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my name is ian pettitte i work for usa

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calibration labs i've been out here

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since uh 79

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worked for one year with rockwell they

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got out here right before the first

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launch of columbia

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in april with uh

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bionetics and my favorite moment is the

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first launch

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because there was so much so much

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naysaying in the press and there's so

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many people that were doubting the

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program

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it was just a lot of pride to see the

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thing go off like without a hitch