CENTURIA VI · QUATRAIN LXXXIV
The Falling Leader
Un grand d'Auserre mourra bien miserable,
Chasse de ceux qui soubs luy ont este,
Serre de chaisnes, apres d'un rude cable,
En l'an que Mars, Venus, Sol mis en este.
A great one of Auxerre will die most miserably,
Chased out by those who served under him,
Bound with chains, then with a harsh cable,
In the year Mars, Venus, and the Sun stand in summer.
THE MASTER SAYS…
Nostradamus says that this prophecy describes the accident that occurred with the space shuttle Challenger in late January 1986. This incident will lead to great disagreements in the leadership of NASA and within the leadership of the strategic air forces of the United States regarding the expediency of already approved space programs. In this regard, the manned flight program will come under fire from supporters of unmanned flights. Thus, idealists who dream of seeing astronauts as pioneers directly participating in the exploration of space, and who see the future of astronautics in long-term orbital stations that will transform solar energy for Earth’s needs, will face strong disappointment, and they will have to step aside. The word “leader” has a collective character, and in this case includes not only NASA leaders but also the president of your country. The cause is not clearly traced, but he asserts that the error was embedded in the device you call a computer. Due to the powerful explosion, the exact cause of the accident turned out to be inaccessible for analysis; moreover, the material collected by the commission to investigate the causes of the accident remained sealed, and is now available only to a narrow circle of NASA leaders. The information in your newspapers was ordinary propaganda. The loss of Challenger will push back the implementation of the US manned orbital station program for many years.