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And remembering. the future doesn't belong to the faint hearted. it belongs to the brave. the challenger crew was pulling us into the future, and we'll continue to follow them. there will be more shuttle flights and more shuttle crews, and yes, more volunteers, more civilians, more teachers in space. nothing ends here. our hopes and our journeys continue. >> to honor our fallen, we have to find this and focus ix it an it again. >> kwithin a matter of days we knew it was a solid o-ring that had failed. it led to the loss of the challenger. >> during the 30 months since the accident, there have ...

>> space shuttle was like a large truck that could deploy satellites and it had a robotic arm so that you can repair and upgrade spacecraft. >> and liftoff of the orbiter "challenger." >> this was the birth of space travel not just space missions. we are talking about sending a laboratory, almost like a university in space, and it started feeling like anybody could be an astronaut. >> the countdown is under way tonight at cape canaveral toward sunday's scheduled launch of the shuttle "challenger." a liftoff that will carry america's first teacher into space. >> still doesn't seem real that i'm...

Flights and more shuttle crews and yes, more volunteers, more civilians, more teachers in space. nothing ends here. our hopes and our journeys continue. >> to honor our fallen, we have to find this and fix it and fly it again. >> within a matter of days, we knew it was the solid rocket booster joint that had failed. the o-ring was a flawed design that had led to the loss of the "challenger." >> during the 30 months since the "challenger" accident, there had been hundreds of hardware changes to not only the solid rocket booster, but also to the orbiter, the large liquid rocket fuel tank. numero...

The future doesn't belong to the faint-hearted. it belongs to the brave. the "challenger" crew was pulling us into the future and we'll continue to follow them. there will be more shuttle flights and more shuttle crews and, yes, more volunteers, more civilians, more teachers in space. nothing ends here. our hopes and our journeys continue. >> to honor our fallen, we have to find this and fix it and fly it again. >> within a matter of days, we knew it was the solid rocket booster joint that had failed. the o-ring was a flawed design that had led to the loss of the "challenger." >> during the 30...

See it in the early morning when it can actually be wet enough. we might see the water itself. so look forward to the next orbiter. we're also looking for where else on the planet we might see these things. just how extensive might this liquid water be. and part of that is you have to look at very high resolution to even see these features. that required our latest orbiter the mars reconnaissance orbiter at mars. it's only covered 3% of the planet at that resolution. there's a lot of territory out here to look for. >> okay. richard zurek speaking to us. a little excitement about all of this an...