Based on this excerpt, President Reagan most likely
believed that
Read this excerpt from "President Ronald Reagan's
Address to the Nation" following the explosion of the
Challenger space shuttle.
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.
the Challenger crew was weak and fainthearted.
the future should be faced with anxiety and caution.
Americans should follow the example set by the crew
the space program should stop launching shuttles.