1
00:00:07,349 --> 00:00:05,510
well good afternoon and welcome to the

2
00:00:09,110 --> 00:00:07,359
uh kennedy space center i'm bob cabana

3
00:00:10,950 --> 00:00:09,120
to have the privilege of being the

4
00:00:12,870 --> 00:00:10,960
director here and i'd like to welcome

5
00:00:14,709 --> 00:00:12,880
you all to this 30th anniversary

6
00:00:15,509 --> 00:00:14,719
celebration of the space shuttle program

7
00:00:17,349 --> 00:00:15,519
and

8
00:00:18,550 --> 00:00:17,359
our long-awaited orbiter disposition

9
00:00:20,550 --> 00:00:18,560
announcement

10
00:00:22,710 --> 00:00:20,560
to get things started i'd like to start

11
00:00:24,150 --> 00:00:22,720
off with this video and it's narrated by

12
00:00:30,470 --> 00:00:24,160
someone that i'm sure you're going to

13
00:00:37,110 --> 00:00:34,950
an idea born in unsettled times

14
00:00:39,350 --> 00:00:37,120
we are going forward

15
00:00:41,990 --> 00:00:39,360
america the united states

16
00:00:47,029 --> 00:00:42,000
is first in space

17
00:00:52,709 --> 00:00:50,950
the most complex machine ever built

18
00:00:56,389 --> 00:00:52,719
to bring humans to

19
00:01:00,470 --> 00:00:57,750
and eventually

20
00:01:02,630 --> 00:01:00,480
construct the next stop on the road to

21
00:01:05,270 --> 00:01:02,640
space exploration

22
00:01:08,230 --> 00:01:05,280
to take the radio

23
00:01:12,789 --> 00:01:10,630
as 30 years of flight draw to a close

24
00:01:18,390 --> 00:01:12,799
its legacy is one of unsurpassed

25
00:01:23,270 --> 00:01:21,270
nasa space shuttle

26
00:01:26,149 --> 00:01:23,280
space shuttle endeavour is rolling out

27
00:01:31,190 --> 00:01:26,159
to launch pad 39a at nasa's kennedy

28
00:01:35,109 --> 00:01:33,109
in 24 missions

29
00:01:37,429 --> 00:01:35,119
flown over 20 years

30
00:01:40,789 --> 00:01:37,439
endeavour has logged more than 103

31
00:01:42,710 --> 00:01:40,799
million miles in space

32
00:01:45,270 --> 00:01:42,720
the last of nasa's shuttles to be built

33
00:01:48,389 --> 00:01:45,280
endeavour prepares for her final flight

34
00:01:52,630 --> 00:01:50,950
endeavours six astronauts have trained

35
00:01:54,149 --> 00:01:52,640
for this mission for years

36
00:01:56,310 --> 00:01:54,159
well before any shuttle reaches the

37
00:01:58,069 --> 00:01:56,320
launch pad however a staggering amount

38
00:02:00,870 --> 00:01:58,079
of work is required

39
00:02:02,389 --> 00:02:00,880
the parts plans and people necessary to

40
00:02:04,630 --> 00:02:02,399
make each launch

41
00:02:06,069 --> 00:02:04,640
span the entire nation you've got all

42
00:02:08,070 --> 00:02:06,079
these people all these folks that are in

43
00:02:10,790 --> 00:02:08,080
their 20s some of them in their 30s and

44
00:02:12,630 --> 00:02:10,800
they are no kidding in charge of some

45
00:02:14,550 --> 00:02:12,640
part of the space shuttle some part of

46
00:02:16,949 --> 00:02:14,560
the space station or

47
00:02:19,030 --> 00:02:16,959
some part of the plan and every one of

48
00:02:20,550 --> 00:02:19,040
those people absolutely believes that

49
00:02:22,390 --> 00:02:20,560
they are the one that makes the

50
00:02:29,990 --> 00:02:22,400
difference on getting those astronauts

51
00:02:34,070 --> 00:02:32,070
at nasa's mission assembly facility in

52
00:02:36,790 --> 00:02:34,080
new orleans production begins on the

53
00:02:45,350 --> 00:02:36,800
shuttle's external fuel tank

54
00:02:48,949 --> 00:02:46,949
around the same time

55
00:02:52,150 --> 00:02:48,959
in clearfield utah

56
00:02:54,309 --> 00:02:52,160
technicians and atk launch systems start

57
00:03:00,229 --> 00:02:54,319
work on the shuttle system solid rocket

58
00:03:04,630 --> 00:03:02,470
unlike the orange external tank that is

59
00:03:05,670 --> 00:03:04,640
used only once the boosters detach

60
00:03:08,630 --> 00:03:05,680
themselves

61
00:03:11,750 --> 00:03:08,640
and parachute into the atlantic ocean

62
00:03:17,990 --> 00:03:11,760
they are then retrieved refurbished and

63
00:03:21,750 --> 00:03:20,229
the shuttle missions crew is assigned

64
00:03:23,750 --> 00:03:21,760
right up until launch

65
00:03:26,470 --> 00:03:23,760
a shuttle crew will train in a variety

66
00:03:29,270 --> 00:03:26,480
of critical regimens some basic

67
00:03:31,509 --> 00:03:29,280
others specific to their mission

68
00:03:34,470 --> 00:03:31,519
simulators

69
00:03:36,949 --> 00:03:34,480
safety and contingency

70
00:03:39,430 --> 00:03:36,959
science experiments

71
00:03:46,550 --> 00:03:39,440
and underwater in the world's largest

72
00:03:51,670 --> 00:03:49,430
one month later the et is mated to the

73
00:03:54,630 --> 00:03:51,680
solid rocket boosters to form the

74
00:03:55,589 --> 00:03:54,640
backbone of the stack now all that's

75
00:04:02,149 --> 00:03:55,599
missing

76
00:04:06,789 --> 00:04:04,949
looking now much like it will at liftoff

77
00:04:09,190 --> 00:04:06,799
the space shuttle is carried to the

78
00:04:12,390 --> 00:04:09,200
launch pad atop the 6 million pound

79
00:04:14,630 --> 00:04:12,400
crawler transporter at a blazing pace of

80
00:04:15,990 --> 00:04:14,640
less than a mile an hour

81
00:04:18,229 --> 00:04:16,000
not exactly

82
00:04:19,590 --> 00:04:18,239
warm speed at our peak carrying full

83
00:04:21,909 --> 00:04:19,600
load we get a

84
00:04:24,469 --> 00:04:21,919
right around 38 feet per gallon not too

85
00:04:28,310 --> 00:04:24,479
bad for an original 1965 hybrid vehicle

86
00:04:34,790 --> 00:04:28,320
with low miles the 3.4 mile journey

87
00:04:39,189 --> 00:04:36,870
now on the launch pad the orbiter is

88
00:04:41,909 --> 00:04:39,199
ready to take on its main payload

89
00:04:44,230 --> 00:04:41,919
testing assures that the multi-ton cargo

90
00:04:46,310 --> 00:04:44,240
is secured and safely stowed in the

91
00:04:48,550 --> 00:04:46,320
payload bay before the technician

92
00:04:53,670 --> 00:04:48,560
certified the orbiter is ready for

93
00:04:58,390 --> 00:04:55,830
flying t-38 aircraft from ellington

94
00:05:03,830 --> 00:04:58,400
field in houston the crew members arrive

95
00:05:07,909 --> 00:05:05,430
this is the ntd conducting the launch

96
00:05:12,070 --> 00:05:07,919
status check all stations verify ready

97
00:05:15,270 --> 00:05:12,080
to resume count and go for launch otc

98
00:05:16,150 --> 00:05:15,280
tvc tbc girl ptc after nearly three

99
00:05:18,310 --> 00:05:16,160
years

100
00:05:19,909 --> 00:05:18,320
hundreds of thousands of hours logged by

101
00:05:21,510 --> 00:05:19,919
engineers

102
00:05:22,950 --> 00:05:21,520
technicians

103
00:05:24,629 --> 00:05:22,960
scientists

104
00:05:26,150 --> 00:05:24,639
seamstresses

105
00:05:27,990 --> 00:05:26,160
electricians

106
00:05:30,150 --> 00:05:28,000
and other program workers across the

107
00:05:32,629 --> 00:05:30,160
globe

108
00:05:33,909 --> 00:05:32,639
we have maintenance start two

109
00:05:37,510 --> 00:05:33,919
one

110
00:05:40,310 --> 00:05:38,870
the shuttle

111
00:05:45,990 --> 00:05:40,320
makes its way

112
00:05:50,790 --> 00:05:47,749
at liftoff

113
00:05:53,350 --> 00:05:50,800
6.6 million pounds of thrust begin

114
00:05:55,270 --> 00:05:53,360
hurtling the vehicle and crew at speeds

115
00:05:59,990 --> 00:05:55,280
that'll reach 17

116
00:06:03,350 --> 00:06:01,830
the shuttle is like no other machine

117
00:06:05,510 --> 00:06:03,360
ever built

118
00:06:07,110 --> 00:06:05,520
for its launch to succeed more than a

119
00:06:13,510 --> 00:06:07,120
million parts must move together

120
00:06:18,550 --> 00:06:15,990
how this engineering marvel came to be

121
00:06:20,950 --> 00:06:18,560
is an amazing story that begins in the

122
00:06:22,870 --> 00:06:20,960
early 1970s

123
00:06:25,510 --> 00:06:22,880
a new mission is sought for nasa to send

124
00:06:27,350 --> 00:06:25,520
humans into space but mars

125
00:06:30,150 --> 00:06:27,360
for many the next logical step on the

126
00:06:33,029 --> 00:06:30,160
path of exploration is dismissed as too

127
00:06:36,230 --> 00:06:33,039
costly a destination for a country

128
00:06:40,390 --> 00:06:36,240
preoccupied with events back on earth

129
00:06:45,350 --> 00:06:40,400
instead on january 5th 1972

130
00:06:50,790 --> 00:06:48,070
low earth orbit president nixon really

131
00:06:52,870 --> 00:06:50,800
liked the idea and uh and and told the

132
00:06:54,629 --> 00:06:52,880
nasa administrator go do it

133
00:06:56,710 --> 00:06:54,639
and the nasa administrator got a call

134
00:06:57,830 --> 00:06:56,720
from omb the next morning someone there

135
00:06:59,589 --> 00:06:57,840
and said hey

136
00:07:01,990 --> 00:06:59,599
what the president really meant to say

137
00:07:05,029 --> 00:07:02,000
was you're going to get this much money

138
00:07:07,189 --> 00:07:05,039
and so do as best you can

139
00:07:08,629 --> 00:07:07,199
with the space transportation system and

140
00:07:09,510 --> 00:07:08,639
our choice

141
00:07:11,510 --> 00:07:09,520
uh

142
00:07:13,350 --> 00:07:11,520
logically was we have to have a vehicle

143
00:07:15,670 --> 00:07:13,360
first and so that that was the birth of

144
00:07:17,909 --> 00:07:15,680
the space shuttle as the first in the

145
00:07:20,550 --> 00:07:17,919
three-part space transportation system

146
00:07:22,309 --> 00:07:20,560
many designs were considered often they

147
00:07:23,430 --> 00:07:22,319
combined the best features of different

148
00:07:26,469 --> 00:07:23,440
concepts

149
00:07:29,350 --> 00:07:26,479
one was the use of a lifting body an

150
00:07:31,350 --> 00:07:29,360
aircraft with no conventional wings only

151
00:07:33,830 --> 00:07:31,360
its fuselage would keep the aircraft

152
00:07:34,629 --> 00:07:33,840
airborne and guide it safely back to

153
00:07:36,629 --> 00:07:34,639
earth

154
00:07:39,189 --> 00:07:36,639
at that time they were looking at having

155
00:07:41,029 --> 00:07:39,199
jet engines on the shuttle for landing

156
00:07:42,870 --> 00:07:41,039
and for transporting it across the

157
00:07:45,350 --> 00:07:42,880
country

158
00:07:48,150 --> 00:07:45,360
they were known as the flying bathtubs

159
00:07:51,350 --> 00:07:48,160
for the first test the m2f1 was towed

160
00:07:53,830 --> 00:07:51,360
behind a car a souped-up pontiac

161
00:07:55,990 --> 00:07:53,840
whitey whitesides drove that pontiac

162
00:07:58,629 --> 00:07:56,000
across the like that at about 120 miles

163
00:08:01,110 --> 00:07:58,639
per hour dragging this flying bathtub

164
00:08:03,589 --> 00:08:01,120
behind it as well as groundbreaking

165
00:08:12,070 --> 00:08:03,599
their tests could also prove

166
00:08:17,830 --> 00:08:15,110
september 1976 more than four and a half

167
00:08:19,350 --> 00:08:17,840
years after president nixon signed off

168
00:08:22,629 --> 00:08:19,360
on its development

169
00:08:24,710 --> 00:08:22,639
america's new spacecraft constitution

170
00:08:26,869 --> 00:08:24,720
gets his first close-up before the

171
00:08:28,869 --> 00:08:26,879
cameras the orbiter itself was well

172
00:08:31,430 --> 00:08:28,879
received by the public but impassioned

173
00:08:33,990 --> 00:08:31,440
fans of a particular long-canceled

174
00:08:36,469 --> 00:08:34,000
television series called star trek

175
00:08:39,029 --> 00:08:36,479
wanted it called something else they

176
00:08:41,190 --> 00:08:39,039
staged a successful write-in campaign

177
00:08:44,470 --> 00:08:41,200
and the orbiter was renamed for the

178
00:08:46,949 --> 00:08:44,480
starship featured on the show thus

179
00:08:48,389 --> 00:08:46,959
nasa's new shuttle would be

180
00:08:49,990 --> 00:08:48,399
the enterprise

181
00:08:57,990 --> 00:08:50,000
boldly going

182
00:09:01,750 --> 00:08:59,590
whatever its name

183
00:09:09,990 --> 00:09:01,760
this bird still needed to prove he could

184
00:09:15,030 --> 00:09:13,110
in an age before computer simulations

185
00:09:17,590 --> 00:09:15,040
balsa wood models and wind tunnel

186
00:09:19,670 --> 00:09:17,600
testing was the only means to test the

187
00:09:22,550 --> 00:09:19,680
airliner sized glider

188
00:09:25,030 --> 00:09:22,560
we put together a very aggressive flight

189
00:09:27,590 --> 00:09:25,040
test profile that consisted of data

190
00:09:29,509 --> 00:09:27,600
points continuously all the way down

191
00:09:32,070 --> 00:09:29,519
they were just not there was not a

192
00:09:34,630 --> 00:09:32,080
matter of 10 seconds went by without

193
00:09:37,750 --> 00:09:34,640
another either pitch doublet or a rudder

194
00:09:39,910 --> 00:09:37,760
kick or an angle of attack sweep

195
00:09:41,750 --> 00:09:39,920
the things that really turn on a test

196
00:09:44,790 --> 00:09:41,760
pilot to fly them as accurately as

197
00:09:46,790 --> 00:09:44,800
possible august 12 1977

198
00:09:48,790 --> 00:09:46,800
on a crystal clear california morning

199
00:09:51,030 --> 00:09:48,800
high above the mojave desert

200
00:09:53,990 --> 00:09:51,040
two nasa test pilots ready for

201
00:09:57,430 --> 00:09:54,000
enterprises first flight the plan was

202
00:10:00,949 --> 00:09:57,440
for fred hayes jr and gordon fullerton

203
00:10:03,590 --> 00:10:00,959
to lift the orbiter off a modified 747

204
00:10:39,990 --> 00:10:03,600
then land on a dry lake bed fifteen

205
00:10:44,230 --> 00:10:42,230
colombia nasa's first orbiter is

206
00:10:47,750 --> 00:10:44,240
fittingly named after the first american

207
00:10:49,670 --> 00:10:47,760
vessel to circumnavigate the globe

208
00:10:51,829 --> 00:10:49,680
while the new class of nasa astronauts

209
00:10:54,870 --> 00:10:51,839
trained for subsequent shuttle flights

210
00:10:58,829 --> 00:10:54,880
columbia was undergoing preparations for

211
00:11:04,150 --> 00:11:01,910
sts-1 veteran astronaut john young one

212
00:11:06,710 --> 00:11:04,160
of the 12 men to set foot on the moon

213
00:11:32,870 --> 00:11:06,720
is in command his pilot is first-time

214
00:11:37,750 --> 00:11:34,310
together they would travel over a

215
00:11:40,230 --> 00:11:37,760
million miles and circle the earth 36

216
00:11:41,590 --> 00:11:40,240
times john used to says a they're

217
00:11:43,030 --> 00:11:41,600
getting ready to light off seven million

218
00:11:44,150 --> 00:11:43,040
pounds of thrust under you and you're a

219
00:11:45,750 --> 00:11:44,160
little bit

220
00:11:46,949 --> 00:11:45,760
excited you don't know what's going on

221
00:11:49,190 --> 00:11:46,959
they're both john and i knew what was

222
00:11:51,990 --> 00:11:49,200
going on launched like a rocket two days

223
00:11:54,150 --> 00:11:52,000
earlier columbia lands as a glider on

224
00:11:55,750 --> 00:11:54,160
the dry lake bed of edwards air force

225
00:11:57,990 --> 00:11:55,760
base in california we do a big

226
00:11:59,430 --> 00:11:58,000
turnaround to land on the lake bed for

227
00:12:01,590 --> 00:11:59,440
that first flight i remember when john

228
00:12:03,509 --> 00:12:01,600
went into a bank a big left bank i

229
00:12:05,670 --> 00:12:03,519
looked down at the lake bed and there's

230
00:12:07,829 --> 00:12:05,680
thousands of people out there

231
00:12:12,470 --> 00:12:07,839
john look at all those folks

232
00:12:16,870 --> 00:12:14,629
anyone who was associated with the

233
00:12:19,350 --> 00:12:16,880
program or there just to see the shuttle

234
00:12:22,870 --> 00:12:19,360
return i think felt a lot of pride in

235
00:12:23,829 --> 00:12:22,880
our country and our space program and so

236
00:12:26,069 --> 00:12:23,839
that

237
00:12:28,389 --> 00:12:26,079
those emotions were you know finally

238
00:12:31,430 --> 00:12:28,399
released and you said wow you know the

239
00:12:34,389 --> 00:12:31,440
flight was done safely they're back home

240
00:12:51,030 --> 00:12:34,399
uh the shuttle really does work it's a

241
00:12:55,990 --> 00:12:53,430
and thousands of americans dedicated to

242
00:12:57,750 --> 00:12:56,000
its safety and success have toiled in

243
00:13:00,949 --> 00:12:57,760
exhilarating triumph

244
00:13:03,829 --> 00:13:00,959
heartbreaking tragedy and most often

245
00:13:06,790 --> 00:13:03,839
quiet obscurity their contributions have

246
00:13:07,990 --> 00:13:06,800
extended beyond the bounds of space

247
00:13:09,670 --> 00:13:08,000
among others

248
00:13:11,829 --> 00:13:09,680
shuttle derived technologies have been

249
00:13:13,269 --> 00:13:11,839
used in developing an artificial heart

250
00:13:14,870 --> 00:13:13,279
and limbs three-dimensional

251
00:13:17,190 --> 00:13:14,880
biotechnology

252
00:13:19,190 --> 00:13:17,200
a light for treating tumors in children

253
00:13:22,870 --> 00:13:19,200
and improving crime prevention and

254
00:13:27,030 --> 00:13:24,550
from crawler driver

255
00:13:31,110 --> 00:13:27,040
to payload specialists

256
00:13:33,750 --> 00:13:31,120
from scuba dive to pilot

257
00:13:35,430 --> 00:13:33,760
from scientists to engineer

258
00:13:37,829 --> 00:13:35,440
they and many like

259
00:13:42,870 --> 00:13:37,839
throughout the nation share a commitment

260
00:13:44,870 --> 00:13:42,880
to sending humankind safely into space

261
00:13:46,069 --> 00:13:44,880
that dedication as much as any other

262
00:13:49,430 --> 00:13:46,079
acclaim

263
00:13:52,069 --> 00:13:49,440
will be the legacy of america's

264
00:13:55,110 --> 00:13:52,079
space shuttle i think

265
00:13:57,269 --> 00:13:55,120
we'll be remembered in

266
00:13:59,590 --> 00:13:57,279
thousands of years you know as perhaps

267
00:14:03,110 --> 00:13:59,600
the most incredible technological

268
00:14:04,710 --> 00:14:03,120
uh feat of humans of our time as is the

269
00:14:06,470 --> 00:14:04,720
order of life

270
00:14:09,910 --> 00:14:06,480
an ending for the space shuttle becomes

271
00:14:11,030 --> 00:14:09,920
a beginning for a space-bound successor

272
00:14:14,150 --> 00:14:11,040
soon

273
00:14:15,269 --> 00:14:14,160
america will again send astronauts into

274
00:14:16,550 --> 00:14:15,279
orbit

275
00:14:19,430 --> 00:14:16,560
and beyond

276
00:14:40,949 --> 00:14:19,440
to do what nasa does best

277
00:14:44,710 --> 00:14:42,790
amazing stuff hi

278
00:14:46,230 --> 00:14:44,720
let me see a show of hands uh you

279
00:14:48,949 --> 00:14:46,240
don't need to raise your hand how many

280
00:14:49,990 --> 00:14:48,959
of you were here 30 years ago

281
00:14:52,310 --> 00:14:50,000
wow

282
00:14:53,990 --> 00:14:52,320
down

283
00:14:56,310 --> 00:14:54,000
30 years ago today

284
00:14:57,590 --> 00:14:56,320
the most amazing test flight of all time

285
00:14:59,750 --> 00:14:57,600
took place

286
00:15:02,069 --> 00:14:59,760
a couple of navy test pilots john young

287
00:15:04,710 --> 00:15:02,079
and bob crippen piloted columbia on its

288
00:15:06,710 --> 00:15:04,720
maiden voyage the first ever flight of a

289
00:15:09,430 --> 00:15:06,720
reusable spacecraft

290
00:15:10,870 --> 00:15:09,440
it was a two-day checkout of columbia

291
00:15:12,870 --> 00:15:10,880
launching from here at seven in the

292
00:15:13,990 --> 00:15:12,880
morning on pad a out at launch complex

293
00:15:16,230 --> 00:15:14,000
39

294
00:15:18,389 --> 00:15:16,240
and returning to edwards air force base

295
00:15:19,910 --> 00:15:18,399
on april 14th

296
00:15:22,389 --> 00:15:19,920
it was the beginning of a remarkable

297
00:15:24,790 --> 00:15:22,399
chapter in america's leadership in space

298
00:15:26,949 --> 00:15:24,800
exploration that opened the doors of

299
00:15:28,389 --> 00:15:26,959
space for everyone

300
00:15:30,710 --> 00:15:28,399
in spite of the many technical

301
00:15:32,150 --> 00:15:30,720
challenges that needed to be overcome

302
00:15:34,069 --> 00:15:32,160
in spite of the heartbreaks of

303
00:15:36,310 --> 00:15:34,079
challenger in colombia

304
00:15:37,430 --> 00:15:36,320
the space shuttle has been a phenomenal

305
00:15:39,590 --> 00:15:37,440
success

306
00:15:41,030 --> 00:15:39,600
in a symbol of america's leadership for

307
00:15:43,030 --> 00:15:41,040
years

308
00:15:44,550 --> 00:15:43,040
look at america's astronaut corps pre

309
00:15:46,470 --> 00:15:44,560
and post shuttle

310
00:15:49,189 --> 00:15:46,480
we've gone from a group of white male

311
00:15:50,949 --> 00:15:49,199
test pilots to a diverse group that

312
00:15:52,470 --> 00:15:50,959
represents the very fabric of our

313
00:15:54,230 --> 00:15:52,480
society

314
00:15:57,110 --> 00:15:54,240
the same can be said for our flight

315
00:15:58,870 --> 00:15:57,120
controllers engineers and technicians

316
00:16:01,269 --> 00:15:58,880
that launch and recover this amazing

317
00:16:03,430 --> 00:16:01,279
machine and keep our space station

318
00:16:05,670 --> 00:16:03,440
safely on orbit

319
00:16:08,069 --> 00:16:05,680
but as amazing as the shuttle is and all

320
00:16:09,509 --> 00:16:08,079
its accomplishments are it's still just

321
00:16:11,350 --> 00:16:09,519
a machine

322
00:16:13,269 --> 00:16:11,360
it's the people that are the heart of

323
00:16:14,470 --> 00:16:13,279
the shuttle in the heart of our space

324
00:16:17,269 --> 00:16:14,480
program

325
00:16:18,230 --> 00:16:17,279
it's how we define ourselves it's who we

326
00:16:21,590 --> 00:16:18,240
are

327
00:16:23,990 --> 00:16:21,600
we're not just bob tom or nancy

328
00:16:25,829 --> 00:16:24,000
we're a shuttle mid-body technician a

329
00:16:28,629 --> 00:16:25,839
shuttle test conductor

330
00:16:31,269 --> 00:16:28,639
a shuttle tps engineer

331
00:16:32,150 --> 00:16:31,279
we are the shuttle program the shuttle

332
00:16:34,069 --> 00:16:32,160
team

333
00:16:36,069 --> 00:16:34,079
and we're extremely proud and privileged

334
00:16:38,069 --> 00:16:36,079
to be a part of it no matter what role

335
00:16:40,710 --> 00:16:38,079
we play

336
00:16:42,949 --> 00:16:40,720
so this celebration today it's not just

337
00:16:44,710 --> 00:16:42,959
to recognize the boldest and gutsiest

338
00:16:46,949 --> 00:16:44,720
test flight of all time

339
00:16:48,790 --> 00:16:46,959
it's to celebrate this amazing team that

340
00:16:50,710 --> 00:16:48,800
made it all possible

341
00:16:53,910 --> 00:16:50,720
and we'll make the next step possible

342
00:16:56,710 --> 00:16:53,920
too as we once again prepare to explore

343
00:16:58,790 --> 00:16:56,720
beyond the bounds of our home planet

344
00:17:01,269 --> 00:16:58,800
so thanks to all of you who made the

345
00:17:03,670 --> 00:17:01,279
shuttle program so successful and who

346
00:17:05,909 --> 00:17:03,680
make nasa and ksc such an outstanding

347
00:17:12,630 --> 00:17:05,919
place to work

348
00:17:18,230 --> 00:17:14,230
right now we gotta we got a special

349
00:17:20,309 --> 00:17:18,240
mission from the national space station

350
00:17:22,230 --> 00:17:20,319
russian cosmonaut from federal space

351
00:17:25,590 --> 00:17:22,240
agency and discussion 27 commander

352
00:17:31,669 --> 00:17:28,150
paolo nespoli italian astronaut of the

353
00:17:31,679 --> 00:17:34,950
ron garan from nasa

354
00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:38,789
alexander

355
00:17:38,799 --> 00:17:43,029
andrei barissian

356
00:17:47,190 --> 00:17:45,430
katie coleman from nasa

357
00:17:49,430 --> 00:17:47,200
we're thrilled to be a part of today's

358
00:17:51,110 --> 00:17:49,440
special commemoration i'm sorry that we

359
00:17:53,430 --> 00:17:51,120
can't be there with you today but it's

360
00:17:56,470 --> 00:17:53,440
because of your hard work that we're

361
00:17:58,390 --> 00:17:56,480
here today on the space station living

362
00:18:02,310 --> 00:17:58,400
and working on the only orbiting

363
00:18:06,390 --> 00:18:04,390
the dedication of the amazing workforce

364
00:18:08,310 --> 00:18:06,400
across america that has built the space

365
00:18:10,310 --> 00:18:08,320
shuttle fleet and painstakingly

366
00:18:12,150 --> 00:18:10,320
processed and cared for the vehicles

367
00:18:14,230 --> 00:18:12,160
enabled these spaceships to do some

368
00:18:15,750 --> 00:18:14,240
truly amazing things including building

369
00:18:18,070 --> 00:18:15,760
this beautiful space station that will

370
00:18:19,510 --> 00:18:18,080
continue unprecedented scientific

371
00:18:25,750 --> 00:18:19,520
research and support international

372
00:18:31,350 --> 00:18:28,710
our crew is represented by three agency

373
00:18:33,350 --> 00:18:31,360
of the iss partnership

374
00:18:35,990 --> 00:18:33,360
a collaboration that was tested and

375
00:18:38,150 --> 00:18:36,000
proven by the space shuttle

376
00:18:41,029 --> 00:18:38,160
that carried astronauts from around the

377
00:18:42,789 --> 00:18:41,039
world into orbit long before

378
00:18:47,830 --> 00:18:42,799
construction began

379
00:18:52,230 --> 00:18:49,909
we will miss the capabilities and the

380
00:18:54,710 --> 00:18:52,240
beauty of the space shuttle it has been

381
00:18:57,190 --> 00:18:54,720
a national icon for innovation and

382
00:18:59,590 --> 00:18:57,200
exploration for 30 years

383
00:19:01,909 --> 00:18:59,600
but its legacy and yours

384
00:19:03,110 --> 00:19:01,919
lives on in the work that we do here on

385
00:19:04,789 --> 00:19:03,120
the iss

386
00:19:06,789 --> 00:19:04,799
the retirement of the shuttle fleet

387
00:19:09,110 --> 00:19:06,799
should not be seen as an end it

388
00:19:12,230 --> 00:19:09,120
represents the next step in extending

389
00:19:14,070 --> 00:19:12,240
humanity's reach further into space

390
00:19:16,549 --> 00:19:14,080
thank you for allowing us to be part of

391
00:19:18,549 --> 00:19:16,559
this very special day and please

392
00:19:38,630 --> 00:19:18,559
be sure to take a moment to be proud of

393
00:19:42,310 --> 00:19:41,110
i'd like to take a minute to recognize

394
00:19:43,990 --> 00:19:42,320
our elected officials and their

395
00:19:46,789 --> 00:19:44,000
representatives that are with us this

396
00:19:49,430 --> 00:19:46,799
afternoon uh please join me in welcoming

397
00:19:52,310 --> 00:19:49,440
county commissioner uh chuck nelson

398
00:19:55,190 --> 00:19:52,320
and representatives from senator

399
00:19:56,870 --> 00:19:55,200
nelson's senator rubio congresswoman

400
00:20:15,110 --> 00:19:56,880
sandy adams and representative bill

401
00:20:19,669 --> 00:20:17,590
the discovery named for past ships of

402
00:20:22,070 --> 00:20:19,679
exploration was delivered from its

403
00:20:24,230 --> 00:20:22,080
palmdale california shuttle factory to

404
00:20:26,149 --> 00:20:24,240
nasa's kennedy space center in november

405
00:20:28,390 --> 00:20:26,159
1983.

406
00:20:30,710 --> 00:20:28,400
since then discovery has lived up to the

407
00:20:32,789 --> 00:20:30,720
historic legacy of its name

408
00:20:35,830 --> 00:20:32,799
it flew to space more times than any

409
00:20:38,470 --> 00:20:35,840
other spacecraft in orbit it released a

410
00:20:41,029 --> 00:20:38,480
telescope to probe the universe and a

411
00:20:42,789 --> 00:20:41,039
spacecraft to explore the sun

412
00:20:45,110 --> 00:20:42,799
it carried laboratories to study

413
00:20:47,510 --> 00:20:45,120
weightlessness and instruments to study

414
00:20:49,750 --> 00:20:47,520
the earth and its atmosphere

415
00:20:51,750 --> 00:20:49,760
early in its career discovery became the

416
00:21:02,070 --> 00:20:51,760
first spacecraft to bring a satellite

417
00:21:06,710 --> 00:21:04,070
but perhaps even more compelling than

418
00:21:08,470 --> 00:21:06,720
the discoveries that enabled in space is

419
00:21:14,710 --> 00:21:08,480
the spirit this vehicle has helped

420
00:21:18,310 --> 00:21:16,310
its missions include flights that

421
00:21:20,549 --> 00:21:18,320
showcased how one-time cold war

422
00:21:22,230 --> 00:21:20,559
adversaries can become long-term friends

423
00:21:24,070 --> 00:21:22,240
for exploration

424
00:21:27,029 --> 00:21:24,080
its flights further expanded space

425
00:21:28,149 --> 00:21:27,039
travel beyond boundaries of age gender

426
00:21:30,390 --> 00:21:28,159
and race

427
00:21:32,710 --> 00:21:30,400
counting among those who flew on it the

428
00:21:34,549 --> 00:21:32,720
oldest astronaut the first female

429
00:21:37,029 --> 00:21:34,559
shuttle pilot and the first

430
00:21:39,590 --> 00:21:37,039
african-american space walker

431
00:21:41,430 --> 00:21:39,600
but above all discovery twice proved

432
00:21:43,669 --> 00:21:41,440
that america had the will and the

433
00:21:45,750 --> 00:21:43,679
determination to persevere

434
00:21:47,430 --> 00:21:45,760
and succeed in the face of devastating

435
00:21:49,830 --> 00:21:47,440
grief and tragedy

436
00:21:55,110 --> 00:21:49,840
returning america to space after the

437
00:22:00,310 --> 00:21:57,190
discovery is the most accomplished space

438
00:22:03,029 --> 00:22:00,320
shuttle ever amounting to over 5 000

439
00:22:14,549 --> 00:22:03,039
trips around the earth and more than 300

440
00:22:19,110 --> 00:22:16,710
it's now my pleasure to welcome to the

441
00:22:21,430 --> 00:22:19,120
podium a four-time shuttle astronaut a

442
00:22:23,430 --> 00:22:21,440
member of the astronaut hall of fame our

443
00:22:29,110 --> 00:22:23,440
nasa administrator and my friend charlie

444
00:22:33,510 --> 00:22:32,549
thank you all very much um stay focused

445
00:22:36,230 --> 00:22:33,520
you're going to hear me say that a

446
00:22:38,230 --> 00:22:36,240
couple of times that's not my script

447
00:22:39,990 --> 00:22:38,240
but stay focused

448
00:22:42,870 --> 00:22:40,000
bob i want to thank you very much for

449
00:22:44,149 --> 00:22:42,880
hosting this gala and uh allowing me to

450
00:22:46,070 --> 00:22:44,159
be down here

451
00:22:48,230 --> 00:22:46,080
it's always great to be back with uh

452
00:22:49,750 --> 00:22:48,240
members of the space shuttle program and

453
00:22:51,110 --> 00:22:49,760
and to celebrate the extraordinary

454
00:22:52,310 --> 00:22:51,120
success that we've seen through the

455
00:22:54,149 --> 00:22:52,320
years

456
00:22:55,750 --> 00:22:54,159
in addition to my friend bob cabana who

457
00:22:57,270 --> 00:22:55,760
was flying shuttle missions during the

458
00:23:00,149 --> 00:22:57,280
that's it sounds funny to say this

459
00:23:02,070 --> 00:23:00,159
during the same era as i

460
00:23:03,990 --> 00:23:02,080
we have another astronaut from that time

461
00:23:10,310 --> 00:23:04,000
you may have heard of bob crippen who

462
00:23:14,390 --> 00:23:12,149
as i think all of you know flew

463
00:23:16,149 --> 00:23:14,400
sts-1 with john young and then he flew

464
00:23:18,070 --> 00:23:16,159
three other shuttle missions before

465
00:23:19,990 --> 00:23:18,080
coming back here to actually run the

466
00:23:21,830 --> 00:23:20,000
kennedy space center for a while

467
00:23:28,950 --> 00:23:21,840
also joining us is janet cavandi the

468
00:23:32,310 --> 00:23:30,549
janet's a current astronaut and she's

469
00:23:33,909 --> 00:23:32,320
flown three times and is helping us

470
00:23:35,029 --> 00:23:33,919
oversee the phase out of the shuttle

471
00:23:36,789 --> 00:23:35,039
program

472
00:23:38,870 --> 00:23:36,799
so we have the full spectrum of shuttle

473
00:23:40,950 --> 00:23:38,880
astronauts here with us today

474
00:23:43,590 --> 00:23:40,960
covering the program's history

475
00:23:45,669 --> 00:23:43,600
stay focused

476
00:23:47,830 --> 00:23:45,679
and it's wonderful that this date

477
00:23:50,549 --> 00:23:47,840
dovetails with the 50th anniversary of

478
00:23:52,470 --> 00:23:50,559
yuri gagarin's courageous flight when he

479
00:23:54,149 --> 00:23:52,480
became the first human to reach fit to

480
00:23:55,909 --> 00:23:54,159
reach space

481
00:23:57,669 --> 00:23:55,919
i want to thank each and every one of

482
00:23:59,110 --> 00:23:57,679
you and the many others in the shuttle

483
00:24:01,029 --> 00:23:59,120
workforce over the years for your

484
00:24:02,549 --> 00:24:01,039
significant contribution

485
00:24:04,070 --> 00:24:02,559
to this tremendous american

486
00:24:07,029 --> 00:24:04,080
accomplishment

487
00:24:09,510 --> 00:24:07,039
you've inspired a generation

488
00:24:11,669 --> 00:24:09,520
helped make the world a better place

489
00:24:13,269 --> 00:24:11,679
and given us a road map for future space

490
00:24:15,269 --> 00:24:13,279
exploration

491
00:24:17,190 --> 00:24:15,279
you should take pride in that today

492
00:24:19,190 --> 00:24:17,200
belongs not just to the hundreds of men

493
00:24:21,029 --> 00:24:19,200
and women who have flown on the shuttle

494
00:24:23,350 --> 00:24:21,039
but to all of you who have helped these

495
00:24:24,630 --> 00:24:23,360
missions to succeed

496
00:24:26,390 --> 00:24:24,640
those of us who have flown on the

497
00:24:27,990 --> 00:24:26,400
shuttle put our lives in your hands each

498
00:24:30,070 --> 00:24:28,000
time we flew

499
00:24:32,549 --> 00:24:30,080
and i never doubted that all of you on

500
00:24:34,390 --> 00:24:32,559
the ground and launching mission control

501
00:24:37,269 --> 00:24:34,400
in orbiter processing in every phase of

502
00:24:38,870 --> 00:24:37,279
the program we're absolutely dedicated

503
00:24:41,510 --> 00:24:38,880
and among the most skilled and committed

504
00:24:43,909 --> 00:24:41,520
people i've ever known

505
00:24:45,590 --> 00:24:43,919
your ability to troubleshoot and solve

506
00:24:47,830 --> 00:24:45,600
problems quickly

507
00:24:49,750 --> 00:24:47,840
has salvaged many a launch

508
00:24:51,590 --> 00:24:49,760
and also help keep astronauts safe in

509
00:24:54,310 --> 00:24:51,600
space

510
00:24:55,909 --> 00:24:54,320
whenever a problem arises with a shuttle

511
00:24:57,510 --> 00:24:55,919
we always see a huge amount of

512
00:25:00,390 --> 00:24:57,520
innovative thinking by the team to

513
00:25:02,310 --> 00:25:00,400
identify and correct the issue new

514
00:25:03,590 --> 00:25:02,320
tester devised to isolate and identify

515
00:25:05,269 --> 00:25:03,600
the problem

516
00:25:07,830 --> 00:25:05,279
new hardware is made both for the

517
00:25:09,669 --> 00:25:07,840
testing and to install on the vehicle

518
00:25:12,870 --> 00:25:09,679
and new procedures and processes are

519
00:25:15,029 --> 00:25:12,880
developed to test and check out the fix

520
00:25:16,470 --> 00:25:15,039
the engineers and managers frequently

521
00:25:18,310 --> 00:25:16,480
collaborate

522
00:25:20,630 --> 00:25:18,320
both within nasa and across the

523
00:25:22,950 --> 00:25:20,640
government and academia

524
00:25:24,789 --> 00:25:22,960
to bring in systems experts to help

525
00:25:27,350 --> 00:25:24,799
identify the root cause of the problem

526
00:25:29,269 --> 00:25:27,360
and quickly converge on a solution

527
00:25:31,669 --> 00:25:29,279
over the past 30 years our shuttle team

528
00:25:34,310 --> 00:25:31,679
has demonstrated a tremendous degree of

529
00:25:37,029 --> 00:25:34,320
innovative thinking in solving problems

530
00:25:38,710 --> 00:25:37,039
whether in flight or on the ground

531
00:25:41,190 --> 00:25:38,720
the recent issue of the external tank

532
00:25:43,350 --> 00:25:41,200
stringer cracks is an excellent example

533
00:25:45,190 --> 00:25:43,360
of the very thorny problem that was

534
00:25:46,070 --> 00:25:45,200
successfully solved in innovative

535
00:25:50,230 --> 00:25:46,080
thinking

536
00:25:52,230 --> 00:25:50,240
perseverance and engineering discipline

537
00:25:53,510 --> 00:25:52,240
your ingenuity and innovation are second

538
00:25:57,029 --> 00:25:53,520
to none

539
00:25:59,269 --> 00:25:57,039
you you you truly are problem solvers

540
00:26:01,830 --> 00:25:59,279
and solution creators

541
00:26:04,070 --> 00:26:01,840
i've been proud and amazed many many

542
00:26:05,190 --> 00:26:04,080
times and just not during the past

543
00:26:06,789 --> 00:26:05,200
nearly two years i've been the

544
00:26:08,630 --> 00:26:06,799
administrator

545
00:26:12,230 --> 00:26:08,640
the shuttle has provided this nation

546
00:26:13,909 --> 00:26:12,240
with many firsts with many proud moments

547
00:26:16,710 --> 00:26:13,919
and it has helped the united states to

548
00:26:18,470 --> 00:26:16,720
lead the world in space exploration

549
00:26:20,230 --> 00:26:18,480
i was fortunate enough to be a part of

550
00:26:23,830 --> 00:26:20,240
two of its historic achievements the

551
00:26:25,590 --> 00:26:23,840
deployment of sts-31 on sts-31 of the

552
00:26:27,750 --> 00:26:25,600
hubble space telescope

553
00:26:30,549 --> 00:26:27,760
and the first russian u.s shuttle

554
00:26:33,029 --> 00:26:30,559
mission sts-60 which presaged the

555
00:26:34,710 --> 00:26:33,039
unprecedented international cooperation

556
00:26:37,110 --> 00:26:34,720
we've achieved since on the

557
00:26:38,630 --> 00:26:37,120
international space station

558
00:26:40,630 --> 00:26:38,640
i was privileged

559
00:26:41,909 --> 00:26:40,640
to fly aboard colombia

560
00:26:43,669 --> 00:26:41,919
discovery

561
00:26:45,750 --> 00:26:43,679
and atlantis

562
00:26:48,789 --> 00:26:45,760
there's no more r-inspiring or humbling

563
00:26:50,789 --> 00:26:48,799
experience than flying to space

564
00:26:53,029 --> 00:26:50,799
with 7 million pounds of thrust beneath

565
00:26:54,230 --> 00:26:53,039
you you're aware of your frailty as a

566
00:26:56,549 --> 00:26:54,240
human being

567
00:26:58,390 --> 00:26:56,559
and also the great things which we are

568
00:27:01,510 --> 00:26:58,400
capable

569
00:27:03,350 --> 00:27:01,520
my experience as commander of sts-60

570
00:27:04,870 --> 00:27:03,360
the first flight of a russian cosmonaut

571
00:27:06,950 --> 00:27:04,880
on the shuttle

572
00:27:08,789 --> 00:27:06,960
taught me that there is no limit

573
00:27:10,070 --> 00:27:08,799
to what we

574
00:27:12,230 --> 00:27:10,080
what we

575
00:27:13,590 --> 00:27:12,240
can accomplish in our international

576
00:27:16,310 --> 00:27:13,600
partnerships

577
00:27:19,110 --> 00:27:16,320
when we set common goals among diverse

578
00:27:22,230 --> 00:27:19,120
sometimes discordant nations and set our

579
00:27:24,389 --> 00:27:22,240
minds to achievement of those goals

580
00:27:26,070 --> 00:27:24,399
over three decades this flagship program

581
00:27:28,149 --> 00:27:26,080
has become part of the fabric of our

582
00:27:30,549 --> 00:27:28,159
nation's history

583
00:27:31,350 --> 00:27:30,559
it's helped us improve communications on

584
00:27:34,389 --> 00:27:31,360
earth

585
00:27:36,230 --> 00:27:34,399
and to understand our home planet better

586
00:27:38,070 --> 00:27:36,240
it said scientific satellites like

587
00:27:40,389 --> 00:27:38,080
magellan and ulysses speeding on their

588
00:27:42,070 --> 00:27:40,399
missions into the solar system

589
00:27:44,950 --> 00:27:42,080
and launched hubble

590
00:27:46,310 --> 00:27:44,960
and chandra to explore the universe

591
00:27:48,070 --> 00:27:46,320
the shuttle program has given us

592
00:27:50,710 --> 00:27:48,080
tremendous knowledge about a reusable

593
00:27:52,630 --> 00:27:50,720
spacecraft and launch system from which

594
00:27:54,230 --> 00:27:52,640
future government and commercial systems

595
00:27:55,669 --> 00:27:54,240
will benefit

596
00:27:58,070 --> 00:27:55,679
it's enabled construction of the

597
00:28:00,470 --> 00:27:58,080
international space station our anchor

598
00:28:02,710 --> 00:28:00,480
for future human exploration

599
00:28:05,510 --> 00:28:02,720
which is leading to breakthroughs in

600
00:28:07,830 --> 00:28:05,520
human health and microgravity research

601
00:28:10,149 --> 00:28:07,840
and it's provided as bob said

602
00:28:13,430 --> 00:28:10,159
first ever astronaut flight and command

603
00:28:14,870 --> 00:28:13,440
opportunities for women and minorities

604
00:28:18,630 --> 00:28:14,880
we'll never forget the crews of

605
00:28:20,230 --> 00:28:18,640
challenger and columbia

606
00:28:24,710 --> 00:28:20,240
many

607
00:28:27,190 --> 00:28:24,720
counted them as our personal friends

608
00:28:28,549 --> 00:28:27,200
and their sacrifice and achievements

609
00:28:31,430 --> 00:28:28,559
will live on in the spirit of

610
00:28:34,149 --> 00:28:31,440
perseverance and grit and hope

611
00:28:43,350 --> 00:28:34,159
in which they lived and worked

612
00:28:48,070 --> 00:28:45,990
they were all true american heroes who

613
00:28:49,909 --> 00:28:48,080
made the ultimate sacrifice and service

614
00:28:51,669 --> 00:28:49,919
to this country

615
00:28:53,029 --> 00:28:51,679
the shuttle's retirement is bittersweet

616
00:28:54,630 --> 00:28:53,039
for all of us

617
00:28:57,269 --> 00:28:54,640
but at nasa

618
00:28:59,269 --> 00:28:57,279
we're also very excited about our future

619
00:29:01,430 --> 00:28:59,279
a future that is bright and open to us

620
00:29:03,269 --> 00:29:01,440
because of the shuttle program

621
00:29:04,870 --> 00:29:03,279
we could not be reaching for new heights

622
00:29:07,350 --> 00:29:04,880
and developing the next generation of

623
00:29:09,110 --> 00:29:07,360
capabilities without the technological

624
00:29:11,190 --> 00:29:09,120
breakthroughs of the shuttle

625
00:29:13,190 --> 00:29:11,200
and the many lessons learned that we

626
00:29:15,029 --> 00:29:13,200
will carry forward

627
00:29:16,310 --> 00:29:15,039
our commitment to human space flight is

628
00:29:18,070 --> 00:29:16,320
steadfast

629
00:29:20,549 --> 00:29:18,080
we will continue to lead the world in

630
00:29:22,789 --> 00:29:20,559
human exploration and discovery

631
00:29:27,029 --> 00:29:22,799
and don't let anybody

632
00:29:29,269 --> 00:29:27,039
don't let anybody tell you otherwise

633
00:29:31,430 --> 00:29:29,279
our human space flight program continues

634
00:29:33,590 --> 00:29:31,440
with astronauts living and working on

635
00:29:35,269 --> 00:29:33,600
the international space station

636
00:29:37,350 --> 00:29:35,279
where we have lived and worked for over

637
00:29:39,750 --> 00:29:37,360
ten years now and one could will

638
00:29:41,190 --> 00:29:39,760
continue to do so for at least another

639
00:29:42,710 --> 00:29:41,200
decade

640
00:29:43,990 --> 00:29:42,720
of course

641
00:29:46,470 --> 00:29:44,000
we wouldn't have been able to build that

642
00:29:48,310 --> 00:29:46,480
orbiting outpost without the shuttle

643
00:29:50,789 --> 00:29:48,320
we wouldn't have established that model

644
00:29:52,870 --> 00:29:50,799
of global cooperation that will serve us

645
00:29:54,389 --> 00:29:52,880
well into the future as a guidepost for

646
00:29:56,389 --> 00:29:54,399
how we work

647
00:29:58,310 --> 00:29:56,399
and how we can work together as an

648
00:30:00,070 --> 00:29:58,320
international community toward the

649
00:30:01,909 --> 00:30:00,080
greater things of which we are capable

650
00:30:04,549 --> 00:30:01,919
as human beings

651
00:30:07,110 --> 00:30:04,559
with the last flight of atlantis in june

652
00:30:09,430 --> 00:30:07,120
the shuttle era will come to an end

653
00:30:11,750 --> 00:30:09,440
but they won't stop inspiring and they

654
00:30:13,029 --> 00:30:11,760
won't stop being a part of the fabric of

655
00:30:14,789 --> 00:30:13,039
america

656
00:30:17,110 --> 00:30:14,799
its significance is one of the most

657
00:30:17,990 --> 00:30:17,120
amazing technological marvels of all

658
00:30:20,070 --> 00:30:18,000
time

659
00:30:21,830 --> 00:30:20,080
will become even more evident

660
00:30:24,149 --> 00:30:21,840
after we no longer have it as our

661
00:30:27,430 --> 00:30:24,159
premier vehicle for transportation of

662
00:30:28,710 --> 00:30:27,440
crew and cargo to low earth orbit

663
00:30:30,870 --> 00:30:28,720
each shuttle

664
00:30:33,029 --> 00:30:30,880
has stories to be told

665
00:30:34,789 --> 00:30:33,039
history to be shared

666
00:30:36,870 --> 00:30:34,799
we intend to tell their stories and

667
00:30:39,269 --> 00:30:36,880
share that history with as many people

668
00:30:40,710 --> 00:30:39,279
as we can over the coming years and

669
00:30:41,830 --> 00:30:40,720
decades

670
00:30:43,350 --> 00:30:41,840
today

671
00:30:45,750 --> 00:30:43,360
i'm proud to announce where these

672
00:30:47,990 --> 00:30:45,760
national treasures will be displayed and

673
00:30:51,110 --> 00:30:48,000
enjoyed by millions of americans once

674
00:30:53,110 --> 00:30:51,120
the shuttle program concludes first

675
00:30:55,110 --> 00:30:53,120
here at the kennedy space center

676
00:31:07,909 --> 00:30:55,120
where every shuttle mission and so many

677
00:31:07,919 --> 00:31:25,830
i guess i got something right today

678
00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:29,350
thanks very much

679
00:31:32,789 --> 00:31:30,950
i think i know what it does for you you

680
00:31:36,310 --> 00:31:32,799
have no idea what that applause did for

681
00:31:37,830 --> 00:31:36,320
me it's been a rough day

682
00:31:39,430 --> 00:31:37,840
first here at the kennedy space center

683
00:31:41,110 --> 00:31:39,440
where every shuttle mission and so many

684
00:31:42,310 --> 00:31:41,120
other historic human space flights have

685
00:31:45,110 --> 00:31:42,320
originated

686
00:31:55,190 --> 00:31:45,120
we'll showcase showcase my old friend

687
00:31:58,789 --> 00:31:56,789
not only will the workers have sent it

688
00:32:00,870 --> 00:31:58,799
into space so many times

689
00:32:02,710 --> 00:32:00,880
have a chance to still see it

690
00:32:05,190 --> 00:32:02,720
the millions of visitors who come here

691
00:32:06,630 --> 00:32:05,200
every year to learn more about space

692
00:32:08,630 --> 00:32:06,640
and to be a part of the excitement of

693
00:32:10,149 --> 00:32:08,640
expert yoga

694
00:32:12,470 --> 00:32:10,159
and to be a part of the excitement of

695
00:32:14,549 --> 00:32:12,480
exploration we'll be able to see

696
00:32:29,269 --> 00:32:14,559
what is still a great rarity

697
00:32:33,029 --> 00:32:31,269
the california science center in los

698
00:32:35,269 --> 00:32:33,039
angeles only a few miles from the site

699
00:32:37,110 --> 00:32:35,279
of the old rockwell plant where the

700
00:32:39,509 --> 00:32:37,120
shuttle was developed and from where its

701
00:32:40,950 --> 00:32:39,519
construction was managed

702
00:32:42,549 --> 00:32:40,960
will be the new home of the shuttle on

703
00:32:53,350 --> 00:32:42,559
the launch pad preparing its final

704
00:32:58,070 --> 00:32:55,350
the smithsonian's national air and space

705
00:33:00,789 --> 00:32:58,080
museum stephen f udvarhazy center in

706
00:33:09,990 --> 00:33:00,799
virginia will get discovery our most

707
00:33:13,669 --> 00:33:11,990
and new york city's intrepid seer and

708
00:33:16,149 --> 00:33:13,679
space museum

709
00:33:18,389 --> 00:33:16,159
on whose flight deck mercury and gemini

710
00:33:20,630 --> 00:33:18,399
modules and flight crews were returned

711
00:33:22,870 --> 00:33:20,640
to us after splashdown from their

712
00:33:25,509 --> 00:33:22,880
historic space missions will get

713
00:33:27,590 --> 00:33:25,519
enterprise our prototype orbiter that

714
00:33:34,230 --> 00:33:27,600
tested the aerodynamics of the craft

715
00:33:38,630 --> 00:33:36,470
there were many many worthy institutions

716
00:33:40,070 --> 00:33:38,640
that requested an orbiter and only four

717
00:33:41,750 --> 00:33:40,080
to go around

718
00:33:43,509 --> 00:33:41,760
many of the applicant institutions who

719
00:33:44,950 --> 00:33:43,519
did not receive an orbiter will receive

720
00:33:47,350 --> 00:33:44,960
significant shuttle hardware and

721
00:33:49,430 --> 00:33:47,360
artifacts to help bring to life this

722
00:33:51,669 --> 00:33:49,440
dynamic chapter of our nation's space

723
00:33:53,110 --> 00:33:51,679
exploration history for their many

724
00:33:54,950 --> 00:33:53,120
visitors

725
00:33:56,630 --> 00:33:54,960
people from across our nation and around

726
00:33:58,789 --> 00:33:56,640
the world will continue to learn from

727
00:34:00,470 --> 00:33:58,799
these amazing vehicles

728
00:34:01,669 --> 00:34:00,480
and the stories of their crews and their

729
00:34:03,509 --> 00:34:01,679
missions

730
00:34:05,430 --> 00:34:03,519
the shuttles will inspire many people

731
00:34:07,269 --> 00:34:05,440
who are now just in school

732
00:34:10,149 --> 00:34:07,279
to become the next generation of

733
00:34:12,069 --> 00:34:10,159
exploration leaders and millions more

734
00:34:14,550 --> 00:34:12,079
who are just proud and passionate about

735
00:34:17,430 --> 00:34:14,560
our space program will also now have a

736
00:34:19,349 --> 00:34:17,440
chance to see a space shuttle in person

737
00:34:21,510 --> 00:34:19,359
i want to congratulate all of these fine

738
00:34:23,109 --> 00:34:21,520
institutions and wish them many visitors

739
00:34:25,109 --> 00:34:23,119
and exciting programs with the space

740
00:34:27,669 --> 00:34:25,119
shuttle fleet

741
00:34:29,109 --> 00:34:27,679
for all of them take good care of our

742
00:34:31,349 --> 00:34:29,119
vehicles

743
00:34:33,349 --> 00:34:31,359
they've served the nation well

744
00:34:34,550 --> 00:34:33,359
and we at nasa have a deep and abiding

745
00:34:36,310 --> 00:34:34,560
relationship

746
00:34:39,190 --> 00:34:36,320
and love affair with them

747
00:34:40,710 --> 00:34:39,200
that's hard to put into words

748
00:34:42,149 --> 00:34:40,720
now

749
00:34:45,750 --> 00:34:42,159
we're going to look ahead to endeavors

750
00:34:47,589 --> 00:34:45,760
final mission into space sts-134

751
00:34:48,550 --> 00:34:47,599
thank you all again for your service and

752
00:34:51,030 --> 00:34:48,560
support

753
00:34:53,829 --> 00:34:51,040
to this amazing program

754
00:34:55,750 --> 00:34:53,839
and to these amazing flying machines

755
00:34:56,710 --> 00:34:55,760
and thank all of you for your dedicated

756
00:34:58,950 --> 00:34:56,720
service

757
00:35:00,790 --> 00:34:58,960
to our great nation

758
00:35:02,790 --> 00:35:00,800
stay focused

759
00:35:04,470 --> 00:35:02,800
as i look at mike moses and i look

760
00:35:06,150 --> 00:35:04,480
around at the others of you

761
00:35:07,109 --> 00:35:06,160
he's going to remind us over the coming

762
00:35:09,190 --> 00:35:07,119
days

763
00:35:12,069 --> 00:35:09,200
stay focused

764
00:35:13,670 --> 00:35:12,079
we've got two more flights to do

765
00:35:14,790 --> 00:35:13,680
so that we can safely fly out the

766
00:35:17,190 --> 00:35:14,800
shuttle

767
00:35:19,589 --> 00:35:17,200
stay focused

768
00:35:21,829 --> 00:35:19,599
you've done an incredible job

769
00:35:23,510 --> 00:35:21,839
you should feel incredibly proud

770
00:35:24,950 --> 00:35:23,520
i know i do

771
00:35:25,990 --> 00:35:24,960
may god bless all of you and your

772
00:35:27,829 --> 00:35:26,000
families

773
00:35:40,630 --> 00:35:27,839
and may god bless the united states of

774
00:35:44,670 --> 00:35:42,790
space shuttle endeavour born out of the

775
00:35:47,349 --> 00:35:44,680
loss of the space shuttle challenger in

776
00:35:49,510 --> 00:35:47,359
1986 represented a commitment to

777
00:35:50,630 --> 00:35:49,520
continuing america's human space flight

778
00:35:52,950 --> 00:35:50,640
program

779
00:35:55,030 --> 00:35:52,960
the nation's decision to build endeavor

780
00:35:55,910 --> 00:35:55,040
set the stage for dramatic missions to

781
00:35:57,750 --> 00:35:55,920
come

782
00:36:00,069 --> 00:35:57,760
the last of five orbiters to be built

783
00:36:02,310 --> 00:36:00,079
for space flight endeavor was named in a

784
00:36:04,790 --> 00:36:02,320
national competition by elementary and

785
00:36:06,630 --> 00:36:04,800
secondary school students after the 18th

786
00:36:09,510 --> 00:36:06,640
century sailing vessel commanded by

787
00:36:11,510 --> 00:36:09,520
captain james cook

788
00:36:14,790 --> 00:36:11,520
construction of endeavor began with its

789
00:36:17,829 --> 00:36:14,800
contract award on july 31st 1987 to

790
00:36:22,310 --> 00:36:17,839
replace challenger which was lost 73

791
00:36:24,390 --> 00:36:22,320
seconds after launch on january 28 1986.

792
00:36:26,630 --> 00:36:24,400
endeavour was outfitted with many safety

793
00:36:29,270 --> 00:36:26,640
improvements including a drag chute to

794
00:36:31,430 --> 00:36:29,280
be deployed post landing and nose wheel

795
00:36:33,829 --> 00:36:31,440
steering to improve wear on the tires

796
00:36:36,150 --> 00:36:33,839
during roll out on the runway

797
00:36:38,150 --> 00:36:36,160
additionally endeavors plumbing was

798
00:36:40,950 --> 00:36:38,160
designed for a state-of-the-art addition

799
00:36:42,710 --> 00:36:40,960
allowing for longer stays in space

800
00:36:44,550 --> 00:36:42,720
endeavour was delivered to nasa's

801
00:36:47,150 --> 00:36:44,560
kennedy space center from its palmdale

802
00:36:50,390 --> 00:36:47,160
california construction site in may

803
00:36:52,270 --> 00:36:50,400
1991. when endeavour completes its final

804
00:36:55,829 --> 00:36:52,280
mission it will have traveled more than

805
00:36:56,950 --> 00:36:55,839
115 million miles during 25 trips to

806
00:36:59,349 --> 00:36:56,960
space

807
00:37:01,190 --> 00:36:59,359
it will have carried 139 different

808
00:37:03,030 --> 00:37:01,200
people into orbit

809
00:37:05,430 --> 00:37:03,040
although endeavour was the final space

810
00:37:06,950 --> 00:37:05,440
shuttle to be built its career has been

811
00:37:08,950 --> 00:37:06,960
one of firsts

812
00:37:11,829 --> 00:37:08,960
and its legacy will be one of opening

813
00:37:14,150 --> 00:37:11,839
humanity's greatest eye on the universe

814
00:37:16,310 --> 00:37:14,160
and expanding the space frontier for

815
00:37:17,990 --> 00:37:16,320
nations around the world

816
00:37:25,750 --> 00:37:18,000
for an out of this world space

817
00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:38,470
roger roll endeavor

818
00:37:43,270 --> 00:37:41,109
well let's see first off

819
00:37:45,670 --> 00:37:43,280
charlie thank you so much for uh

820
00:37:51,750 --> 00:37:45,680
trusting us with the care of atlantis i

821
00:37:54,630 --> 00:37:52,790
and uh

822
00:37:56,710 --> 00:37:54,640
again i'd like to add my congratulations

823
00:37:58,390 --> 00:37:56,720
to all the museums that have been

824
00:37:59,270 --> 00:37:58,400
entrusted with the care of an orbiter i

825
00:38:01,190 --> 00:37:59,280
know that

826
00:38:03,190 --> 00:38:01,200
it'll make a real difference around the

827
00:38:05,030 --> 00:38:03,200
country as we continue to inspire the

828
00:38:07,190 --> 00:38:05,040
next generation

829
00:38:09,190 --> 00:38:07,200
uh it's my pleasure now

830
00:38:11,589 --> 00:38:09,200
to introduce dr janet cavandi the

831
00:38:13,109 --> 00:38:11,599
director of flight crew operations i had

832
00:38:15,510 --> 00:38:13,119
the privilege of sitting on the

833
00:38:17,430 --> 00:38:15,520
astronaut selection board when janet was

834
00:38:19,190 --> 00:38:17,440
selected in

835
00:38:21,510 --> 00:38:19,200
dr cavandi is one of the reasons i'm

836
00:38:23,349 --> 00:38:21,520
really glad that i got to be selected as

837
00:38:26,150 --> 00:38:23,359
an astronaut when i was because folks

838
00:38:28,550 --> 00:38:26,160
are getting a whole lot smarter

839
00:38:30,870 --> 00:38:28,560
she's a veteran of three space shuttle

840
00:38:39,990 --> 00:38:30,880
missions but most importantly she's a

841
00:38:44,550 --> 00:38:42,310
well good afternoon and congratulations

842
00:38:46,310 --> 00:38:44,560
to all the very fortunate recipients of

843
00:38:47,910 --> 00:38:46,320
america's space shuttles you should be

844
00:38:50,310 --> 00:38:47,920
very proud

845
00:38:53,510 --> 00:38:50,320
it is an honor to be here with you today

846
00:38:55,349 --> 00:38:53,520
it is a day of mixed emotions excitement

847
00:38:57,910 --> 00:38:55,359
that the shuttle program has

848
00:38:59,190 --> 00:38:57,920
achieved that distinguished anniversary

849
00:39:00,470 --> 00:38:59,200
30 years

850
00:39:02,310 --> 00:39:00,480
and a little sadness that we are

851
00:39:03,589 --> 00:39:02,320
approaching the end of such an amazing

852
00:39:06,069 --> 00:39:03,599
era

853
00:39:08,150 --> 00:39:06,079
the shuttles have done a great many jobs

854
00:39:10,790 --> 00:39:08,160
in their long careers they have carried

855
00:39:12,310 --> 00:39:10,800
millions of pounds of cargo to orbit

856
00:39:14,230 --> 00:39:12,320
through the hubble space telescope

857
00:39:15,990 --> 00:39:14,240
they've given us views of the universe

858
00:39:17,910 --> 00:39:16,000
that no other instrument has yet been

859
00:39:19,670 --> 00:39:17,920
able to do from earth's surface

860
00:39:21,510 --> 00:39:19,680
and so i see professor ting here in the

861
00:39:23,190 --> 00:39:21,520
audience in the first row

862
00:39:25,750 --> 00:39:23,200
i'm compelled to also mention the alpha

863
00:39:28,390 --> 00:39:25,760
magnetic spectrometer which flew on my

864
00:39:29,390 --> 00:39:28,400
first mission sts-91 and which will fly

865
00:39:32,790 --> 00:39:29,400
again on

866
00:39:35,430 --> 00:39:32,800
sts-134 the next flight it has a hope of

867
00:39:37,430 --> 00:39:35,440
collecting cosmic radiation and maybe

868
00:39:40,550 --> 00:39:37,440
antimatter which could help solve some

869
00:39:42,990 --> 00:39:40,560
of the mysteries of the of the universe

870
00:39:46,390 --> 00:39:43,000
the shuttles have so far carried

871
00:39:49,270 --> 00:39:46,400
356 individual humans aboard

872
00:39:51,109 --> 00:39:49,280
we expect to fly the last two new people

873
00:39:52,390 --> 00:39:51,119
later this month

874
00:39:53,990 --> 00:39:52,400
and they have been instrumental in the

875
00:39:56,550 --> 00:39:54,000
construction of the most amazing

876
00:39:58,870 --> 00:39:56,560
structure ever known to humankind the

877
00:40:00,630 --> 00:39:58,880
international space station

878
00:40:02,710 --> 00:40:00,640
but these are not the only things or

879
00:40:05,270 --> 00:40:02,720
perhaps even the most important things

880
00:40:07,349 --> 00:40:05,280
that the shuttle fleet has accomplished

881
00:40:08,870 --> 00:40:07,359
like many of us here i remember watching

882
00:40:11,510 --> 00:40:08,880
the first shuttle launch

883
00:40:13,030 --> 00:40:11,520
carrying john young and bob crippen

884
00:40:15,190 --> 00:40:13,040
while i was very concerned for the two

885
00:40:17,109 --> 00:40:15,200
men on board i was also thrilled to know

886
00:40:19,589 --> 00:40:17,119
that we were embarking on a new

887
00:40:21,910 --> 00:40:19,599
generation of spacecraft i felt the

888
00:40:23,990 --> 00:40:21,920
intense pride as an american and i was

889
00:40:26,069 --> 00:40:24,000
inspired and motivated to see what i

890
00:40:27,750 --> 00:40:26,079
could do to contribute to my country

891
00:40:29,910 --> 00:40:27,760
space program

892
00:40:31,349 --> 00:40:29,920
it is this inspiration

893
00:40:32,309 --> 00:40:31,359
motivation

894
00:40:33,349 --> 00:40:32,319
hope

895
00:40:35,270 --> 00:40:33,359
pride

896
00:40:37,270 --> 00:40:35,280
and honor for this country and her

897
00:40:38,870 --> 00:40:37,280
citizens that may be the shuttle's

898
00:40:40,870 --> 00:40:38,880
lasting legacy

899
00:40:43,109 --> 00:40:40,880
let me give some examples

900
00:40:44,470 --> 00:40:43,119
my uncle was a nasa engineer at the

901
00:40:46,550 --> 00:40:44,480
marshall space flight center in

902
00:40:48,550 --> 00:40:46,560
huntsville he worked with verna bron

903
00:40:51,349 --> 00:40:48,560
braun to design the space shuttle

904
00:40:53,910 --> 00:40:51,359
engines in the 1970s as a child i

905
00:40:55,990 --> 00:40:53,920
remember wanting to do what he did

906
00:40:58,790 --> 00:40:56,000
i thought working for nasa would be the

907
00:41:02,710 --> 00:40:58,800
best job anyone could have

908
00:41:05,109 --> 00:41:02,720
his work inspired and motivated me

909
00:41:06,950 --> 00:41:05,119
years later my nephew once told me that

910
00:41:09,430 --> 00:41:06,960
watching me launch on the space shuttle

911
00:41:11,829 --> 00:41:09,440
inspired him at a very young age to

912
00:41:13,349 --> 00:41:11,839
become a rocket scientist and now as a

913
00:41:15,349 --> 00:41:13,359
freshman in high school he is in

914
00:41:17,349 --> 00:41:15,359
competition at the international level

915
00:41:19,109 --> 00:41:17,359
at the science fair

916
00:41:21,190 --> 00:41:19,119
my niece is at the top of a graduating

917
00:41:23,510 --> 00:41:21,200
class and wants to study

918
00:41:25,670 --> 00:41:23,520
animal sciences my son is studying

919
00:41:27,190 --> 00:41:25,680
engineering in college my daughter wants

920
00:41:29,829 --> 00:41:27,200
to be a physician

921
00:41:31,750 --> 00:41:29,839
so we can see just what one person who

922
00:41:34,870 --> 00:41:31,760
have worked in this business can do to

923
00:41:36,870 --> 00:41:34,880
inspire generations to come all these

924
00:41:38,550 --> 00:41:36,880
and these are only a few examples of the

925
00:41:40,550 --> 00:41:38,560
impact the shuttle program has had on

926
00:41:41,829 --> 00:41:40,560
our nature's feet on our nation's future

927
00:41:43,589 --> 00:41:41,839
leaders

928
00:41:45,349 --> 00:41:43,599
images of the shuttle have inspired

929
00:41:47,349 --> 00:41:45,359
school children to study math and

930
00:41:48,870 --> 00:41:47,359
science when they could have focused on

931
00:41:50,710 --> 00:41:48,880
easier subjects

932
00:41:52,550 --> 00:41:50,720
the shuttle has motivated college

933
00:41:54,150 --> 00:41:52,560
students to pursue the more difficult

934
00:41:56,870 --> 00:41:54,160
science and engineering degrees in the

935
00:41:59,349 --> 00:41:56,880
hopes of someday designing a vehicle or

936
00:42:01,190 --> 00:41:59,359
experiment that might fly into space

937
00:42:03,190 --> 00:42:01,200
the shuttle has inspired otherwise

938
00:42:05,510 --> 00:42:03,200
completely rational adults with

939
00:42:07,910 --> 00:42:05,520
satisfying and successful careers to

940
00:42:09,430 --> 00:42:07,920
give it all up to move to houston texas

941
00:42:11,109 --> 00:42:09,440
for their chance to fly in space

942
00:42:12,790 --> 00:42:11,119
themselves

943
00:42:14,710 --> 00:42:12,800
the shuttle has motivated hard-working

944
00:42:17,349 --> 00:42:14,720
people from all around this nation to

945
00:42:19,750 --> 00:42:17,359
build the parts assemble the hardware

946
00:42:22,150 --> 00:42:19,760
code the software and launch these

947
00:42:25,109 --> 00:42:22,160
complex machines into space from the

948
00:42:26,870 --> 00:42:25,119
beautiful space coast of florida

949
00:42:28,630 --> 00:42:26,880
the space shuttles have literally been

950
00:42:30,390 --> 00:42:28,640
the pride and joy for the workers here

951
00:42:31,990 --> 00:42:30,400
at the kennedy space center

952
00:42:33,750 --> 00:42:32,000
partying with these vehicles will be

953
00:42:35,910 --> 00:42:33,760
light parting with family

954
00:42:37,430 --> 00:42:35,920
being a mother myself i can understand

955
00:42:38,870 --> 00:42:37,440
these feelings

956
00:42:41,109 --> 00:42:38,880
for instance you will always remember

957
00:42:42,470 --> 00:42:41,119
your orbiter's first rollout

958
00:42:45,510 --> 00:42:42,480
you will remember getting up at the

959
00:42:46,870 --> 00:42:45,520
crack of dawn to load their hyper goals

960
00:42:48,309 --> 00:42:46,880
you will remember sitting with them

961
00:42:50,230 --> 00:42:48,319
throughout the night before their first

962
00:42:52,230 --> 00:42:50,240
launch making sure that they were ready

963
00:42:53,910 --> 00:42:52,240
when the big moment came

964
00:42:55,030 --> 00:42:53,920
these things were done with nothing less

965
00:42:57,030 --> 00:42:55,040
than love

966
00:42:59,109 --> 00:42:57,040
and you just hope that someday someone

967
00:43:01,349 --> 00:42:59,119
will appreciate all you sacrifice to

968
00:43:10,470 --> 00:43:01,359
make sure they turned out right

969
00:43:15,190 --> 00:43:12,630
america will now be able to appreciate

970
00:43:16,950 --> 00:43:15,200
all your hard work as they will be able

971
00:43:18,630 --> 00:43:16,960
to see these incredible machines up

972
00:43:20,230 --> 00:43:18,640
close as only you have had the

973
00:43:22,230 --> 00:43:20,240
opportunity to do

974
00:43:23,910 --> 00:43:22,240
your efforts will not be forgotten as

975
00:43:29,349 --> 00:43:23,920
these vehicles will be displayed with

976
00:43:34,309 --> 00:43:32,069
okay as one is coming back home at your

977
00:43:36,470 --> 00:43:34,319
children one of your children atlantis

978
00:43:38,150 --> 00:43:36,480
is coming back home to live with you

979
00:43:40,950 --> 00:43:38,160
i'm hoping that colonel cabana may

980
00:43:43,030 --> 00:43:40,960
consider a joint

981
00:43:45,589 --> 00:43:43,040
custody for maybe

982
00:43:47,990 --> 00:43:45,599
this orbiter because mom and dad both

983
00:43:50,470 --> 00:43:48,000
love atlantis and maybe we could work

984
00:43:52,150 --> 00:43:50,480
out something on holidays

985
00:43:54,069 --> 00:43:52,160
summers

986
00:43:56,069 --> 00:43:54,079
you know just think about it okay all

987
00:43:57,430 --> 00:43:56,079
right

988
00:43:59,109 --> 00:43:57,440
finally on half of

989
00:44:00,870 --> 00:43:59,119
behalf of the flight crew operations

990
00:44:02,790 --> 00:44:00,880
director the astronaut office and all

991
00:44:04,870 --> 00:44:02,800
those who have distinguished the

992
00:44:06,870 --> 00:44:04,880
distinguished privilege to serve as a

993
00:44:09,270 --> 00:44:06,880
crew member aboard the space shuttle let

994
00:44:10,710 --> 00:44:09,280
me express my deepest gratitude to every

995
00:44:12,150 --> 00:44:10,720
launch director

996
00:44:13,670 --> 00:44:12,160
flight director

997
00:44:14,790 --> 00:44:13,680
flight controller

998
00:44:17,030 --> 00:44:14,800
trainer

999
00:44:19,270 --> 00:44:17,040
engine specialist debris analyst and yes

1000
00:44:21,430 --> 00:44:19,280
rocket scientist plus all the other

1001
00:44:24,069 --> 00:44:21,440
thousands of specialists out there who i

1002
00:44:27,030 --> 00:44:24,079
don't have the time to name and most of

1003
00:44:29,430 --> 00:44:27,040
all to all those who gave their lives in

1004
00:44:31,589 --> 00:44:29,440
pursuit of these loftier goals

1005
00:44:34,069 --> 00:44:31,599
for the last 30 years of human space

1006
00:44:36,309 --> 00:44:34,079
flight we thank you it has been my

1007
00:44:38,309 --> 00:44:36,319
deepest honor and greatest privilege to

1008
00:44:40,790 --> 00:44:38,319
have served nasa and the united states

1009
00:44:52,230 --> 00:44:40,800
of america as a crew member on the

1010
00:44:56,870 --> 00:44:53,910
since first arriving at the kennedy

1011
00:44:58,790 --> 00:44:56,880
space center 25 years ago space shuttle

1012
00:45:01,030 --> 00:44:58,800
atlantis has made the four mile trek

1013
00:45:03,349 --> 00:45:01,040
from ksc's vehicle assembly building to

1014
00:45:06,150 --> 00:45:03,359
its oceanside launch pads more than 30

1015
00:45:10,790 --> 00:45:08,470
the fourth of nasa's five orbiters

1016
00:45:11,829 --> 00:45:10,800
atlantis career has not been lacking in

1017
00:45:14,230 --> 00:45:11,839
firsts

1018
00:45:18,550 --> 00:45:14,240
among them the first shuttle to deploy a

1019
00:45:24,309 --> 00:45:20,230
the first shuttle to dock to a space

1020
00:45:29,349 --> 00:45:25,990
and the first shuttle to fly with a

1021
00:45:33,910 --> 00:45:32,309
atlantis has traveled more than 150

1022
00:45:35,430 --> 00:45:33,920
million miles in the pursuit of

1023
00:45:37,670 --> 00:45:35,440
exploration

1024
00:45:39,910 --> 00:45:37,680
its legacy enabled nasa and its

1025
00:45:41,990 --> 00:45:39,920
international partners to accomplish

1026
00:45:50,230 --> 00:45:42,000
some of the most complex work in human

1027
00:45:54,150 --> 00:45:51,910
work that has yielded immeasurable

1028
00:46:37,589 --> 00:45:54,160
benefits and allowed us to greatly

1029
00:46:43,670 --> 00:46:40,230
let's see i i now get to welcome a true

1030
00:46:45,430 --> 00:46:43,680
space pioneer to the podium mike parish

1031
00:46:47,910 --> 00:46:45,440
mike started out as a

1032
00:46:49,270 --> 00:46:47,920
an electrical tech in the mid body

1033
00:46:51,510 --> 00:46:49,280
and he worked his way up to being

1034
00:46:53,270 --> 00:46:51,520
endeavor endeavors vehicle manager for

1035
00:46:55,270 --> 00:46:53,280
united space alliance i also hear he's

1036
00:46:56,870 --> 00:46:55,280
into extreme sports but that's another

1037
00:46:58,870 --> 00:46:56,880
story

1038
00:47:01,109 --> 00:46:58,880
please welcome an original member of the

1039
00:47:07,349 --> 00:47:01,119
sts-1 support team here at ksc mike

1040
00:47:10,710 --> 00:47:09,030
well i am the astronaut want to be on

1041
00:47:13,190 --> 00:47:10,720
stage i'm sure a lot of people can

1042
00:47:14,710 --> 00:47:13,200
relate to that out there

1043
00:47:17,349 --> 00:47:14,720
i started out here with the space

1044
00:47:18,870 --> 00:47:17,359
shuttle family 32 years ago

1045
00:47:20,549 --> 00:47:18,880
as bob said i was electrician working

1046
00:47:22,870 --> 00:47:20,559
the cargo bay

1047
00:47:25,270 --> 00:47:22,880
on columbia and i worked my up way up to

1048
00:47:27,910 --> 00:47:25,280
the crew module hoping to become one of

1049
00:47:29,349 --> 00:47:27,920
the spacecraft operators out here and i

1050
00:47:31,829 --> 00:47:29,359
remember my very first job working on

1051
00:47:33,190 --> 00:47:31,839
the crew module i was on the flight deck

1052
00:47:34,549 --> 00:47:33,200
and i was working on the enunciator

1053
00:47:35,670 --> 00:47:34,559
control assembly and we were doing some

1054
00:47:36,870 --> 00:47:35,680
of that troubleshooting that charlie had

1055
00:47:38,630 --> 00:47:36,880
talked about

1056
00:47:39,910 --> 00:47:38,640
the vehicle was powered up

1057
00:47:41,510 --> 00:47:39,920
and i was getting ready to put my test

1058
00:47:43,349 --> 00:47:41,520
leads into the breakout box and all of a

1059
00:47:45,670 --> 00:47:43,359
sudden the vehicle powered down

1060
00:47:49,910 --> 00:47:45,680
and i'm thinking oh no they're going to

1061
00:47:53,430 --> 00:47:51,750
all the fans are up there all in quiet

1062
00:47:56,790 --> 00:47:53,440
the lights went out

1063
00:47:58,309 --> 00:47:56,800
you know it wasn't a good day

1064
00:48:01,190 --> 00:47:58,319
so this voice that was on the flight

1065
00:48:02,470 --> 00:48:01,200
deck it says son what in the heck did

1066
00:48:03,750 --> 00:48:02,480
you just do

1067
00:48:05,829 --> 00:48:03,760
and that was a voice of guy named arch

1068
00:48:08,069 --> 00:48:05,839
mccabe archie was one of the guys here

1069
00:48:09,829 --> 00:48:08,079
from the apollo era you know he was uh

1070
00:48:12,230 --> 00:48:09,839
one of the guys we looked up to he was a

1071
00:48:13,510 --> 00:48:12,240
legend you know and i'll tell you for

1072
00:48:15,270 --> 00:48:13,520
that for the time that he was talking to

1073
00:48:16,630 --> 00:48:15,280
me i was nervous on the flight deck but

1074
00:48:18,710 --> 00:48:16,640
i found out that

1075
00:48:20,630 --> 00:48:18,720
my troubleshooting didn't bring down the

1076
00:48:22,309 --> 00:48:20,640
vehicle so that was good news they let

1077
00:48:24,390 --> 00:48:22,319
me stay up in the crew module and i

1078
00:48:27,030 --> 00:48:24,400
became one of those spacecraft operators

1079
00:48:28,549 --> 00:48:27,040
archie and i became

1080
00:48:31,109 --> 00:48:28,559
the first to become part of the

1081
00:48:32,630 --> 00:48:31,119
astronaut exchange crew and sts-4 so we

1082
00:48:34,549 --> 00:48:32,640
got to go in and take over some

1083
00:48:36,790 --> 00:48:34,559
responsibilities on the runway that the

1084
00:48:39,270 --> 00:48:36,800
astronauts got to do and we also got the

1085
00:48:41,109 --> 00:48:39,280
ride back to the hangar in the shuttle

1086
00:48:43,750 --> 00:48:41,119
even some of the astronaut snacks so

1087
00:48:45,510 --> 00:48:43,760
that was good

1088
00:48:47,510 --> 00:48:45,520
one of the other flights i do remember

1089
00:48:49,430 --> 00:48:47,520
was the sts-41g

1090
00:48:50,710 --> 00:48:49,440
and that was bob crippen's last mission

1091
00:48:52,390 --> 00:48:50,720
i don't know what it was about that

1092
00:48:54,790 --> 00:48:52,400
particular mission but when we opened up

1093
00:48:57,030 --> 00:48:54,800
the hatch it seemed like his entire crew

1094
00:48:59,109 --> 00:48:57,040
was down there to greet us sally ride

1095
00:49:00,950 --> 00:48:59,119
was there kathy sullivan was there dave

1096
00:49:02,150 --> 00:49:00,960
mark paul i don't know what inspired

1097
00:49:03,510 --> 00:49:02,160
them they were ready to come out i don't

1098
00:49:06,069 --> 00:49:03,520
know if they were looking for lunch or

1099
00:49:07,190 --> 00:49:06,079
some fresh air

1100
00:49:09,349 --> 00:49:07,200
i used to think i knew a lot about the

1101
00:49:10,390 --> 00:49:09,359
space shuttle until i went to houston

1102
00:49:12,549 --> 00:49:10,400
and got to spend some time in the

1103
00:49:14,230 --> 00:49:12,559
simulator doing deodorants with bill

1104
00:49:17,510 --> 00:49:14,240
shepard and we did make it back the

1105
00:49:19,910 --> 00:49:17,520
first three attempts

1106
00:49:21,990 --> 00:49:19,920
what i did realize that

1107
00:49:27,270 --> 00:49:22,000
at that time it gave me a new respect

1108
00:49:30,870 --> 00:49:29,190
so we all have a role to play

1109
00:49:32,870 --> 00:49:30,880
we are absolutely dedicated to what we

1110
00:49:35,030 --> 00:49:32,880
do and it's teamwork that makes a

1111
00:49:37,910 --> 00:49:35,040
shuttle program work we count on each

1112
00:49:40,150 --> 00:49:37,920
other we trust each other and that is

1113
00:49:41,990 --> 00:49:40,160
one of the reasons i feel so blessed to

1114
00:49:44,150 --> 00:49:42,000
be part of this nasa team

1115
00:49:45,829 --> 00:49:44,160
we all do what we can do to help this

1116
00:49:47,109 --> 00:49:45,839
program and the people associated with

1117
00:49:48,630 --> 00:49:47,119
it

1118
00:49:51,430 --> 00:49:48,640
the person i have the privilege to

1119
00:49:54,549 --> 00:49:51,440
introduce is a decorated navy pilot who

1120
00:49:57,589 --> 00:49:54,559
has flown as four space shuttle missions

1121
00:50:01,670 --> 00:49:57,599
and has served as ksc director from 1992

1122
00:50:03,510 --> 00:50:01,680
to 1995. he was a pilot on sts-1 and he

1123
00:50:05,270 --> 00:50:03,520
is one of the bravest men i know

1124
00:50:13,910 --> 00:50:05,280
he is an american hero

1125
00:50:32,790 --> 00:50:15,670
thank you

1126
00:50:34,790 --> 00:50:32,800
and i appreciated uh

1127
00:50:36,950 --> 00:50:34,800
seeing quite a few hands go up when it

1128
00:50:37,990 --> 00:50:36,960
was asked who was working here 30 years

1129
00:50:39,030 --> 00:50:38,000
ago

1130
00:50:41,270 --> 00:50:39,040
and

1131
00:50:43,109 --> 00:50:41,280
thank you for inviting me to participate

1132
00:50:45,270 --> 00:50:43,119
in this event uh

1133
00:50:47,670 --> 00:50:45,280
it always gives me a pleasure to come

1134
00:50:49,910 --> 00:50:47,680
back to the kennedy space center

1135
00:50:51,030 --> 00:50:49,920
you know the 30th anniversary of when

1136
00:50:52,870 --> 00:50:51,040
john young

1137
00:50:54,870 --> 00:50:52,880
and i took colombia on the maiden flight

1138
00:50:58,470 --> 00:50:54,880
of the space shuttle

1139
00:51:02,390 --> 00:51:00,069
however recently

1140
00:51:05,109 --> 00:51:02,400
a daughter of one of my neighbors

1141
00:51:06,950 --> 00:51:05,119
brought over her social studies book

1142
00:51:10,390 --> 00:51:06,960
to show me that it contained a picture

1143
00:51:12,150 --> 00:51:10,400
of john and i on that flight

1144
00:51:17,349 --> 00:51:12,160
now being in a history book makes you

1145
00:51:23,510 --> 00:51:21,030
however april 12 1981

1146
00:51:26,390 --> 00:51:23,520
was a historic day for not only for john

1147
00:51:28,309 --> 00:51:26,400
and i and the entire shuttle team

1148
00:51:31,030 --> 00:51:28,319
the 1970s

1149
00:51:32,710 --> 00:51:31,040
was not exactly a high-water mark

1150
00:51:35,670 --> 00:51:32,720
in our nation

1151
00:51:37,670 --> 00:51:35,680
we'd had the vietnam war

1152
00:51:39,910 --> 00:51:37,680
we'd had both martin luther king and

1153
00:51:43,990 --> 00:51:39,920
robert kennedy shot

1154
00:51:45,829 --> 00:51:44,000
we'd had hostages taken in iran

1155
00:51:47,990 --> 00:51:45,839
and president reagan

1156
00:51:49,670 --> 00:51:48,000
was shot about two weeks before that

1157
00:51:53,670 --> 00:51:49,680
flight

1158
00:51:55,670 --> 00:51:53,680
we really needed a positive boost

1159
00:51:57,990 --> 00:51:55,680
and the space shuttle gave the united

1160
00:52:00,710 --> 00:51:58,000
states that boost

1161
00:52:02,549 --> 00:52:00,720
john and i had longer to train

1162
00:52:06,309 --> 00:52:02,559
than we had planned due to technical

1163
00:52:08,549 --> 00:52:06,319
problems which you usually run into on a

1164
00:52:09,990 --> 00:52:08,559
highly technical program

1165
00:52:11,510 --> 00:52:10,000
primarily with our space shuttle main

1166
00:52:13,430 --> 00:52:11,520
engines and the thermal protection

1167
00:52:14,950 --> 00:52:13,440
system for the tiles as we know them

1168
00:52:17,750 --> 00:52:14,960
here

1169
00:52:20,150 --> 00:52:17,760
however on april the 10th

1170
00:52:22,950 --> 00:52:20,160
we thought we might be ready

1171
00:52:24,470 --> 00:52:22,960
so we went out to give it a try

1172
00:52:26,470 --> 00:52:24,480
wasn't the case

1173
00:52:29,510 --> 00:52:26,480
we had a computer problem

1174
00:52:31,750 --> 00:52:29,520
something we hadn't seen before

1175
00:52:34,470 --> 00:52:31,760
but some smart people figured it out and

1176
00:52:36,710 --> 00:52:34,480
we tried again on april the 12th

1177
00:52:38,069 --> 00:52:36,720
and i truly expected

1178
00:52:40,069 --> 00:52:38,079
there was a high likelihood that we

1179
00:52:42,390 --> 00:52:40,079
would scrub again because it is such a

1180
00:52:45,349 --> 00:52:42,400
complicated vehicle

1181
00:52:47,750 --> 00:52:45,359
however when the count passed one minute

1182
00:52:49,510 --> 00:52:47,760
i turned to john and i said i think we

1183
00:52:50,870 --> 00:52:49,520
might do it

1184
00:52:53,109 --> 00:52:50,880
that's when my heart rate went up to

1185
00:52:55,349 --> 00:52:53,119
about 130.

1186
00:52:58,710 --> 00:52:55,359
john's was down at a nice calm 90 and

1187
00:53:01,030 --> 00:52:58,720
i'm i'm surprised i didn't go faster

1188
00:53:03,430 --> 00:53:01,040
and it was a fantastic flight

1189
00:53:06,549 --> 00:53:03,440
well worth the 14 years since i had

1190
00:53:08,309 --> 00:53:06,559
first been selected as an astronaut

1191
00:53:10,150 --> 00:53:08,319
john and i had trained for every

1192
00:53:11,270 --> 00:53:10,160
possible contingency that we could think

1193
00:53:12,549 --> 00:53:11,280
of

1194
00:53:16,470 --> 00:53:12,559
and thank goodness

1195
00:53:18,390 --> 00:53:16,480
we didn't have to contend with very many

1196
00:53:20,150 --> 00:53:18,400
after two and a half days

1197
00:53:21,829 --> 00:53:20,160
we flew back into edwards where john

1198
00:53:24,950 --> 00:53:21,839
made one of the world's best landing on

1199
00:53:30,470 --> 00:53:27,270
and as we pointed out by charlie

1200
00:53:32,309 --> 00:53:30,480
this is a bittersweet time for me

1201
00:53:36,230 --> 00:53:32,319
as we bring the shuttle program to a

1202
00:53:38,309 --> 00:53:36,240
close after three decades of operation

1203
00:53:39,990 --> 00:53:38,319
i am extremely proud

1204
00:53:42,390 --> 00:53:40,000
of what the shuttle has accomplished in

1205
00:53:44,390 --> 00:53:42,400
those 30 years

1206
00:53:45,750 --> 00:53:44,400
yes we did to have two terrible

1207
00:53:47,349 --> 00:53:45,760
tragedies

1208
00:53:49,430 --> 00:53:47,359
but after each one

1209
00:53:51,270 --> 00:53:49,440
the program pulled itself together and

1210
00:53:53,750 --> 00:53:51,280
did what was necessary to get us back

1211
00:53:56,549 --> 00:53:53,760
flying again

1212
00:53:59,109 --> 00:53:56,559
early on we flew some dod payloads that

1213
00:54:02,549 --> 00:53:59,119
in my opinion had a significant role in

1214
00:54:07,829 --> 00:54:04,150
then with various satellites like

1215
00:54:09,510 --> 00:54:07,839
magellan galileo ulysses and hubble

1216
00:54:11,430 --> 00:54:09,520
we've revolutionized not only the

1217
00:54:14,230 --> 00:54:11,440
knowledge of our solar system but the

1218
00:54:16,549 --> 00:54:14,240
entire universe

1219
00:54:19,430 --> 00:54:16,559
we've learned to work and live in space

1220
00:54:21,589 --> 00:54:19,440
for extended periods of time

1221
00:54:24,150 --> 00:54:21,599
and now we've concluded by constructing

1222
00:54:25,910 --> 00:54:24,160
the most engineering complex system that

1223
00:54:28,390 --> 00:54:25,920
has ever been assembled the

1224
00:54:30,230 --> 00:54:28,400
international space station

1225
00:54:31,589 --> 00:54:30,240
that has taught us how to work in space

1226
00:54:34,230 --> 00:54:31,599
internationally

1227
00:54:36,470 --> 00:54:34,240
which will be extremely important

1228
00:54:40,549 --> 00:54:36,480
when we decide once more

1229
00:54:45,349 --> 00:54:43,750
all of that was made possible by you

1230
00:54:47,190 --> 00:54:45,359
and the thousands of other american

1231
00:54:48,950 --> 00:54:47,200
workers that have contributed the

1232
00:54:51,430 --> 00:54:48,960
program

1233
00:54:54,710 --> 00:54:51,440
i spent more than 25 years working on

1234
00:54:57,829 --> 00:54:54,720
the shuttle in various capacities

1235
00:55:01,349 --> 00:54:57,839
and yes i'm extremely proud of what each

1236
00:55:03,670 --> 00:55:01,359
of them has accomplished just as you are

1237
00:55:06,309 --> 00:55:03,680
i like to tell people that the program

1238
00:55:07,589 --> 00:55:06,319
is made up not of propellants hardware

1239
00:55:10,150 --> 00:55:07,599
and software

1240
00:55:11,589 --> 00:55:10,160
it's made up of people

1241
00:55:13,910 --> 00:55:11,599
each of one of us

1242
00:55:16,150 --> 00:55:13,920
knows that working on the shuttle is no

1243
00:55:18,230 --> 00:55:16,160
ordinary job

1244
00:55:21,510 --> 00:55:18,240
it takes a great deal

1245
00:55:23,510 --> 00:55:21,520
of skill and dedication

1246
00:55:25,030 --> 00:55:23,520
i know that

1247
00:55:27,589 --> 00:55:25,040
as we complete

1248
00:55:29,349 --> 00:55:27,599
the last two flights with endeavor and

1249
00:55:31,349 --> 00:55:29,359
atlantis

1250
00:55:33,990 --> 00:55:31,359
you will continue to demonstrate that

1251
00:55:34,870 --> 00:55:34,000
same dedication to ensure the program

1252
00:55:37,030 --> 00:55:34,880
ends

1253
00:55:39,190 --> 00:55:37,040
on the same high note that it began

1254
00:55:43,109 --> 00:55:39,200
thirty years ago

1255
00:55:47,349 --> 00:55:45,589
i believe it would be appropriate

1256
00:55:48,390 --> 00:55:47,359
if the discovery

1257
00:55:49,750 --> 00:55:48,400
endeavor

1258
00:55:51,910 --> 00:55:49,760
in atlantis

1259
00:55:54,950 --> 00:55:51,920
could form a trio

1260
00:55:55,750 --> 00:55:54,960
and sing that great old country song

1261
00:55:58,069 --> 00:55:55,760
by

1262
00:56:20,789 --> 00:55:58,079
boots and dun call you're going to miss

1263
00:56:24,549 --> 00:56:22,470
well as we look toward that

1264
00:56:26,470 --> 00:56:24,559
final flight of atlantis in june we

1265
00:56:28,870 --> 00:56:26,480
can't help but recognize the legacy that

1266
00:56:30,870 --> 00:56:28,880
the space shuttle has left the world

1267
00:56:32,549 --> 00:56:30,880
the space shuttle program has made

1268
00:56:33,829 --> 00:56:32,559
possible countless scientific

1269
00:56:36,549 --> 00:56:33,839
breakthroughs it's produced

1270
00:56:38,950 --> 00:56:36,559
unprecedented international cooperation

1271
00:56:41,270 --> 00:56:38,960
and it's fostered a future of human

1272
00:56:43,270 --> 00:56:41,280
exploration made up of limitless

1273
00:56:45,270 --> 00:56:43,280
possibilities

1274
00:56:47,589 --> 00:56:45,280
i'm blessed to have been a very small

1275
00:56:49,270 --> 00:56:47,599
part of this program and this team

1276
00:56:51,910 --> 00:56:49,280
and more importantly

1277
00:56:55,030 --> 00:56:51,920
i'm extremely proud of the thousands of

1278
00:56:57,670 --> 00:56:55,040
people that have made it such a success

1279
00:56:59,030 --> 00:56:57,680
and that's all of you

1280
00:57:01,430 --> 00:56:59,040
uh

1281
00:57:03,190 --> 00:57:01,440
let's let's continue to dream we can't

1282
00:57:04,950 --> 00:57:03,200
ever give up on our dreams we're going

1283
00:57:06,789 --> 00:57:04,960
to continue to explore

1284
00:57:09,270 --> 00:57:06,799
and let's work together to that shared

1285
00:57:11,430 --> 00:57:09,280
vision of a future that we have with

1286
00:57:13,430 --> 00:57:11,440
limitless possibilities thank you so

1287
00:57:16,309 --> 00:57:13,440
much for coming today and being part of

1288
00:57:18,630 --> 00:57:16,319
this celebration i hope that a lot of

1289
00:57:19,829 --> 00:57:18,640
you have tickets to our barbecue at 3 30

1290
00:57:22,069 --> 00:57:19,839
over at the visitor center we'll

1291
00:57:23,430 --> 00:57:22,079
continue with some refreshments and a

1292
00:57:25,190 --> 00:57:23,440
live band

1293
00:57:26,950 --> 00:57:25,200
it's a special day and we don't want the

1294
00:57:29,349 --> 00:57:26,960
celebration to end

1295
00:57:41,190 --> 00:57:29,359
and finally let me say

1296
00:57:41,200 --> 00:57:56,950
good job