Wednesday, June 1, 2011

News Conference post Endeavour

Highlights:
  • Question about when Endeavour going to California.
  • About debris.  In relation to STS-135.
  • Did Endeavour live up to hopes? Response: Yes. Doesn't look 20 years old.
  • Reflect about mission.  Response: Great potential, but not on manifest at one time.  Got chance.  Stay focused on what need to do, chance to accomplish amazing things.  Team pretty excited about 'flagship experiment".  
  • Atlantis question timeline.  Spacex and Orbital.  Response: Spacex demo in fall.  No decision on combining demos.  Orbital doing test firing in December.  Fall busy time for cargo providers.  Spacex is ahead of Orbital.  Both before end of year.
  • End is closer now, feelings about this?  Response: Too tired to talk now.  Atlantis roll out, won't see again.  Knew end was coming, more realization of that.  Move past sadness.  

The program lasts a lot longer, but I'll stop here.
"Very good day today."
"Amazing job.  Made it look easy."
"Will start pad processing on Atlantis this morning."

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