[markr]

As some of you know, I work at Kennedy Space Center for NASA in the Safety Division. The STS-121 Shuttle Mission is scheduled for liftoff at 3:49 PM tomorrow afternoon. We'll all be here working the launch.

We have a tremendous amount riding on this mission.
STS-114 had far too many problems and we REALLY need this one to go flawlessly. There is talk that any major problems could permanently ground the Shuttle fleet and essentially mothball Kennedy Space Center until the new CEV program comes on line. I must admit there are those of us, especially in Safety, that have concerns over the rigorous schedule that was met in preparing for this flight. Let's all hope those concerns are unfounded.

God Speed STS -121 !!

Here's a link to the mission status page....

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sh...ain/index.html

[jjjtjl]

Hi

Good luck on the mission , I hope every one comes back safe.

[purple69ss]

Originally Posted by jjjtjl

Good luck on the mission , I hope every one comes back safe.

Ditto...Godspeed to all involved

[SixtyAte]

MarkR,
We know that problems can occur however have faith in all who work within the Shuttle program. The launch will go as planned and we can all celebrate that and the 4th right after! Best wishes to ALL!!!

Kev

[markr]

Bummer...scrubbed for today.

But I did get to meet Dick Chaney.
We were covering safety at the VIP site.
We worked with some of the Secret Service guys. They're very cool

[JimM]

better luck tomorrow, hope the weather is better

[CFunK]

Yeah, what Jim said.

I was glued to NASA TV for 3 hours today only to have Mother Nature call it off.

I was glad to hear the weather was the only "problem" you guys had. That is good news.

[angelglo]

good luck!!!!!!

[Spongebob]

Markr,

Must be a cool job. I have a 73 year-old music composition student that was an electrical engineer at NASA working on the Apollo moon shots. It's really cool to hear him talk about his days there. God speed on the launch.

-Chad

[68DaveV]

markr,

Good luck on the 2nd try this afternoon. We'll be shooting off rockets today also, but not nearly so big.

[kz1000ltd]

It's a success! God Bless America and protect our astronauts!

[markr]

Yep, we had finally sucessful launch today.
And it was a beautiful one.
I haven't heard any complications yet, so far so good.

I was at the OSB II building again today at the VIP site.
This is one of the closest and best observation sites on center.
Lots of Congressmen and Senators around again.
No Vice President this time though.


Go STS-121 !

[DjD]

What a great rush it must be, to be involved in getting that bird off the ground... Amazing feat and I was glad and prowd to have watched the launch.

[MrDanB]

MarkR, Good job today Space exploration is amazing to me! Bring her home safe and sound...
Dano

[67 L-35]

14k mph!!! nice! what an s___-eatin grin everyone must be wearing down there! ya know I wanted to be an astronaut...I took up a lot of space in school!! zzzzzzzing! Congrats to all,Bring'em back safe.