Candrea Thomas/Launch Commentator: We're here now in the control room with
Joe Delai, the STS-126 payload manager. Joe, welcome.
Joe Delai/STS-126 Payload Manager: Good afternoon. Thank you.
Candrea Thomas/Launch Commentator: Joe, can you tell me a little bit about what a payload manager does?
Joe Delai/STS-126 Payload Manager: Oh, it's a fantastic position. Basically,
we have a team of folks and our job as a mission manager is to take a look at schedule and budget,
technical requirements, resources, and kind of view the, what I call, ?the keeper of the pie.?
The pie has many slices in it, and our job is to overlook the pie and make adjustments as required.
But we have a great team and everybody has their job to do. It works like clock work. So it's a very exciting job.