Shuttle Discovery

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Newsday has put together a list of notable quotables from the launch of Shuttle Discovery.

Wayne Hale, NASA's deputy shuttle program manager: "My heart's been in my throat all morning. It's a great day."

NASA Administrator Michael Griffin at the first news briefing after launch: "I ask you all to take note of what you saw here today: the power and the majesty of launch, of course, but also the confidence and the professionalism, the sheer gall, the pluckiness, the grittiness of this team that pulled this program out of the depths of despair 2 1/2 years ago and made it fly."

We've come a long way since the days of using slide rules to put men on the moon.

God Speed and Safe Return!

LynZee