OPS MANAGER: Launch director, Ops manager. The MMT has no constraints. You are clear to launch.
MIKE LEINBACH. Thank you, sir. Discovery, launch director.
STEVE LINDSEY: Discovery, go.
LEINBACH: OK, Steve. Looks like Discovery's weather is, Discovery's ready. The weather's beautiful.
America is ready to return the space shuttle to flight. So good luck and Godspeed, Discovery.
LINDSEY: Thanks very much, Mike. And I can't think of a better place to be here on the Fourth of July and Independence Day,
to be getting ready to launch into space. To all the folks at Kennedy Space Center and the shuttle program,
thanks a lot for working so hard in the last few days and the last year to get us ready.
To all the folks on the Florida east coast, we hope to very soon get you an up-close-and-personal look at the rocket's red glare.
LEINBACH: Very nice, CDR. Appreciate those words. Good luck, guys. And NTD, launch director. With that, you are cleared for this launch.
NTD: Copy. Thank you, sir.