10... 9... 8... 7... 6...
5... 4... 3...
2.. 1...
Zero...
Ignition... Liftoff!
*Dramatic music*
certainly when you go through the the launch day preparations there's a lot
of moments that kind of stand out to you... When the engines light, you know you are
going and you know you're going somewhere pretty fast. When the engines
shut off you go from three G's to zero G's instantaneously and things start
floating and and I remember distinctly just thinking 'what just happened.'
Same thing happens when you get to Space Station, it's kind of a defining moment
when you get the hatches back open. By sharing this experience with SpaceX and
creating another partner that has the same capability I think we really set
the future up to continue to blossom. This will be the first time humans have
ridden on the Falcon 9 even though it's flown many many times and so just
taking in that experience and the sounds and all those things that we can relate
to future crews is going to be something important to do too