Political Quotes

“Madam President, let me just say that with the last space shuttle launching last Friday--and it was a beautiful launch--of course, the expertise of the finest launch team anywhere in the world was very evident. When they got down to T-minus 31 they saw an indication on the controls that there had not been a retraction of one of the arms, which is a servicing arm, but they were ready for that, and as it turned out, it was a faulty sensor. Of course, the way they checked is they have cameras all over the launch tower. So they turned the cameras on and trained them over there and saw that it had, in fact, retracted and was pulled into a safe position. So with only 53 seconds left in the launch window--the window being that they had to launch the shuttle at that time so that it, once in orbit, could catch up with the space station, which was its destination, with 53 seconds to go, the count continued then, starting at T minus 31 and went down to a flawless launch and flawless flight, as they are now docked with the space station, and as they are now transferring this 20,000 pounds of cargo and equipment and supplies that will keep the International Space Station supplied for the next year. I don't think people realize how big the International Space Station is. It is 120 yards long.…”