Ronald Reagan actually said...

The first operational mission delivered two commercial satellites to orbit, demonstrating that the Space Shuttle provides practical, utilitarian, round-trip access to space.

Context

Message to the Congress Transmitting the Aeronautics and Space Report of the President

10/13/1983

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