in terms of other things that were known, one of the things that stuck out, that stood out, before the president confirmed this on twitter this morning, in the new york times reporting last night, it was clear that the administration did not in any way ask [ inaudible ]. all still going well with the countdown at this time. the status report will now switch to mission control, houston. this is apollo mission control. flight director cliff charles in the mission operations control room, ready to assume the control of this flight at tower clearance.