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Before I get around to the poll,  I want to thank each one of you.

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And say on behalf of NASA I want to thank each of you and your colleges for all the support you have given over the years.

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And with that, I'm going to proceed with the go, no go poll for the STS-135 launch.

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PDL... go.

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MILA... go.

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Dryden... go.

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Wallops... go.

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Marshall... go.

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Goddard Ops... go.

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2... 1... 0 and lift off.  The final lift off of Atlantis on the shoulders of the space shuttle, America will continue the dream.

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Roger-roll Atlantis.

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I was extremely excited about it, of course, I tried to keep it bottled up inside

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but at that point in time I was just very, very proud

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and very happy that we were on our way.

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I'm a part of something that very few people get a chance to be a part of.

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Afterwards you start thinking about and you say, I'll never do this again.

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This is done.  But I'm looking forward to a new challenge.

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It's going to be nice looking back and say hey I was apart of that

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but having grown up with the shuttle it's sad to see it go.

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Just looking forward to the future, focusing on the space station

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and visiting vehicles and we still have a lot of work to do.

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It's very enjoyable, challengling and very rewarding.

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Work with a very good group of people.

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I guess about two or three years ago when it was announced this was going to be the last shuttle,

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no one really believed it, they figured that something would come up

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and we would have another shuttle and another shuttle but I guess all good things have to end at one point.