Steve Payne/STS-133 NASA Test Director: Launch director, NTD. Mike Leinbach/STS-133 Shuttle Launch Director: Yes, sir?
Steve Payne/STS-133 NASA Test Director: OK, our launch team is ready to proceed. SRO has concerns to go to five minutes.
Mike Leinbach/STS-133 Shuttle Launch Director: OK, copy all that. I'll do my poll at this time. KSC Chief
Processing Engineer, verify no constraints to launch. KSC Chief Safety Processing Engineer: No constraints.
Mike Leinbach/STS-133 Shuttle Launch Director: Thank you, Steve. KSC Safety and Mission Assurance?
Michael Wetmore/KSC Safety and Mission Assurance: KSC Safety and Mission
Assurance is "go" pending resolution of the range issue.
Mike Leinbach/STS-133 Shuttle Launch Director: Copy. Payload Launch Manager?
Scott Higginbotham/Payload Mission Manager: Mike, the space station processing team is "go."
Mike Leinbach/STS-133 Shuttle Launch Director: Copy. Range weather?
Kathy Winters/Shuttle Launch Weather Officer: Weather had no constraints for launch.
Mike Leinbach/STS-133 Shuttle Launch Director: Copy. Thank you, Kathy. And Ops Manager?
Mike Moses/Prelaunch Mission Management Team Chair: OK, Mike, on our side, MMT is in really good shape.
The vehicle is looking perfect.
Weather is looking great. We'll stand by here and see if range can resolve their issue, but we are "go."
Mike Leinbach/STS-133 Shuttle Launch Director: OK, copy that. And we'll take it on down to five and see if we can't get there.
Mike Moses/Prelaunch Mission Management Team Chair: Yeah, it's a good plan, Mike. Let's keep counting.
Mike Leinbach/STS-133 Shuttle Launch Director: And KSC Safety and Mission Assurance?
Michael Wetmore/KSC Safety and Mission Assurance: KSC Safety and Mission Assurance.
Mike Leinbach/STS-133 Shuttle Launch Director: Let's see, if we get the "go" from SRO, you're going to be "go."
Is that a firm, we don't have to re-poll you?
Michael Wetmore/KSC Safety and Mission Assurance: Yes, Mike, we are "go. "
Mike Leinbach/STS-133 Shuttle Launch Director: Right, so we will not poll you if we get a "go" from SRO.
Michael Wetmore/KSC Safety and Mission Assurance: That's affirmative.
Mike Leinbach/STS-133 Shuttle Launch Director: Thank you, sir.
Michael Wetmore/KSC Safety and Mission Assurance: Concur.
Mike Curie/STS-133 Launch Commentator: We're looking at Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach, Assistant Launch
Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, to his side, and Stephanie Stilson, Discovery's flow director.
Steve Payne/STS-133 NASA Test Director: GLS, NTD. Ground Launch Sequencer: GLS.
Steve Payne/STS-133 NASA Test Director: OK, we're going to pick up the count here shortly. Once we start counting,
I need you to insert a hold at five. Ground Launch Sequencer: GLS copies. We'll hold at five minutes.
Mike Curie/STS-133 Launch Commentator: NASA Test Director Steve Payne reminding
the Ground Launch Sequencer team to insert a hold a T-5 minutes.
We will be coming out of our hold at nine minutes and counting down to five to enable the Range Safety Officer and
the range team a few more minutes to work their problem. They currently are "no-go."
Steve Payne/STS-133 NASA Test Director: Two minutes.
Mike Curie/STS-133 Launch Commentator: Two minutes remaining in our hold. It's T-9 minutes.
Range Safety: SRO, NTD. Mike Moses/Prelaunch Mission Management Team Chair: Ops Manager on 212.
Mike Leinbach/STS-133 Shuttle Launch Director: Go ahead.
Mike Moses/Prelaunch Mission Management Team Chair: I got verbal confirmation from the
45th Wing Commander, we are
"go." And we do not need SRO's "go." I would like you to proceed.
Mike Leinbach/STS-133 Shuttle Launch Director: Copy that. NTD, with that verification, the range will support
today's launch. Need to press on. Pick up the clock on your mark.
Steve Payne/STS-133 NASA Test Director: Copy that. And SRO, NTD, need to put your hold (inaudible) into proceed position.
Mike Curie/STS-133 Launch Commentator: Forty seconds remaining in our launch window. Range is "go."