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“And I want to say something to the schoolchildren of America”

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“We know we share this pain with all of the people of our country”“We mourn their loss as a nation together.”

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“For the families of the seven”

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when he spoke you could hear a hint of pain or sorrow when talking about the lost of life and what it meant to the people of america and to the workers of NASA who built the ship

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He says that we won't hide or diminish the losses and indirectly mentions the Russians and how they hid their losses

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In his speech, Reagan addressed the tragedy of the Challenger shuttle explosion (“Today is a day for mourning and remembering...pained to the core by the tragedy of the shuttle Challenger.”).

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He addressed the newness of space and the known risk in discovering foreign territory, such as space (“The future does not belong to the faint hearted”).

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“ I want to add that I wish I could talk to every man and woman who works for NASA or who worked on this mission and tell them: ``Your dedication and professionalism have moved and impressed us for decades.”

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He announced that amidst the mourning and tragedy, exploration of space will continue.

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"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."
The soviets were known to have hidden the failures of their space program.

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At one point, he shifts over to talking to the children who watched the Challenger explode and sounds more reassuring.

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He takes the moral high ground against Russia by pointing out how they don't do their space travel in secret by pointing out that THEY do not hide their space missions

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"The Challenger crew was pulling us into the future, and we'll continue to follow them."
"They, the members of the Challenger crew, were pioneers."
"The crew of the space shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives."

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He mentions how he appreciates the scientists and astronauts who risk their lives to further our knowledge and connects this to when Sir Francis Drake died exploring.

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As the audience shifts from the families to the school children of America...

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As the audience shifts from the families to the school children of America...

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his message is now trying to explain that sometimes heart-wrenching things happen, but that is the course of life & it's part of the risk of exploration.

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He acknowledged each of the seven individuals lost in the accident (“We mourn seven heroes: …”).

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The Citizens of America

Patriotic

Family Members

sympathetic

Modernists

persevering

Children

endearing

NASA Employees

empathetic

Teachers

empathetic

Christians

assuring

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He is very monotone throughout the speech.

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He establishes his credibility through a public addressing to the population of the United States, and by simply being in a position of power as the president.

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The audience shifts back to all of America, and the message he is trying to get across is transparency and honesty to all citizens, unlike Russia.

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"I've always had great faith in and respect for our space program, and what happened today does nothing to diminish it."

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His message to all of America is saying that despite this painful tragedy, the US space program will continue to explore outer space.

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His message to NASA workers is to express to them how much pride America feels to have such a dedicated space program.

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he states that he want to talk to each NASA member, to at the very least, appear Empathetic with the loss (ethos)

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The astronauts who were brave enough to fly in the Challenger for the sake of science were bettering America and heroes to everyone.