Butch Wilmore
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So I know them well.
Victor Glover, it's hard to put into words.
I mean, you know, you're the only people in the whole universe doing that at the moment.
And the responsibility there, and you're in a one-man space capsule shaped like a person out in the vacuum of space.
And you see Hawaii go by at 17,500 miles an hour below you.
It's just thrilling.
And, again, responsibility because you're busy.
You've got work to do.
You're not out there to sightsee.
You're out there to perform tasks.
So anyway, that's what that's like.
But anyway, these folks are professional.
They have done their preparation.
They are ready to go.
They're excited about going.
But if something goes wrong, that's why we train.
The ground team, this is a huge team.
This isn't just them.
It's the ground teams as well.
And honestly, the reason we docked successfully ultimately was, you know, maintaining control of the spacecraft in a very difficult situation.