Challenger part 2 - A Swan Song
We've grown used to wonders in this century.
It's hard to dazzle us.
We've grown used to the idea of space, and, perhaps we forget that we've only just begun.
We're still pioneers.
Sometimes painful things like this happen.
It's all part of the process of exploration and discovery.
It's all part of taking a chance and expanding man's horizons.
The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted, it belongs to the brave.
Nothing ends here.
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 a 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.
We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye.
And “slipped the surly bonds of earth” to “touch the face of God.”
Thank you.
Challenger part 2 - A Swan SongLRC歌词
[07:29.162]We've grown used to wonders in this century.
[07:31.874]It's hard to dazzle us.
[07:34.391]We've grown used to the idea of space, and, perhaps we forget that we've only just begun.
[07:40.075]We're still pioneers.
[07:42.169]Sometimes painful things like this happen.
[07:45.212]It's all part of the process of exploration and discovery.
[07:48.927]It's all part of taking a chance and expanding man's horizons.
[07:54.135]The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted, it belongs to the brave.
[07:59.367]Nothing ends here.
[08:02.327]On this day 390 years ago, the great explorer Sir Francis Drake died aboard ship off the coast of Panama.
[08:10.292]In his lifetime the great frontiers were the oceans, and a historian later said, “He lived by the sea, died on it, and was buried in it.”
[08:20.364]Well, today, we can say of the Challenger crew: Their dedication was, like Drake‘s, complete.
[08:28.919]We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye.
[08:38.146]And “slipped the surly bonds of earth” to “touch the face of God.”
[08:44.824]Thank you.
