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From: ecl@mtgzy.UUCP (e.c.leeper)
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Subject: Official L-5 News Release
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Date: Thu, 13-Feb-86 09:16:56 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 13 09:16:56 1986
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The following is an official news release dated 29 January 1985 from the
L-5 Society regarding the Challenger loss:

> 			CHALLENGER SEVEN
> 
> The tragic loss of the Challenger Seven is a part of the price of opening a
> new frontier, a price the crew knew they might have to pay.  Their courage
> will not be wasted.  The program will go on with the support of the American
> people.
> 
> We share the loss and sadness of the families and friends of the crew, of
> the American people, and of the schoolchildren of the world.  We have no
> criticism of NASA's safety precautions.  Only their superb safety record
> allowed us to hope this day would never come, but we knew it might.
> 
> We identify in a special way with our pioneers who embody not just what we
> are, but the best we aspire to be.  These pioneers were leading us into the
> frontiers of space where so many of us hope to find our futures.  All of the
> crew of the Challenger believed, as we do, that space is vitally important
> to the future of America and the human race.
> 
> We, the members of the L-5 Society, therefore pledge to rededicate our lives
> to opening the space frontier for all people, so that the Challenger Seven
> will not have died in vain.

Posted by another L-5 member,
					Evelyn C. Leeper
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