STS-120 Cheerleading Thread

[ApolloLee]

We usually reserve these cheerleading threads for launch and landings, but I think a temporary switch is in order considering the magnitude and danger of tomorrow's spacewalking feat....

So let me just start by wishing a good operation for surgeon Parazynski and we'll leave a thimble at the landing strip for when he gets back...

[Joffan]

No kidding ApolloLee; an extra helping of good wishes on Parazynski and the whole crew for their unexpected mission tomorrow.

[Bret]

In my book, Parazynski is a rock star.  Go Scott!

[ckiki lwai]

Bret - 2/11/2007  9:35 PM

In my book, Parazynski is a rock star.  Go Scott!

Yeah, he is one cool astronaut  :cool:
I wish him all the success of the world tomorrow! (no pun intended)

I hope he takes one of the digital cameras with him, and he takes some shots of the view up there.
It would be the first picture of the Shuttle docked to the ISS from a large distance.

[Stardust9906]

I think we will see NASA at it’s best tomorrow.  Good luck to Parazynski and everyone else involved.

[Ford Mustang]

Stardust9906 - 2/11/2007  7:55 PM

I think we will see NASA at it’s best tomorrow.  Good luck to Parazynski and everyone else involved.

Took the words right out of my mouth.

Best of luck to everyone involved in EVA-4.

[Bubbinski]

I'm really proud of NASA right now....facing an unexpected and difficult problem threatening to disrupt ISS assembly, and putting together a plan to deal with it.  Tomorrow's EVA will be perhaps the most important in shuttle program history.  GO NASA, and GO Scott and Wheels!

Stardust9906 and Bubbinski said it so well, but for myself I have to say good luck and best wishes to the crew and a big thanks to all the support personnel on the ground.  We're so proud of you guys  *crosses fingers and toes*

[Chris Bergin]

Well said.

This thread's recent posts have pretty much made up my mind to run another story for the EVA, due to L2 comments from NASA Managers (not to us, but on the latest Standup report for the Shuttle program), including the rallying calls:

"This brings out best in all the teams and really shows what working for NASA and contractors is about."

Shouldn't be restricted to L2, so will write them up.

[MATTBLAK]

Fantastic! Go 'Wheels' and 'Too-Tall'!!

[ckiki lwai]

I think this is the right place for it

This picture is
WOW

[MATTBLAK]

All the best to the amazing 'tiger teams' at NASA, on this important and historic day. Kind of proves my contention that the ISS is the last, great adventure to be had in Earth Orbit. I hope the EVA ends very well and I'll be praying, too.

[ckiki lwai]

Hurray, the array is fixed, congratulations for the crew in space and the staff on the ground!
NASA did it again!

[stockman]

Now Thats REALITY TV!!!  

[jmjawors]

WOOOO!!!!!

I'm overwhelmed!

[claudiadg]

don't want to sound chauvinist, but may I add a SPECIAL cheer for Paolo Nespoli?
we are terribly proud of him here in Italy!
:-))

[ckiki lwai]

claudiadg - 3/11/2007  6:02 PM

don't want to sound chauvinist, but may I add a SPECIAL cheer for Paolo Nespoli?
we are terribly proud of him here in Italy!
:-))

The rest of ESA too of course  

http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Esperia/index.html

[stockman]

Well that had to be the best 9 hours of uninterrupted TV watching I have ever done! and only one hiegene break ... time for some sleep now... Great job all..

[Spiff]

Just a quick post shortly before undocking.

A big thank you to Chris and all others helping on this site for excellent coverage of a mission. If you are hampered by personal schedules in following a mission minute by minute, there really is no better way to catch up than to read or rather devour the flight day threads!

Thanks everybody that did updates/screenshots/etc for making the mission real even if it wasn't realtime!

And here's to a great fly around and a succesful ending of the mission.

Spiff

[speez]

Best mission yet...with what many had already thought as the most complex assembly mission to date, and then despite "curveballs" thrown at the whole team...first SARJ (with awesome planning to get it inspected on EVA4), followed by MMOD "event " on port RCC, followed by the show-stopper seen LIVE, unfurling of P6 array...to switch "gears" like the team did, and pull it all off...AWESOME.

For not only the crew's of Discovery and the ISS, but also to the myriad of ground support, engineers all the way to MMT, you all deserve the call sign for a "Job Well Done"...in the Navy, they call it...

BRAVO ZULU