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hi i'm steve lindsey commander of

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we waited long

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for this day to come

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for all the midnight lots of burns into

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the morning sun

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i can't wait to see

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your sweet mysteries the moon stars us

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fly home on your silver wings with your

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yes you can

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true love discovers and she stands

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and she won't

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oh yes you can

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there is no other

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won't believe and you will find

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gonna chase the dream

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gonna set it free

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gonna make it real gonna make it shine

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gonna keep it grooving on

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one small stepping stone

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baby we're not alone

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gonna take you farther high faster than

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you've got my flame and your fire baby

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you've gotten my twinkle in your eye

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yes you can

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change the world

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true love

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discovers and she stands

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oh yes you can change the world

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there is no other wall

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believing you will find

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don't you change too late

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yeah yeah

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my stars won't wait

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yes you can

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true love discovers and she stands

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oh yes you can

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change the world

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there is no other one believing you will

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good morning discovery and your wake-up

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music this morning was brought to you

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well good morning and uh

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thanks to them and uh they were the uh

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number one vote getter in the uh program

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song contest so congratulations to them

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and uh thanks for that uh special

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recording it's a

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good to be up here looking forward to

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the day

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greetings this is todd from big get down

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well good morning todd and thanks thanks

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very much for that that was great

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did you just do that live i did just do

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that live and i believe it's the first

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well that was terrific we really

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appreciate it and congratulations uh on

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winning the contest

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well on behalf of big ed the monsters

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and uh songwriters and artists

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everywhere we just want to thank you so

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much for your courage and your bravery

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and your effort in

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uh just giving all of us a better

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shot at knowing more and

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it's very inspirational to the arts as

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well and i just want you to

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well thank you very much and uh and

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we're all we all wish you could see what

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we can see when we look at the earth and

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hopefully everybody will be able to do

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that one of these days

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hopefully sooner rather than later

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well we'll look we'll work on that

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together thank you so much

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that was todd park moore of big head

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todd in the monsters talking with the

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this is mission control houston now that

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the crew has wrapped up the flight

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control surfaces check out there in the

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middle of the reaction control system

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jet uh check out it's called the hot

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they will pulse each of the

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while they're doing that the propulsions

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officer here inside mission control will

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follow along make sure that there are no

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errors and all the jets are ready to

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support tomorrow's landing

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as the crew works through this

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commander lindsey i just heard the call

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from mmt that you're clear for re-entry

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how sad does it make you that you can't

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you know i think it makes all of us sad

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we've we've had a fantastic mission

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we've accomplished all of our mission

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objectives plus a whole bunch we never

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extended longer but unfortunately we're

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running out of supplies up here and it's

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time to come home but we're all sad that

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this is our last day in orbit and we're

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sad that this is the last day

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potentially for discovering unless we

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weather wave off or something like that

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for commander lindsey and a couple of

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other crew members tell us something

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about discovery that we don't know what

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are the quirks of this particular ship

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where does it make noises in the middle

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of the night did you find anything

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discovery is uh discovery has been

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flying since 1984 this is her 39th

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12-13 days now and there is not a single

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thing wrong with her every single system

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working just like it was brand new and

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well that's discovery but she doesn't

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just look good in in order to fly into

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space and do the mission that discovery

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really perform well and everything i've

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that discovery is just really at the top

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and what's it going to say on the plaque

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discovery's legacy as a as a great ship

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of exploration as a as a great

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spacecraft as a class of spacecraft with

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capabilities of lifting people and loads

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unmatched by anything else that we've

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ever seen a versatility that's unmatched

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of anything else we've ever seen in

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talk about not the crews not us but talk

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about the uh the entire space shuttle

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team that spans across the country for

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these past 30 years um that have allowed

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visible but it takes a team of thousands

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do within so hopefully the legacy will

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be more about the people than anything

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last thoughts when you bring it in

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doing in that and doing it right and so

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we're going to concentrate on our jobs

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like just like like we should make sure

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we don't miss any steps make sure we do

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everything exactly right and bring it in

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as safely and successfully as possible

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which will reflect and i suspect

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sitting on the runway i'll be sitting in

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my seat when we do the last switch throw

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and it's time for me to get out and i

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don't think i'm going to want to leave

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well put

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safe return folks

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discovery good morning this is cbs news

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at the kennedy space center how do you

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discovery has you loud and clear how

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sound great and good morning this is

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peter king along with bill harwood and

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we've got a whole slew of questions for

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you so we'll get right to it

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commander lindsay you've probably said

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we've probably reported everything that

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can possibly be said about this being

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the last flight for discovery for

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somebody who flies these things for a

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living how hard is it to retire a

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spacecraft that seemingly has a lot of

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it's it's very uh it's gonna be sad when

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giving up the capability because if you

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it's a science laboratory we can talk

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rocket becomes an orbiting laboratory or

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that capability is unmatched anywhere

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many many years to come and so giving up

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all of that capability and the amazing

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most difficult for me and probably for

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everybody that's working in the program

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and along those lines for nicole stott

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future of u.s human space flight what

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things that most excite you about what's

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think we're still in this phase of

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really defining what the next steps are

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going to be and you know i i look

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forward to seeing what that is i hold

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real hope that um we'll be challenging

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ourselves we'll be doing you know big

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what will be happening is is is a

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challenge and will be um

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as much as what you know vehicles like

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learning all kinds of new things and i i

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think that's what makes it exciting as

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well is that you know there's plenty of

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opportunities out there and you know

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space program and i really just hope

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lot of people you know your mission is

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the first really concrete sign that the

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the beginning of the end is finally here

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for this program and for mike barrett

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what do you say to the workforce and

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really to all americans uh on the eve of

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this this final landing for discovery

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well hey bill uh it's a it's a great

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question

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you know i i think about this space

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shuttle fleet like the clipper ships

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that were strong and fast and powerful

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they did their jobs but they were also

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graceful and beautiful and they conjured

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up imagination of foreign travel exotic

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places of exploration

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and discovery is just an elite member of

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this elite fleet

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and uh you know when the clippers faded

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it was because there was an alternative

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there was another ship

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that was coming in steam power that was

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stronger faster perhaps not quite as

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beautiful

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we don't have that yet we have the

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legacy of the clippers in in our shuttle

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fleet and it's a legacy that everybody

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who's ever touched these vehicles should

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be extremely proud of

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i think the only uh

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problem area there is that we just we

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don't have that follow-on we're not

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replacing the shuttle with something and

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i think that's uh what makes a little

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bit sad for us but make no mistake when

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we bring discovery home it's a time to

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celebrate i mean the legacy that this

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spaceship has has made for herself

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is just nothing more than cause for

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celebration she's returned so much

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science so much experience and the

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experience that we have crew members

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have had has just been marvelous and

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it's again just something that our

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country should be very very proud of

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it's peter king again this question is

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for uh eric beau you've got kids and

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down the line maybe some grandchildren

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on the way who will only know about the

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space shuttle from history books and

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from video and things on the internet

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maybe he'll take them to see discovery

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at the smithsonian or wherever it winds

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up what will you tell them about what it

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well i'll tell them that the

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discovery in the space shuttle fleet was

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a dream is a dream machine it's just

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amazing what this vehicle can do

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it can launch like a rocket go into

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orbit change it into a spacecraft and

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land as a hypersonic airplane on entry

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and what's amazing is just how well she

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she sails and it's an honor and

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privilege for all of us to get the

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chance on our final voyage

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this is marcia dunn speaking to you from

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kennedy space center where the skies are

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clear today

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for commander lindsay wow a tribute from

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william shatner in live wake up music

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today the whole country seems to be

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watching discoveries last flight

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i'm wondering can you sense the all the

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attention that's going on down here and

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what's the mood up there for you like

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and is it all sadness or or

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well as far as the attention discovery

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is getting on the ground

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honestly i have no idea about that we we

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get we get a little bit of news up here

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i haven't had time to read it for

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several days so uh we've been focusing

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on doing our job so as far as what's

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going on uh in terms of attention i have

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no idea uh what we're feeling is we're

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obviously in our last day of orbit and

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we're getting every taking every chance

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we can to look out the windows

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and

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so we're kind of uh kind of sad at this

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last day wish we could have a few more

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days but it's time for us to come home

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but we're mostly enjoying this last day

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getting ready for entry

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looking out the windows and

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just thinking about the great experience

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we have and the success of our mission

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and uh

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and we're getting ready now uh

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to focus on this

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this final task we have tomorrow which

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is to

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do the deorbit prep safely enter safely

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and then land i think once we land

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then we'll all have time to really

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reflect on what we did and and that we

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got to have got to fly this final flight

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of discovery which is truly an honor for

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all of us

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you know we've been talking about

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discovery retiring and

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the fact that there really isn't a

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replacement for the space shuttle and i

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kind of look at it that

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just as nowadays we look back at the

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ship rights of the 18th and 19th century

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and we look at the ships they built and

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we still ask questions as to how they

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did it and how those ships managed to

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stay at sea for so long and be

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successful and i think when they do get

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around to building another vehicle that

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is as capable as the space shuttle

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they're going to look back and ask a lot

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of questions how in the world did the

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engineers and technicians and the

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maintenance people managed to make these

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vehicles so incredible that they're

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still flying after 39 missions and 25

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years it's pretty amazing and i think

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that's really going to be the long-term

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legacy of this vehicle

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thank you along those lines for

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anyone on board do you expect the

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shuttle program one day to be revered as

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i guess it's my turn to wax poetic

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yes i believe in indeed when i talk to

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the apollo astronauts the mercury and

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gemini astronauts

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they talked us with amazement they look

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at the complexity of the missions we do

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now in space and they can't believe that

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they said they never did anything nearly

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as difficult or complex as what we were

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doing with the shuttle and like steve

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said

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we won't do anything nearly as complex

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with another vehicle for a very long

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time even if we started today to try and

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build a replacement shuttle it might

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take 15 to 20 years to get there

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there's just been nothing more capable

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out there to do it so i think that

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five or 10 years now they're going to

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look back and go how did we ever build a

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vehicle that could do all these things

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this was a pretty bold and audacious

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thing to put together back in the 1970s

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and i just don't know that we have that

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audacity now to build something nearly

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as ambitious as the shuttle is

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well if you could keep the mic for a

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moment what do you expect it will be

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like for you to be part of discovery's

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historic return to earth tomorrow and to

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be walking away for the ship from the

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ship one last time

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one last time

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to be honest like like your commander

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said i've been more focused on just

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getting through the mission here

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and making sure that we have a safe and

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effective return from orbit back to

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earth to cap off a successful mission

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i'll probably give more thought once

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we're done when we will stop on the

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runway about

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the legacy discovery and the legacy of

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this particular mission but i just don't

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have a whole lot of deep thoughts about

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it right now

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dr barry you were so eloquent a few days

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ago describing all the historic voyages

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of the ship's name discovery

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put that in perspective for me again if

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you will how will space shuttle

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discovery stack up against all the other

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well that's a great question um there

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have been ships named discovery for over

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four centuries and they've been

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captained by great people like henry

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hudson

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and uh matthew i'm sorry john clerk who

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was on captain cook's second voyage

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robert falcon scott had a discovery

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going to the antarctic and i think

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everybody knows that our shuttle fleet

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was named after great ships of

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exploration we wanted to carry on that

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heritage the legacy of that name and i

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think this discovery has done that with

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flying colors and she retires with all

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of the honors and dignity due any of

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those ships that made great discoveries

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so i think we salute discovery and that

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uh in that way

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with all the accolades that she deserves

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but it also lays out a challenge

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what will be the next ship name

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discovery the next ship to bear this

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name hopefully will go further than this

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one and uh make every bit as much of a

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contribution to history and to discovery

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as this ship

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thank you um for anyone on board

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discovery is promised the smithsonian

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institution

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but the decision on where the other

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shuttles go will be coming up next month

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do any of you wish you were doing the

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picking and do you have any

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hi i'm steve lindsey commander of space

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shuttle discovery on space on

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discovery's final voyage into space her

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39th trip into space

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we've prepared a more formal tribute to

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discovery that we'll we will put

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together later

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but for now on this final day on orbit

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i'd just like to get each crew member to

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say a few words in their thoughts of

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discovery

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very

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personal thing because i've actually

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flown discovery three times now my first

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flight i flew in 1999

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on sts 95 when we brought senator john

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glenn back into space i flew her again

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in as one of the return to flight test

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missions sts-121 in 2006

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and then finally

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sts-133 her final flight so discovery is

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a very special vehicle to me discovery

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has contributed greatly to the space

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shuttle program she's flown

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a good portion of the major most

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significant flights in the space shuttle

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program she deployed the hubble space

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telescope 13 trips to the space station

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contributing the assembly

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of the space station in a very big way

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she's been to the mira space station

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she's done science missions

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she's done all of the return to flight

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test missions both after challenger and

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after columbia bringing us back into

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space after those tragedies

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on this final day on orbit when i think

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about discover i think about all that i

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think about all the people that went

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before them

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before us

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on this vehicle but mostly what i think

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about are the thousands and thousands of

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people across the space shuttle program

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these past 30 years

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who who designed this vehicle built this

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vehicle have taken care of this vehicle

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in operating this vehicle not just from

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the cockpit but also those

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who operate this vehicle from the ground

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and that that is her greatest legacy to

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i remember marveling at the space

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shuttle at the new air and space museum

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when i was a teenager

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and now as we fly discovery's final

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voyage i still marvel at her today

558
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i would also like the i would call this

559
00:25:30,710 --> 00:25:28,559
the space shuttle discovery a dream

560
00:25:32,070 --> 00:25:30,720
machine and it's the people that make

561
00:25:33,909 --> 00:25:32,080
the ship the people that are involved in

562
00:25:36,310 --> 00:25:33,919
all our training and it's a testament to

563
00:25:38,549 --> 00:25:36,320
the people that maintain our trainer

564
00:25:49,029 --> 00:25:38,559
that the first flight is as clean as it

565
00:25:53,110 --> 00:25:51,350
in 1948 in europe

566
00:25:54,630 --> 00:25:53,120
after the ravages of world war ii a

567
00:25:56,149 --> 00:25:54,640
bunch of wild eyed scientists got

568
00:25:59,110 --> 00:25:56,159
together and mapped out a vision for the

569
00:26:01,990 --> 00:25:59,120
future among them was werner von braun

570
00:26:03,430 --> 00:26:02,000
he saw a vision where we'd have a put of

571
00:26:04,950 --> 00:26:03,440
mankind pushing out into the solar

572
00:26:07,430 --> 00:26:04,960
system

573
00:26:08,950 --> 00:26:07,440
on a pyramid of space stations being

574
00:26:11,029 --> 00:26:08,960
serviced by a fleet of shuttles that

575
00:26:12,470 --> 00:26:11,039
went to and from the earth

576
00:26:14,470 --> 00:26:12,480
here we are at the turn of the century

577
00:26:15,909 --> 00:26:14,480
in the 21st century

578
00:26:17,909 --> 00:26:15,919
with a fleet of shuttles that does just

579
00:26:19,909 --> 00:26:17,919
that and a space station that could be

580
00:26:21,909 --> 00:26:19,919
potentially be a platform for leaping

581
00:26:23,350 --> 00:26:21,919
off into the solar system

582
00:26:25,110 --> 00:26:23,360
discovery is one of those workhorse

583
00:26:26,870 --> 00:26:25,120
vessels that got us off on that vision

584
00:26:29,110 --> 00:26:26,880
and has this going to take us into the

585
00:26:31,430 --> 00:26:29,120
future and hopefully we'll be a model

586
00:26:40,630 --> 00:26:31,440
for how we do this later on in the 21st

587
00:26:45,669 --> 00:26:43,029
and as a ship of discovery discovery has

588
00:26:47,510 --> 00:26:45,679
been truly amazing and i was thinking

589
00:26:50,149 --> 00:26:47,520
earlier when we look back

590
00:26:52,310 --> 00:26:50,159
even now at the shipwrights of the 19th

591
00:26:53,750 --> 00:26:52,320
and 18th century and we marvel at the

592
00:26:55,430 --> 00:26:53,760
work they did

593
00:26:57,110 --> 00:26:55,440
in the future when they go back and we

594
00:26:58,470 --> 00:26:57,120
build another vehicle that's as capable

595
00:27:00,310 --> 00:26:58,480
as a space shuttle we're going to look

596
00:27:02,789 --> 00:27:00,320
back at discovery and the engineers the

597
00:27:04,230 --> 00:27:02,799
designers the people maintainer and

598
00:27:06,710 --> 00:27:04,240
we'll have to ask them how in the world

599
00:27:08,630 --> 00:27:06,720
they did that because it's truly amazing

600
00:27:11,510 --> 00:27:08,640
and this vehicle even though it's only

601
00:27:13,350 --> 00:27:11,520
spent a total of 365 days or so on orbit

602
00:27:15,269 --> 00:27:13,360
which is less than those earlier ships

603
00:27:17,190 --> 00:27:15,279
was spent on a single mission

604
00:27:19,029 --> 00:27:17,200
its accomplishments are truly amazing as

605
00:27:20,549 --> 00:27:19,039
the commander noted earlier

606
00:27:21,669 --> 00:27:20,559
and so thinking about it and looking

607
00:27:23,669 --> 00:27:21,679
back

608
00:27:24,470 --> 00:27:23,679
i'm just proud to be a part of this team

609
00:27:35,350 --> 00:27:24,480
and

610
00:27:39,190 --> 00:27:36,870
well i know a lot of sailors out there

611
00:27:40,870 --> 00:27:39,200
are familiar with the term see kindly

612
00:27:43,510 --> 00:27:40,880
you use those words of a vessel that

613
00:27:46,230 --> 00:27:43,520
just is strong and powerful yet easy to

614
00:27:48,389 --> 00:27:46,240
handle and works very well at sea and i

615
00:27:49,830 --> 00:27:48,399
think discovery is that way she's space

616
00:27:51,830 --> 00:27:49,840
kindly if you will

617
00:27:53,990 --> 00:27:51,840
she points where you steer her she hauls

618
00:27:55,909 --> 00:27:54,000
what you put in her hold and she just

619
00:27:58,630 --> 00:27:55,919
performs magnificently it's an

620
00:27:59,750 --> 00:27:58,640
incredibly powerful machine it leaps off

621
00:28:01,110 --> 00:27:59,760
the planet

622
00:28:03,269 --> 00:28:01,120
we were firing the thrusters a little

623
00:28:04,950 --> 00:28:03,279
bit earlier and it's just amazing how

624
00:28:06,630 --> 00:28:04,960
this ship can maneuver

625
00:28:08,549 --> 00:28:06,640
and i think that one of the greatest

626
00:28:10,470 --> 00:28:08,559
legacies is going to be the space

627
00:28:12,389 --> 00:28:10,480
station that we just left when you look

628
00:28:14,549 --> 00:28:12,399
at the space station you think my gosh

629
00:28:17,110 --> 00:28:14,559
that is so big how on earth did we get a

630
00:28:18,870 --> 00:28:17,120
million pounds to orbit well this space

631
00:28:21,190 --> 00:28:18,880
shuttle helped to get a lot of that mass

632
00:28:23,830 --> 00:28:21,200
up there i think the legacy that she

633
00:28:25,750 --> 00:28:23,840
leaves behind is is quite incredible and

634
00:28:28,389 --> 00:28:25,760
all that makes her strong and powerful

635
00:28:30,549 --> 00:28:28,399
and and gives her that see kindly nature

636
00:28:32,310 --> 00:28:30,559
is all the hands that have taken care of

637
00:28:34,549 --> 00:28:32,320
her that fiercely defend her and service

638
00:28:35,990 --> 00:28:34,559
her when she gets back to home port and

639
00:28:37,430 --> 00:28:36,000
even though it's the last time we really

640
00:28:39,830 --> 00:28:37,440
do look forward to bringing her back to

641
00:28:41,750 --> 00:28:39,840
her home port and back into those caring

642
00:28:43,830 --> 00:28:41,760
hands

643
00:28:45,750 --> 00:28:43,840
i think i'll be continuing on a common

644
00:28:47,269 --> 00:28:45,760
theme here but

645
00:28:49,269 --> 00:28:47,279
there's a few words that come to mind

646
00:28:51,430 --> 00:28:49,279
for me when i think about

647
00:28:54,070 --> 00:28:51,440
my own experience with discovery and the

648
00:28:55,669 --> 00:28:54,080
space shuttle program as well as just

649
00:28:57,750 --> 00:28:55,679
you know how we think about the program

650
00:29:01,029 --> 00:28:57,760
itself and that's

651
00:29:03,029 --> 00:29:01,039
a blessing and the words thank you

652
00:29:06,149 --> 00:29:03,039
and uh for me

653
00:29:07,990 --> 00:29:06,159
out of college i was very very fortunate

654
00:29:09,190 --> 00:29:08,000
to be hired on by nasa at the kennedy

655
00:29:11,110 --> 00:29:09,200
space center

656
00:29:13,029 --> 00:29:11,120
and this is over 20 years ago and have

657
00:29:16,149 --> 00:29:13,039
the opportunity to work up close and

658
00:29:18,789 --> 00:29:16,159
personal with these just incredible

659
00:29:22,630 --> 00:29:18,799
indescribably beautiful vehicles and i

660
00:29:24,549 --> 00:29:22,640
have a vivid recollection of

661
00:29:26,470 --> 00:29:24,559
coming to work at ksc one of the first

662
00:29:27,909 --> 00:29:26,480
days and i was very fortunate to be

663
00:29:30,389 --> 00:29:27,919
working in the orbiter processing

664
00:29:31,909 --> 00:29:30,399
facility which is the big hangar where

665
00:29:34,870 --> 00:29:31,919
we take care of

666
00:29:37,110 --> 00:29:34,880
the orbiter part of the space shuttle

667
00:29:39,269 --> 00:29:37,120
and having somebody walk me

668
00:29:41,110 --> 00:29:39,279
into the facility out into the middle of

669
00:29:43,190 --> 00:29:41,120
the floor and asking me if i knew where

670
00:29:44,630 --> 00:29:43,200
the space shuttle was and and i looked

671
00:29:46,149 --> 00:29:44,640
around and you know couldn't see

672
00:29:47,669 --> 00:29:46,159
anything the gear wasn't deployed and i

673
00:29:50,630 --> 00:29:47,679
remember looking up

674
00:29:54,070 --> 00:29:50,640
and seeing this just wall of black tiles

675
00:29:56,870 --> 00:29:54,080
and from that very second being just so

676
00:29:58,470 --> 00:29:56,880
like overwhelmed and impressed by

677
00:30:00,789 --> 00:29:58,480
by the orbiter

678
00:30:02,389 --> 00:30:00,799
and um

679
00:30:03,990 --> 00:30:02,399
i'd like to just say thank you to all

680
00:30:06,230 --> 00:30:04,000
the people who have

681
00:30:08,470 --> 00:30:06,240
taken such great care care of her of

682
00:30:10,950 --> 00:30:08,480
discovery and the other space shuttles

683
00:30:12,870 --> 00:30:10,960
and um making it a safe place for us to

684
00:30:14,310 --> 00:30:12,880
live and work up here

685
00:30:16,789 --> 00:30:14,320
and uh

686
00:30:20,389 --> 00:30:16,799
i yeah there's there's tears coming so i

687
00:30:22,630 --> 00:30:20,399
will uh i'll stop very soon but i um

688
00:30:24,630 --> 00:30:22,640
i'm looking forward like mike said to

689
00:30:25,830 --> 00:30:24,640
bringing her home to the people who care

690
00:30:29,110 --> 00:30:25,840
for her most

691
00:30:30,950 --> 00:30:29,120
and to um the time when we're on that

692
00:30:32,789 --> 00:30:30,960
runway and we can look back and still

693
00:30:36,470 --> 00:30:32,799
see her standing on her own gear with

694
00:30:38,149 --> 00:30:36,480
her her own proud wings holding her up

695
00:30:40,389 --> 00:30:38,159
before she goes back to that hangar for