Butch Wilmore

So it just maintain the attitude.

They're 24, 24.

You don't even feel them.

But initially, these big orange blasts out the front, right out the window.

And then when you separate from the external tank, I'm assuming that you understand what the shuttle looks like.

The shuttle separates from the external tank.

A lot of water vapor separates because it's got condensation on the outside of the tank, and it turns to ice.

And so there's thousands of what looks like diamonds illuminated by the sun that's behind us outside the window.

I bet it's beautiful.

I mean, diamonds and these orange flash.

Just put yourself there.

I mean, that was my first experience of space.

Feeling the weightlessness, seeing these explosions going off at my feet and these orange blasts out the window, thousands of diamonds illuminated by the sun behind us.

It was amazing.

And my thought honestly was, Lord, why me?

Because who would have loved to been in that seat?

Millions of people would have loved to, but the Lord allowed me to be in it.

Martin said, not me.

Oh, no.

Yeah, I've got a video, actually, on my phone.