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for the thousands coming to view the

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launch the troubles began early this

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morning the roads leading to the space

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center were jammed hours before the

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scheduled liftoff a trip that normally

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takes 15 minutes took almost three hours

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it was the second time around but there

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was no feeling of anna climax around the

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cape this morning the shuttle had become

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a symbol everyone waiting for liftoff

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had a personal interest in seeing it go

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up well i'd like to be an astronaut but

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you know it takes a lot of courage and

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i'd be scared to go up there right now

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anybody can see it on tv but i got a

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chance to be here live so i really see

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it live

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and i've seen over i've seen more

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launches than anybody else here and

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everyone is just as exciting but this

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means more to me than any other i think

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it was a carnival a show that will have

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one run only but it was more than that

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these people were here because they

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believe in the shuttle and they wanted

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to show it

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a few seconds away from switching to the

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redundant sense sequencer

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t minus 27 seconds

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we've gone for redundance at sequencer

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start t minus

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20 seconds and counting

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t minus ten

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wow

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foreign

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everything looks real good

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2500 feet

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three

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this is mission control houston the

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unofficial touchdown time

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two days six hours 20 minutes 52

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seconds as columbia's main gear touched

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the lake bed the flight director's