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George H.W. Bush Presidential Records
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Space Shuttle, Washington D.C., 5/17/89
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May 13, 1989
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: SPACE SHUTTLE
ROSE GARDEN
And in
WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1989
Commander Walker and Crew, friends and families of the
Shuttle Atlantis, boys and girls, my fellow Americans.
It is a pleasure to be with you. And to welcome you, as
pioneers exploring the horizons of America's technological
future, to a house which embodies the greatness of America's
present, and her past.
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That spirit marks these ceremonies.
For we celebrate today
the continuity of America's space program, and of America
herself. In Atlantis, we salute achievement which has come to
pass. And in Endeavour, the glory which still lies ahead.
Adlai Stevenson once spoke of the "awful majesty of outer
space. " We see that majesty today, feel it. For the crew of
Shuttle Atlantis has linked it with the promise of man. And the
students who named the new Space Shuttle orbiter -- they, too,
feel it For they know that space will shape America's dreams of
the 21st century.
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people welcome Atlantis back to
Edwards Air Force Base. They were there to pay America's
respects to your bravery and your enterprise. And to reaffirm
that as Americans nothing is impossible. Our destiny leads
onward and upward -- to the moon, to Venus my friends, to
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structure and geophysics, And our knowledge of Venus surface
physics, such as temperature and roughness.
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and thus ourselves. For Venus is the planet most like Earth in
size, mass, and distance from the sun. Magellan will reaffirm
America's genius in science and technology. And as it does, your
Nation will thank you -- as I do now -- from the bottom of our
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Some of you may recall how : Winston Churchill said, "The
farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely
to see. "
Well, Magellan was named after the sea-faring explorer of
the 16th century. And as the first U.S. planetary mission since
1978, it marks the rebirth of America's planetary program.
From Magellan, we will learn more about Venus, and thus
ourselves. For Venus is the planet most like Earth in size,
mass, and distance from the sun.
To Commander Walker and his Atlantis crew, my heart-felt
congratulations. Today, America salutes your courage and
enterprise. For you have reaffirmed you Nation's genius in
science and technology. And yet, it's only a beginning.
Four more solar-system missions through the mid-1990s. And
13 more shuttle flights in 1989 and '90. These flights will
chart new frontiers in science and exploration. And we will
explore those frontiers through the leaders of tomorrow.
We see those leaders in the students here today -- from
Mississippi, and from Georgia. For in a nationwide orbiter-
naming competition, involving over 71,000 students and 6,100
entries from elementary and secondary schools, you showed how the
possibilities of tomorrow point us onward and upward.
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Both schools chose the name Endeavour, which Webster's
defines as "to make an effort, strive; to try to reach or
achieve. " And each of your schools has lived that definition.
In the Division I category -- kindergarten through Grade Six
-- the national winner is the fifth graders from Senatobia Middle
School in Senatobia, Mississippi. Your team taught lower
elementary students about space through the up-close and
personal. Like simulating a space camp's wireless
communications. Or trying on a team-made spacesuit.
And in Division II -- Gradres 7 through 12 -- the winning
team came from a nearby State -- Tallulah Falls School, Inc., in
Tallulah Falls, Georgia. Here, students developed a math
magazine, "Math Exploration With James Cook." And created a play
comparing Cook's 18th-Century sea exploration to Endeavour's
20th-Century space exploration.
You know, if my history doesn't fail me, Endeavour was the
first ship commanded by James Cook, a British explorer,
navigator, and astronomer. And in August 1768, on Endeavour's
maiden voyage, Cook observed and recorded the transit of the
planet Venus.
In a sense, then, the Magellan mission completes the circle
-- from Cook, detailing Venus, to Magellan, exploring Venus. And
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Endeavour will continue the tradition of discovery --again,
continuity through space.
The orbiter-naming contest was, and is, a partnership
between NASA and the Council of Chief State School Officers. The
CCSSO played a key role in organizing and implementing this
contest. And I would like to thank its members. And also my
good friend Congressman Tom Lewis, whose legislation created the
event.
But most of all, I want to thank you -- Commander Walker and
crew, and the students. For you have acted not for ourselves
alone -- but for generations to come.
And in so doing, you are making possible -- now, and
tomorrow -- that picture of the orbiter lifting off, its rise a
swirl of magic. And of Americans cheering its safety and
success. And dreaming of the new worlds, and faraway heavens,
which form America's destiny.
That is the continuity of America. And of our space shuttle
program which points us toward the stars. Thank you, my heart-
felt congratulations, God bless you, and God bless America.
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