During a crew call down to note/recognize the departure of Flight Director Ed Seitz to the gateway program, Butch made a cryptic reference to Ed's leadership leading to the successful Starliner approach and stated that a very not so successful outcome was possible, if not likely. Butch also hinted that details might eventually become public. Don Pettit also remembered Ed sitting on the OSO console during Expedition 6 when the brand new Quest airlock hatch wouldn't open during it's first EVA use but eventually did with Ed's help.
And I can tell you something special, not a lot of people know, but on June 6 of this year, there were a lot of possible outcomes that could have occurred, and, uh, probable outcomes, depending on how things went, but due to you and your leadership, uh, the best possible outcome is the one that we wound up having. So, there's a couple folks up here that, personally, are very grateful for that, and, uh, we will never forget that, of course, and many won't as well. And as we go on, the story will get told more and more, and more information will come out, but Ed, you and you guys, you saved the day, and we are eternally grateful for that.
Quote from: Targeteer on 09/20/2024 07:57 pmDuring a crew call down to note/recognize the departure of Flight Director Ed Seitz to the gateway program, Butch made a cryptic reference to Ed's leadership leading to the successful Starliner approach and stated that a very not so successful outcome was possible, if not likely. Butch also hinted that details might eventually become public. Don Pettit also remembered Ed sitting on the OSO console during Expedition 6 when the brand new Quest airlock hatch wouldn't open during it's first EVA use but eventually did with Ed's help.Here's audio (8m50s) of that tribute to Ed Van Cise / Carbon Flight.Space-to-Ground, 2024-09-20 19:29 UTC.