaut in flight. We've never had a tragedy like this.

And 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.

We've grown used to wonders in this century. It's hard to dazzle us. But for twenty-five years the United States space program has been doing just that. We've grown used to the idea of space, and, perhaps we forget that we've only just begun. We're still pioneers. They, the members of the Challenger crew, were pioneers.

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挑战者号航天飞机灾难。

指挑战者号航天飞机于美国东部时间1986年1月28日上午11时39分（格林尼治标准时间16时39分）发射在美国佛罗里达州的上空。

挑战者号航天飞机升空后，因其右侧固体火箭助推器（SRB）的O型环密封圈失效，毗邻的外部燃料舱在泄漏出的火焰的高温烧灼下结构失效，使高速飞行中的航天飞机在空气阻力的作用下于发射后的第73秒解体，机上7名宇航员全部罹难。挑战者号的残骸散落在大海中，后来被远程搜救队打捞了上来。

文化影响

由于新罕布什尔州的一名教师克丽斯塔·麦考利夫是挑战者号的乘员，这引起了一些媒体的兴趣，在发射的现场进行实况直播，不过只有CNN提供了全国性的直播。不过，在事故发生后的一项研究中，有17%的答复者表示他们观看了航天飞机的发射，剩下的85%则表示他们在一小时内得知了事故的发生。

据报告的作者写到：“只有两项事故的新闻传播得更为快速。”（其中一项是约翰·肯尼迪总统在得克萨斯州达拉斯被刺杀的新闻；另一项是在肯特州立大学的学生间传播的富兰克林·罗斯福总统的死讯。）另一项研究提到，“即使在事故发生时没有看电视的人，也几乎肯定能在事后几天的电视台几无中断的报道中看到事故重放时的图像”。