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[[note]]MESSIAH (TEAMWORK/MOTIVATION) [[/note]]

=> YOU TIMING IS EXCELLENT! COULDN'T HAVE PICKED A BETTER WEEK TO HAVE AN ASTRO ON CAMPUS.

- THIS WEEK, MAY HAVE NOTICED, JOHN GLENN IS BACK IN ORBIT - (ISN'T THAT GREAT?)

- DISCOVERY'S SCHEDULED TO LAND TOMORROW, + CREW IS SUPPOSED TO BE ASLEEP NOW, RESTING UP FOR RE-ENTRY....BUT I SUSPECT JOHN GLENN IS DOING JUST WHAT I WAS DOING NITE BEFORE LDG: FLOATING NEAR A WINDOW ADMIRING THE MAGNIFICENT VIEW of EARTH. (I'LL SHOW THAT VIEW LATER ON)

- TOMORROW I'M SURE HE'S GOING TO PREFER STEPPING OFF THE SHUTTLE ONTO A RUNWAY TO BOBBING IN THE OCEAN WAITING FOR A HELICOPTER.
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AS THIS SHUTTLE FLIGHT REMINDS US, THE SPACE PGM IS A SYMBOL of WHAT OUR COUNTRY CAN ACCOMPLISH, -- + WHAT A DEDICATED TEAM of PEOPLE CAN ACCOMPLISH -- WHEN THEY HAVE A COMMON VISION & ARE DEDICATED TO A COMMON GOAL.
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WHEN THE SPACE SHUTTLE THUNDERS OFF THE LAUNCH PAD (& BELIEVE ME -- IT THUNDERS!), A FEW LUCKY ASTRONAUTS RIDE THE ROCKET,. BUT THAT ROCKET IS LIFTED OFF THE LAUNCH PAD BY THE COMMITMENT, HARD WORK, & DEDICATION of 1000'S of PEOPLE: FROM ROCKET SCIENTISTS WHO DESIGN THE ENGINES, TO WEATHER FORECASTERS WHO KEEP AN EYE ON THE CLOUD COVER & WINDS, TO TECHNICIANS WHO STRAP THE ASTRONAUTS INTO THEIR SEATS & CLOSE THE HATCH FOR LAUNCH.

=> EVERY LITTLE PIECE of THE SHUTTLE HAS TO WORK, & EVERY SINGLE PERSON HAS TO PERFORM THEIR ROLE

- WHEN EVERYTHING WORKS, & EVERYONE WORKS TOGETHER, THE RESULT IS A PERFECT MISSION <==> LIKE THE ONE WE'RE CELEBRATING THIS WEEK.
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