PAO Josh B deserves special praise for his commentary and this mission has honored Discovery in the right way.
When I told him that he was a favorite PAO commentator in the forums, Josh noted his past experience with CBS;
This site rules.Quote from: psloss on 03/09/2011 05:09 pmWhen I told him that he was a favorite PAO commentator in the forums, Josh noted his past experience with CBS; I guess he might of said "great, thanks" first, not "Oh, tell them I worked for CBS."
Thank you sir.As noted, this site wouldn't be anywhere near as good without the team. Too many people to mention, but obviously Chris G, who we're so lucky to have on here, such a great writer and great to have at KSC, and a big mention for Pete - who's come from nowhere to be Mr ISS (from an article production standpoint) - for his pre-133 articles relating to ISS elements. Philip at JSC has been fantastic, both from article content and site representation standpoints.The MaxQ team representing the site for video and images content - again class. Special mention to Jacques for his contributions too.Ron has been his usual brilliant self with his non-stop updates. Supporting role from numerous others (Aaron, Roger, Steven, Nick and many others - sorry, wasn't expecting this thread and I'm mentally drained!). Special mention to Moonbase, not just for his updates, but also because of who he is.Again, a huge thanks to our contributors (not sure I like to call them sources, as that's a bit of a dirty word) who have helped L2, and helped the entire site as a result, and to our L2 members who allow of to keep the entire site live and healthy (notice how the servers cope now - that's totally because of L2 revenue paying for them. Can't stress that enough, we're not a company, but we are a reasonably big site. Wouldn't survive without L2).Totally agree about NASA PAO Josh, and as noted numerous times on the live threads. He's a superstar PAO in the making. Really enjoyed his - and all of the official NASA coverage - this mission.Most of all, thanks to the teams which care and protect Discovery, both on the ground and on orbit. It's a privilege to cover the space program because they are inspirational. The way they work motivates you to attempt to be as professional - as impossible as that is. Amazing to see these teams at work, and we should all remember a lot of them are coming to the end of their careers, a lot for the wrong reasons, yet they still give their blood and sweat to make this all work. Got to admire that.Oh and I'm glad you appreciated my rubbish humor at times, and thanks to the random fruit on the ISS FD console as the main source of that Pace doesn't slow down. We'll cover Discovery through deservicing and we have STS-134 coming right up.
I would like to mention my apprecation for all the hard work from the NSF team in the amazing coverage of STS-133.L2 has been awesome as always. Don't think we've seen so much content before for a mission. Excellent firehosing of coverage.The news articles have been top level as always. Chris B and Chris G, you are excellent writers, without the dramatics used by some media, but always insightful and interesting. The depth, with over 110 articles, is special.The live threads have been required reading. You can always catch up, or follow live. No noise, just coverage and personality at times from Chris, which makes it even more enjoyable. Never missed a beat, a great coverage team.NASA TV. Usually the weak leak with monotonous coverage, but for this mission it was excellent. PAO Josh B deserves special praise for his commentary and this mission has honored Discovery in the right way.Thank you all, and thank you Discovery.
When I told him that he was a favorite PAO commentator in the forums, Josh noted his past experience with CBS; the Wikipedia entry provides a little overview:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Byerly(Importantly, he's an Aggie. )(Ducks.)