Jessica Rye - launch PAO for STS-117?

• #20 by chksix on 15 Feb, 2007 08:21
• I agree, Landofgrey.
• #21 by Chris Bergin on 15 Feb, 2007 11:43
• Anyway, everyone's had a say and questions answered, so this can be locked now anyway.
• #22 by Chris Bergin on 08 Mar, 2007 02:06
• However...........PAO news:
  
  Jessica's left NASA PAO...moved to ULA.
  
  Bruce Buckingham has also gone. Doing some other role at HQ now.
• #23 by nathan.moeller on 08 Mar, 2007 04:01
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  Chris Bergin - 7/3/2007  9:06 PM
  
  However...........PAO news:
  
  Jessica's left NASA PAO...moved to ULA.
  
  Bruce Buckingham has also gone. Doing some other role at HQ now.

  
  Does anyone know who her replacement will be?  Hopefully Diller
• #24 by shuttlefan on 08 Mar, 2007 12:34
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  nathan.moeller - 7/3/2007  11:01 PM
  
  

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  Chris Bergin - 7/3/2007  9:06 PM
  
  However...........PAO news:
  
  Jessica's left NASA PAO...moved to ULA.
  
  Bruce Buckingham has also gone. Doing some other role at HQ now.

  
  Does anyone know who her replacement will be?  Hopefully Diller

  I would think probably Diller, Nathan, but I'll check into it.
• #25 by Chris Bergin on 08 Mar, 2007 12:48
• It's not important, but Rob Navis would be great. He did the last Hubble SM with Columbia, during ascent (and it's a good one).
  
  Again, it's not important
• #26 by TNCMAXQ on 08 Mar, 2007 13:09
• If Ms Rye had been the KSC PAO for the next launch it would have been the first time in years we had heard a new voice. I wonder if others will be joining the "rotation" for future launches. It would be unusual for just one announcer to do all of them. Though I remember Hugh Harris did STS 1 through 7 straight. I am disappointed Bruce Buckingham is no longer with PAO. He called several launches I attended. Same with Lisa Malone. Did I hear she is also in another job now?
  
  Btw, anyone remember some of those guys from the 1980s and 90s, like Mark Hess, Rocky Raab, Jim Ball, and Mitch Varnes?    Mark Hess's voice stands out since he was the announcer for the first launch I ever saw, 41-D, way back in 1984. So the voice of launch control is an interesting topic for discussion, IMHO.
• #27 by shuttlepilot on 08 Mar, 2007 13:50
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  TNCMAXQ - 8/3/2007  3:09 PM
  
  I am disappointed Bruce Buckingham is no longer with PAO.

  I'm disappointed too. I think he's the best commentator since 1991 when he first time covered shuttle launch.
• #28 by shuttlefan on 08 Mar, 2007 13:52
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  shuttlepilot - 8/3/2007  8:50 AM
  
  

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  TNCMAXQ - 8/3/2007  3:09 PM
  
  I am disappointed Bruce Buckingham is no longer with PAO.

  I'm disappointed too. I think he's the best commentator since 1991 when he first time covered shuttle launch.

  
  I believe PAO folks from Houston come down to KSC for every launch and help out with KSC PAO. Is it possible that one of them would do launch commentary?
• #29 by nathan.moeller on 08 Mar, 2007 14:00
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  shuttlefan - 8/3/2007  8:52 AM
  
  

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  shuttlepilot - 8/3/2007  8:50 AM
  
  

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  TNCMAXQ - 8/3/2007  3:09 PM
  
  I am disappointed Bruce Buckingham is no longer with PAO.

  I'm disappointed too. I think he's the best commentator since 1991 when he first time covered shuttle launch.

  
  I believe PAO folks from Houston come down to KSC for every launch and help out with KSC PAO. Is it possible that one of them would do launch commentary?

  
  Possible.  Rob Navias is MCC PAO, not LCC.  He's amazing with ascent commentary but I've never heard him do launch commentary.  The only person I can think of that can fill Rye's spot now is George Diller.  He makes the launches highly exciting
• #30 by Space Shrew on 08 Mar, 2007 17:15
• Sad to see Bruce leave KSC PAO he was a good commentator,
  Geroge Diller i think will the STS 117 launch commentary now Jessica has left as well.
• #31 by TNCMAXQ on 08 Mar, 2007 19:16
• I think my favorite of all time though was Jack King, back in the Apollo days. He had a good authoritative voice while describing the pre launch events in clear detail. I had a chance to meet him at the Apollo 11 twentieth anniversary celebration in DC. Very nice man. I told him I had heard his voice countless times that week since all the media outlets were playing audio and video of the Apollo 11 launch. Hard to believe in just over 2 years we will be at the *40th* anniversary.  
• #32 by on 09 Mar, 2007 01:20
• Does anyone know if the launch commentators already have planned what they are going to say during the launch.  Especially during t minus 10 seconds and counting and through liftoff?
• #33 by on 09 Mar, 2007 01:35
• George Diller did the 114 launch in 2005 and he was really good.  I hope that he will replace Rye and be the commentator for STS-117.  He is very detailed and gives lots of updates of things happening and especially the weather which is really important.
• #34 by Austin on 09 Mar, 2007 03:48
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  Justin Wheat - 8/3/2007  6:35 PM
  
  George Diller did the 114 launch in 2005 and he was really good.  I hope that he will replace Rye and be the commentator for STS-117.  He is very detailed and gives lots of updates of things happening and especially the weather which is really important.

  
  Diller's good, but in my opinion, Hugh Harris was the best.
  
  
• #35 by shuttlepilot on 14 Mar, 2007 19:29
• Still no informations about replacement for Jessica Rye at nasa.gov and CBS space pages... Maybe they have some problems with this, or maybe they're not intrested in this not very important case
• #36 by shuttlefan on 14 Mar, 2007 22:24
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  shuttlepilot - 14/3/2007  3:29 PM
  
  Still no informations about replacement for Jessica Rye at nasa.gov and CBS space pages... Maybe they have some problems with this, or maybe they're not intrested in this not very important case

  
  It really makes no difference to me who the PAO commentator is. A launch is a launch. :laugh:
• #37 by shuttlepilot on 15 Mar, 2007 12:09
• Yes, but launch is not very exciting when commentator isn't good (Example of really bad commentator is George High from Boeing/ULA) Of course, Diller is very good, but it isn't confirmed that he will do commentary for this launch.
• #38 by shuttlepilot on 15 Mar, 2007 19:55
• Jessica removed from the launch team list at nasa.gov. Finaly
• #39 by Shand on 22 Mar, 2007 12:45
• I am a newcomer and was reading this thread on PAO commentators, I am actually doing research on this very subject.  I am trying to identify the launch commentator for Apollo 13 and Apollo 16, two of which King did not do.  Can anyone help?