michael smith, vic scobee, judith resnick, ronald mcnair, , gregory jarvis, and christmas nickel. we mourn their loss as a nation together. we cannot bear as you do the full impact of this tragedy, but we feel the loss and are thinking about you so very much. your loved ones were daring and brave. grace,d that special that special spirit that said -- give me a challenge and i will meet it with joy. they had a hunger to the 2 -- to explore the universe and its truths. they served all of us. wonders in used to this century. it's hard to dazzle us. but for 25 years the united states space program has done just that. we've grown used to the idea of space. perhaps we forget that we've only just begun. we are still pioneers. today the members of the challenger crew were pioneers. i want to say something to the schoolchildren of america who were watching the live coverage. i know it's hard to understand, but 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 t