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nasa and lockheed martin space systems

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company held a ceremony on thursday july

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8 at nasa's michoud assembly facility in

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new orleans

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the event pays tribute to the external

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tank rollout for the last space shuttle

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flight and commemorates tank deliveries

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for 134 shuttle launches the last

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external tank designated et-138

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was carried on a wheel transporter one

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mile to the michoud barge dock it was

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accompanied by the storyville stompers a

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traditional area brass band and hundreds

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of handkerchief waving employees the

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tank will travel on a 900-mile sea

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journey to nasa's kennedy space center

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in florida where it will support shuttle

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so

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uh

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i couldn't ask for more dedicated group

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of people i can't think of any place

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else i'd rather be than have worked with

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these people and and i i mean it you

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know highly skilled obviously to be able

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to do what they do

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unbelievable amount of dedication uh

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when you look at the hardships they've

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been through and the challenges

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and they just persevere they keep

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stepping back up and hitting home runs

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yeah i joined lockheed martin in 2004 so

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it's been an experience and it's amazing

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to work on such a big monumental

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thing for space so it's been awesome

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i've enjoyed every moment of it

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this team has a lot to be proud of

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uh

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they have done above and beyond anything

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that they could be ever be asked to do

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i'm just so proud of this team and and

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how they've come together and worked

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through the university

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this shows uh putting this tank out on

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time shows what what nasa is made of

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this is nasa's finest right here and

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what's amazing to me and i'm most proud

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of is the dedication and the pride and

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the integrity that these folks have had

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to stick in there

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and deliver