COMMANDER BRENT JETT: Go ahead, launch director.
MIKE LEINBACH: Well, Brent, looks like your long wait is over and so, for you, Fergie, Joe T., Dan, Steve
and Xena, we wish you all the best luck in the world. Godspeed, and we'll see you back here in about two weeks.
JETT: Thanks, Mike. We appreciate those words and the, and the effort to make this launch window.
You know, by our count, it's been almost four years, two return-to-flight missions and a tremendous amount of work by thousands
of individuals to get the shuttle program back to where we are right now, and that's on the verge of restarting
the station assembly sequence. We're confident that over the next few weeks and, and few years,
for that matter, that NASA's going to prove to our nation, our partners and our friends around the world that it
was worth the wait and the sacrifice. We're ready to get to work.
LEINBACH: Thank you, Brent. Great words and good luck, guys. NTD, with that, you are clear to launch this vehicle.
NTD: Copy, thank you.