Shuttle 'Challenger' Disaster Address -- Ronald Wilson Reagan
Delivered 28 January 1986 •, Oval Office, The White House, Washington, D.C.
• 1986 年 1 月 28 日交付，华盛顿特区白宫椭圆形办公室
Ladies and Gentlemen , I’ d planned to speak to you tonight to report on the state of the Union , but the events of earlier today have led me to change those plans.
女士们、先生们，我原计划今晚向你们报告国情咨文，但今天早些时候发生的事件使我改变了这些计划。
Today is a day for mourning and remembering.
今天是哀悼和纪念的一天。
Nancy and I are pained to the core by the tragedy of the Shuttle Challenger .
南希和我对挑战者号航天飞机的悲剧感到极度痛苦。
We know we share this pain with all of the people of our country.
我们知道我们与全国人民共同承受这种痛苦。
This is truly a national loss.
这确实是国家的损失。
Nineteen years ago , almost to the day , we lost three astronauts in a terrible accident on the ground.
十九年前，几乎就在这一天，我们在一次可怕的地面事故中失去了三名宇航员。
1 But we’ ve never lost an astronaut in flight.
1 但我们从未在飞行中失去宇航员。
We’ ve never had a tragedy like this.
我们从来没有发生过这样的悲剧。
And perhaps we’ ve forgotten the courage it took for the crew of the shuttle.
也许我们已经忘记了航天飞机机组人员所需要的勇气。
But they , the Challenger Seven , 2 were aware of the dangers , but overcame them and did their jobs brilliantly.
但挑战者七人组二人意识到了危险，但克服了这些危险，出色地完成了自己的工作。
We mourn seven heroes: Michael Smith , Dick Scobee , Judith Resnik , Ronald McNair , Ellison Onizuka , Gregory Jarvis , and Christa McAuliffe .
我们哀悼七位英雄：迈克尔·史密斯、迪克·斯科比、朱迪思·雷斯尼克、罗纳德·麦克奈尔、埃里森·奥尼兹卡、格雷戈里·贾维斯和克里斯塔·麦考利夫。
We mourn their loss as a nation together.
我们作为一个国家共同哀悼他们的损失。
For the families of the seven , we cannot bear , as you do , the full impact of this tragedy.
对于七人的家人来说，我们和你们一样无法承受这场悲剧的全面影响。
But we feel the loss , and we’ re thinking about you so very much.
但我们感到失落，我们非常想念你。
Your loved ones were daring and brave , and they had that special grace , that special spirit that says , “ Give me a challenge , 3 and I’ ll meet it with joy.
你所爱的人勇敢无畏，他们有一种特殊的优雅，一种特殊的精神，他们说：“给我一个挑战，3，我会高兴地迎接它。
” They had a hunger to explore the universe and discover its truths.
“他们渴望探索宇宙并发现它的真相。
They wished to serve , and they did.
他们希望服务，他们也做到了。
They served all of us.
他们为我们所有人服务。
We’ ve grown used to wonders in this century.
我们已经习惯了本世纪的奇迹。
It’ s hard to dazzle us.
很难让我们眼花缭乱。
But for twenty-five years the United States space program has been doing just that.
但二十五年来，美国太空计划一直在这样做。
We’ ve grown used to the idea of space , and , perhaps we forget that we’ ve only just begun.
我们已经习惯了空间的概念，而且，也许我们忘记了我们才刚刚开始。
We’ re still pioneers.
我们仍然是先驱。
They , the members of the Challenger crew , were pioneers.
他们，挑战者号船员，是先驱者。
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And I want to say something to the schoolchildren of America who were watching the live coverage of the shuttle’ s take-off.
我想对观看航天飞机起飞现场直播的美国小学生说几句话。
I know it’ s hard to understand , but sometimes painful things like this happen.
我知道这很难理解，但有时会发生这样痛苦的事情。
It’ s all part of the process of exploration and discovery.
这都是探索和发现过程的一部分。
It’ s all part of taking a chance and expanding man’ s horizons.
这都是抓住机会、拓展人类视野的一部分。
The future doesn’ t belong to the fainthearted ; it belongs to the brave.
未来不属于胆怯者；它属于勇敢者。
The Challenger crew was pulling us into the future , and we’ ll continue to follow them.
挑战者号船员将我们带入未来，我们将继续追随他们。
I’ ve always had great faith in and respect for our space program.
我一直对我们的太空计划充满信心和尊重。
And what happened today does nothing to diminish it.
今天发生的事情并没有削弱它。
We don’ t hide our space program.
我们不会隐藏我们的太空计划。
We don’ t keep secrets and cover things up.
我们不保守秘密，也不掩盖事情。
We do it all up front and in public.
我们都是预先公开进行的。
That’ s the way freedom is , and we wouldn’ t change it for a minute.
这就是自由，我们一刻也不会改变。
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We’ ll continue our quest in space.
我们将继续我们的太空探索。
There will be more shuttle flights and more shuttle crews and , yes , more volunteers , more civilians , more teachers in space.
太空中将会有更多的航天飞机航班和更多的航天飞机机组人员，是的，还有更多的志愿者、更多的平民和更多的教师。
Nothing ends here ; our hopes and our journeys continue.
一切都没有结束；我们的希望和我们的旅程仍在继续。
I want to add that I wish I could talk to every man and woman who works for NASA , or who worked on this mission and tell them: “ Your dedication and professionalism have moved and impressed us for decades.
我想补充一点，我希望我能与每一位为 NASA 工作或参与这项任务的男女人士交谈，并告诉他们：“几十年来，你们的奉献精神和专业精神感动并给我们留下了深刻的印象。
And we know of your anguish.
我们知道你的痛苦。
We share it.
我们分享它。
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There’ s a coincidence today.
今天有一个巧合。
On this day three hundred and ninety years ago , the great explorer Sir Francis Drake died aboard ship off the coast of Panama.
三百九十年前的今天，伟大的探险家弗朗西斯·德雷克爵士在巴拿马海岸附近的船上去世。
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.
在他一生中，最伟大的边疆是海洋，一位历史学家后来说：“他生在海边，死在海边，葬在海边。
” Well , today , we can say of the Challenger crew: Their dedication was , like Drake’ s , complete.
“好吧，今天，我们可以对挑战者号船员说：他们的奉献精神就像德雷克一样，是彻底的。
The crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives.
挑战者号航天飞机的机组人员以他们的生活方式向我们致敬。
We will never forget them , nor the last time we saw them , this morning , as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and “ slipped the surly bonds of earth ” to “ touch the face of God.
我们永远不会忘记他们，也不会忘记今天早上我们最后一次见到他们的情景，当时他们准备出发，挥手告别，“挣脱尘世粗暴的束缚”，“触摸上帝的脸庞”。
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