Forward, with eyes open Forward, with eyes open We continue because stopping was never Challenger's final lesson. Exploration is still personal Exploration is still personal Remembering Challenger reminds us that exploration carries weight, and that weight is borne by human judgment long before it is borne by hardware. Tools do not carry responsibility Tools do not carry responsibility The tools will not remember Challenger. That obligation remains ours. Progress without amnesia Progress without amnesia Remembering Challenger is not an argument against progress. The hardest words to say The hardest words to say Courage in engineering rarely looks heroic. Remembrance is a discipline Remembrance is a discipline Remembrance is a deliberate act, performed regularly, to prevent the slow drift toward normalization. Forty years is not distance Forty years is not distance Time does not soften truth. It tests whether we are still willing to look at it directly. Forty Years On Forty Years On Some events are not meant to be recalled once a year and set aside. 50 Years 50 Years The Artemis I mission occurred 50 years after Apollo 17. What will it take to not have this happen again?
Forward, with eyes open Forward, with eyes open We continue because stopping was never Challenger's final lesson. Exploration is still personal Exploration is still personal Remembering Challenger reminds us that exploration carries weight, and that weight is borne by human judgment long before it is borne by hardware. Tools do not carry responsibility Tools do not carry responsibility The tools will not remember Challenger. That obligation remains ours. Progress without amnesia Progress without amnesia Remembering Challenger is not an argument against progress. The hardest words to say The hardest words to say Courage in engineering rarely looks heroic. Remembrance is a discipline Remembrance is a discipline Remembrance is a deliberate act, performed regularly, to prevent the slow drift toward normalization. Forty years is not distance Forty years is not distance Time does not soften truth. It tests whether we are still willing to look at it directly. Forty Years On Forty Years On Some events are not meant to be recalled once a year and set aside. 50 Years 50 Years The Artemis I mission occurred 50 years after Apollo 17. What will it take to not have this happen again?
