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Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster Address: An Aside (Sentences 17-22) Summary

Don't Act Like Space is So Passé

  • Reagan implies people are jaded by a quarter-century of spectacular space achievements. 
  • He says NASA is cool. 
  • Just in case you missed it the first time: NASA is cool. 
  • The he calls everyone a pioneer, including the dead astronauts.