Oh, is that it . There it is thats it right there. There it is. Yeah, i see it. I saw it. There it is. Oh, its cool. Yeah. That is cool. Oh, check that out, man. Its going really fast. Whoa. What the heck is that . I dont know. Wow. Look at the chunks coming off of it yeah, i saw that. Yeah. I see what youre saying. That thing looks like its flipping all over the place. Oh, yeah. I can still see it, but im losing it. It was a saturday morning. It was a beautiful day. And as i turned onto park street, i heard a loud boom. [ rumbling ] our house just shook. We looked at each other, and we said, what is that . When i looked up, i saw a bright white ball. [ Sirens Wailing ] the phones were ringing off the hook, much more than our Dispatch Staff could handle. I didnt know if we were being attacked. Search and rescue teams are warning people not to touch any debris, should they come across it. There are some disturbing pictures that are coming up from the broadcasters. Were waiting for more
Oh, is that it . There it is thats it right there. There it is. Yeah, i see it. I saw it. There it is. Oh, its cool. Yeah. That is cool. Oh, check that out, man. Its going really fast. Whoa. What the heck is that . I dont know. Wow. Look at the chunks coming off of it yeah, i saw that. Yeah. I see what youre saying. That thing looks like its flipping all over the place. Oh, yeah. I can still see it, but im losing it. It was a saturday morning. It was a beautiful day. And as i turned onto park street, i heard a loud boom. [ rumbling ] our house just shook. We looked at each other, and we said, what is that . When i looked up, i saw a bright white ball. [ Sirens Wailing ] the phones were ringing off the hook, much more than our Dispatch Staff could handle. I didnt know if we were being attacked. Search and rescue teams are warning people not to touch any debris, should they come across it. There are some disturbing pictures that are coming up from the broadcasters. Were waiting for more
-my wife, laurel, was on the shuttle. she was a scientist primarily involved with life sciences. one day during the mission, i was reviewing the notes, and then here s this foam issue. during launch, a large piece of foam had come off the external tank and impacted the left wing. me and my colleague had this discussion of, hey, you can use a family conference to talk to laurel and find out what she knew. -oh! -you got to remember the hat you re wearing is your flight-surgeon hat, not your family hat. it would have broken protocol for me to bring up an issue to a crew member, even though it s my wife. -i remember a certain sense of relief like, it s almost over. she s almost back. -i didn t talk to laurel about the foam issue. that conference was for iain and laurel, and i was a bystander. -i knew she was going to come back. you know, i never had a question in my mind. -given the fact that you may have lost a little bit of tile during lift-off, i m wondering
-i remember turning around and seeing leroy. and he had a tear going down his cheek. that was a hard moment. -i glanced up, and i saw an engineer. i remember her eyes and cheeks were wet. she was sobbing and crying. and she looked at me, and she said, there s nothing we could have done. and all my pent-up frustration and anger just came out, and i said, i ve been hearing that damn stuff all week, and i m sick and tired of it.
no big weather issues when you re landing. -flight director leroy cain discussing weather conditions at present with forecasters here. -leroy was the person in charge. so everybody on their consoles are monitoring their own systems, and they re all reporting into leroy what they re seeing. -columbia, houston. -go ahead, houston. -hey, rick, i guess you ve been wondering, but you are go for the de-orbit burn. we are happy with the weather at ksc. you are go for the burn. -de-orbit burn is a major decision in the process. once that de-orbit burn is made, you are committed to landing. they re coming home. one way or the other, they re coming home.