Paul Hill
Paul Hill
aside inherent perfectly risk vehicle
De-orbit is not perfectly risk-free, but the vehicle is in pristine condition. Our big risk now, aside from the inherent risk of de-orbiting through a fireball, would be weather.
certain downhill perfectly risk vehicle
De-orbit is not perfectly risk-free, but the vehicle is in pristine condition. It's all downhill from a certain perspective.
crew darned good happy step
De-orbit is not a risk-free activity. We will be pretty darned happy to get to wheelstop and see this good crew step off Discovery.
flight fly folks impression nasa needs ready space understand
There are folks that have the impression that NASA needs to fly this flight so that we can demonstrate that we really understand how to fly in space again. Well, that's not technically true. If we don't know that this is all going to work, we're not ready to fly ... You know you can do it again, but you got to do it again.
assume mission
Before I go in (the mission control) building, I assume I'll have a thought or two about the 107 crew.
shot since
You only get one shot at it since we are only a big glider.
abortion believe force god help lethal oppose protect stop
If you believe abortion is a lethal force, you should oppose the force and do what you have to do to stop it. May God help you to protect the unborn as you would want to be protected.
achievement dangerous difficult gotten huge last
It'll be a huge sense of accomplishment having gotten through the last two years and demonstrated that we still know how to do this very difficult and dangerous business.