1 00:00:08,049 --> 00:00:03,470 my name's mark Monahan I work for the 2 00:00:12,999 --> 00:00:08,059 consolation project right now in LX 3 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:13,009 department i work for saic but i spent 4 00:00:19,730 --> 00:00:17,130 better than 20 years on the pad working 5 00:00:22,130 --> 00:00:19,740 as a pad electrical engineer i got one 6 00:00:25,220 --> 00:00:22,140 story that's really great back when the 7 00:00:27,439 --> 00:00:25,230 Hubble mission was on the pad the big 8 00:00:29,300 --> 00:00:27,449 issue they had when I when the 9 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:29,310 spacecraft came out to the payload Bay 10 00:00:39,830 --> 00:00:35,130 were bugs so for several nights all wild 11 00:00:41,150 --> 00:00:39,840 Hubble was there we would close up the 12 00:00:44,869 --> 00:00:41,160 payload bay doors of course they're 13 00:00:48,529 --> 00:00:44,879 always closed up and seal everything off 14 00:00:50,500 --> 00:00:48,539 and we shot all the lights off and had 15 00:00:54,020 --> 00:00:50,510 these little bug catchers everywhere and 16 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:54,030 every morning we had a report that went 17 00:00:59,450 --> 00:00:56,370 out the number of killed in action 18 00:01:04,369 --> 00:00:59,460 number of missing in action the number 19 00:01:07,130 --> 00:01:04,379 of bugs we've seen and it was a pretty 20 00:01:09,980 --> 00:01:07,140 funny for a long time that we go through 21 00:01:11,630 --> 00:01:09,990 this big effort every night to make sure 22 00:01:15,350 --> 00:01:11,640 the bugs didn't get into the Hubble 23 00:01:17,960 --> 00:01:15,360 mission so my big contribution is make 24 00:01:22,510 --> 00:01:17,970 sure we didn't have bugs on humble i've 25 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:22,520 been here since on after challenger so 26 00:01:28,910 --> 00:01:27,570 sts 26 is my first mission so it's kind 27 00:01:32,499 --> 00:01:28,920 of sad to see the shuttle going away 28 00:01:36,849 --> 00:01:32,509 although we do need to move ahead with 29 00:01:42,859 --> 00:01:39,529 but it's still sad to see it the whole