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Shuttle looks like as it launches off, but foam from the external fuel tank here fell off around the 4-minute marker, and when i say it's not a huge big deal, uh-oh, that happens, live television, but when i say it's not a big deal, and neither was that, it's because at times, it all has to do with timing, so at 2:15 mark, according to nasa, is when they say anything after 2:15, they're not worried about in terms of foam, because the air is so thin up there that it doesn't provide the force needed to have that foam come crashing down on to the belly of the orbiter, so that did not happen until...

90 seconds away from the launch of space shuttle discovery. t minus 1 minute, 15 seconds and counting. t minus 1 minute. the ground launch sequencer will verify that the three main engines are ready to start. the booster joint heaters are being deactivated at this time. we're transferring to orbiter internal power. discovery is now running off of its three on-board fuel cells. t minus 38 seconds and counting. coming up on a go for auto

Zero. booster ignition. and liftoff of discovery. blaze ago trail to scientific discoveries aboard the space station. megyn: what a sight to behold, all systems go for the space shuttle discovery, nasa managers giving the green light for the shuttle to plast off early this morning, the 7-member crew on the way to the space igs -- space station. kris gutierrez saw it all happen. a few pieces of foam fell off the external tank when the shuttle launched. are nasa directors worried about that? >> they're not. that's a great point we should point out. obviously foam off the external tank in the pas...

Anything like that. i mean, i didn't smoke pot in high school. i never took drugs. i never went to the parties. i never did anything like that. once i got -- once the incongruity developed in my life, it was so painful to me, i started spiraling. it was just an addictive behavior. it was just like so many other addictive behavior that alcoholics deal with or other people deal with with different issues. it started becoming compulsive with me. i was so ashamed of it and so desperately wanted to manage it myself i kept it a secret. >> mike: people were angry with you. >> yes. >> mike: very angry...

Judgmental orbiter or rude or cruel toward me, i felt like that was just. but when they are kind and compassionate and thoughtful toward me in the way that will be kind and helpful to us, i consider that a gift. and so i am very grateful to it. so i don't blame at all the people that have been through that process and continue to go through the process. >> mike: gayle, when you were here before, i was really taken by your sense of serenity. you were not angry. you didn't show bitterness. i was truly amazed by the countenance of your face when you recounted that, yes, you had been hurt. yes, ot...