Address To The Nation On The Explosion Of The Space Shuttle Challenger Speech

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Robert T. Kiyosaki, “The biggest risk a person can take is to do nothing” - Robert T. Kiyosaki. In Ronald Reagan’s “Address to the Nation on the Explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger” speech, he describes how the Challenger crew risked their life to go to the space shuttle and ended up losing their life in an explosion trying to gain knowledge in space. Another source that demonstrates a risk taken is “In a Kenyan Teen’s Discovery: Let There Be Lights to Save Lions” by Nina Gregory, where a teenage boy, Richard Turere, takes the risk of facing lions in the night and ends up discovering something incredible where it changes his life. One last piece of evidence that describes a risk taken is “Speech to the United Nations” by Malala Yousafzai, …show more content…

While describing the reasoning behind the crew's physical risk, Ronald Reagan mentions, “we were aware of the dangers”(2). He portrays this to exhibit the Challenger Seven actions, how they know they have a chance of dying, yet they still do it with no fear of what might happen to them. During his speech with the families of the Challenger Seven, he proclaims, “Your loved ones are daring”(3). Reagan mentions this to indicate that even though the Challenger seven died, they risked themselves to achieve something they desired, yet they did it knowing it could affect them possibly or negatively. Overall, the consequence of the physical risk that the pioneers take is an example of daringness. In Gregory’s “In a Kenyan Teen’s Discovery: Let There Be Lights to Save Lions” a boy risks his life to discover a solution to an issue in his homeland. One physical risk this teenage boy took, “was walking around with a flashlight”(7) at night when he saw the lions. This action is an example of a physical risk because knowing his actions can endanger his life, he still does it to enable growth in