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Big. and this is going to go 17,500 miles per hour? >> more than half a million people crowded the beaches around cape kennedy this morning to witness first-hand the first space shuttle launch. >> t minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4. we have gone for main engine start. >> we added a giant fuel tank to it and two solid rocket boosters that are the largest pop bottle rockets on the planet. when you light that puppy its going somewhere. >> americas first space shuttle and the shuttle has cleared the tower...

Most complex system that has been put into space yet. >> first time i saw "columbia" and got close to it, my whole thought was, oh, my god, its big. and this is going to go 17,500 miles per hour? >> more than half a million people crowded the beaches around cape kennedy this morning to witness first-hand the first space shuttle launch. >> t minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4. we have gone for main engine start. >> we added a giant fuel tank to it and two solid rocket boosters that are the largest pop bo...

Big. and this is going to go 17,500 miles per hour? >> more than half a million people crowded the beaches around cape kennedy this morning to witness first-hand the first space shuttle launch. >> t minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4. we have gone for main engine start. >> we added a giant fuel tank to it and two solid rocket boosters that are the largest pop bottle rockets on the planet. when you light that puppy its going somewhere. >> americas first space shuttle and the shuttle has cleared the tower...

Of uses. it has a relationship with nasa for many years. it supplied liquid nitrogen for every space shuttle launch and the mercury and apollo missions. i found that interesting about the company. this is a large cap company worth about $31 billion. it has about 21,000 employees. obviously the company very concerned about those employees at this hour. >> do americans work at this plant in france? >> im not sure. but this is a company that does business around the world. this is a global company....

Will. >> world fuel services executive chairman pall stebbins. thanks so much. appreciate your time today. >> thank you, thomas. brian williams, well, he is a family guy. time for the poli sidebar. >> good afternoon. im brian williams. our top story, an accidental space shuttle launch that has sent a rhode island family into orbit. for more on the story, we go to our local affiliate, channel 5 where tom tucker is on the scene. tom? >> that rhode island family in space? the griffins. senator ra...

As you can imagine, he said the boys were so proud, looking from their home rooms at school, watching the space shuttle launch, watching the rocket go up in the air, knowing their flag was on that space shuttle. then they saw it explode on the tv screen. and he said he called nasa about two weeks later and asked them had they found any remnant of their flag and they said no. and every week for several months he called and called. have you found anything? have you found any part of our flag? no, ...

Exploration, and just what this program has meant to america, and the future of america and our space program. pamela is with me now. good morning to you. >> good morning. bill: you were on the mall last week, werent you when you saw discovery fly by. what was that like for you as an astronaut and someone who is so close and intimately involved in this program? >> oh, it was a wonderful experience to see discovery fly again, and in such a unique setting. you definitely are kind of surprised to s...

speech and is speaking at a plant in iowa that makes conveyor belts and then he will go to a facility in vegas, the university of michigan ann arbor. four of those states are must wins. arizona is on the presidents wish list. only one state matters for the gop primary race. rick santorum with a state rally. newt gingrich spoke at a forum called univision. likely florida voters monday and tuesday and after the republican debate, romney is on top by seven points but 6% say that they are ...

You know, richard, before the launch, several of the veterans around here told me that you could actually feel the ground shake and ufld feel the tremor. i thought, these are urban myths that you hear. not only did ulf, i felt the tremendous morse. i felt it reverberate through my body. we are the conduit for those at home, i was moved to tears witnessing that four-person crew going up on the final launch of the shuttle program. it is incredible. "atlantis" has traveled other 115 million miles. ...

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