Paul Hill
Paul Hill
crew dangerous darn difficult good gotten happy huge last step stop wheels
We are going to be pretty darn happy to get to wheels stop and see this good crew step off. It'll be a huge sense of accomplishment having gotten through the last two years and demonstrated that we still know how to do this very difficult and dangerous business.
crew darned good happy step
De-orbit is not a risk-free activity. We will be pretty darned happy to get to wheelstop and see this good crew step off Discovery.
angles last pictures seen since snap time
We're going to take the time and snap some pictures from some angles we've haven't seen since the last orbiter was there.
flight fly folks impression nasa needs ready space understand
There are folks that have the impression that NASA needs to fly this flight so that we can demonstrate that we really understand how to fly in space again. Well, that's not technically true. If we don't know that this is all going to work, we're not ready to fly ... You know you can do it again, but you got to do it again.
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Microsoft's behavior, in conjunction with its monopoly in the desktop market, may be viewed as an aggressive strategy to eliminate competition in the Kerberos server market.
data decisions less support
(We were) making more and more decisions with less and less engineering data to support them.
batteries full healthy six strength
We do have six healthy batteries online. So we are back up to full strength.
farther minimize risk road
We've done more than we've ever done to minimize the risk going uphill. There are still some uncertainties (about repairing the shuttle), but we are still a lot farther down the road than we were two years ago. And that is 20 years after we declared (the repairs) to be technically impossible.
free good ready risk tests vehicle
We are in really good shape. The vehicle is in pristine condition. All tests are good, we are ready to go. De-orbit is not a risk free activity. Our big risk now would be weather.
busy discovery form inside involved today transfer
Today was a busy day inside Discovery and the station. Everyone was involved in one form of transfer or another.
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It'll be a huge sense of accomplishment having gotten through the last two years and demonstrated that we still know how to do this very difficult and dangerous business.
gone minutes mission perfectly since stuff
everything since the first 10 minutes of the mission has gone perfectly, and most of the stuff that has gone perfectly is stuff we didn't even know how to do 2 1/2 years ago.
husband rick sure wheel
During de-orbit, I'm sure I'll have a thought or two about Rick Husband and his crew. At wheel stop, I'm sure all of us are going to think a lot about the 107 crew.
aside inherent perfectly risk vehicle
De-orbit is not perfectly risk-free, but the vehicle is in pristine condition. Our big risk now, aside from the inherent risk of de-orbiting through a fireball, would be weather.