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
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ready, ready, mark. -we were so excited. -i remember going into nasa taking a series of photos with my mom and dad after school. i was 7. i was worried. i was, like thinking, like, how is her hair gonna fit in there? [ chuckles ] she made everything joyful all the time. she was my whole world. -i remember the columbia mission being announced. i mean, i knew them all. in my class was laurel clark, dave brown, and willie mccool. we were all there at the same time. you get your blue flight suit. that s pretty exciting. i mean, yes! i ve spent 54 days in space over four missions. most fun thing i ve ever done by far.