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2 total messages Started by David L. Albert Thu, 28 Jan 1993 14:43

#3873

Author: David L. Albert
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 14:43

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In Their Memory,

			  CHALLENGER
			   1/28/86


			Francis R Scobee
			Michael J Smith
			Elison S Onizuka
			Judith A Resnick
			Ronald E McNair
			Gregory Jarvis
			Christa McAuliff



"Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,
 And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
 Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth
 Of sun-split clouds -- and done a hundred things
 You have not dreamed of -- wheeled and soared and swung
 High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
 I've chased the shouting wind along and flung
 My eager craft through footless halls of air.
 Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
 I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace,
 Where never lark, or even eagle, flew;
 And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
 The high, untrespassed sanctity of space,
 Put out my hand, and touched the face of God."






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"Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
   and danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings..."

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Re: Challenger Tribute

#3875

Author: Paul A. Scowen
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 16:04

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I have found that one of the best tributes I've seen/heard is the piece of
music that Ron McNair was working on with Jean-Michel Jarre.  Ron was a 
saxophonist, and had worked on a piece of music that he would play in orbit
while it was recorded on the ground.  After the disaster, Jarre reworked the
piece as "Ron's Theme" and included it on his album "Rendezvous" that was
subsequently performed in that huge gig in Houston's downtown.  I always
get a lump in my throat when I listen to that piece of music.

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