It made me sad, but I didn't say so because the evening was so beautiful and that was something to be grateful for.

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"I am happy to see the shuttle's gone in one sense because what will replace it will give us much more interersting capabilities, but I'm also very sad to see it gone because it is the most beautiful spaceship that has ever been built, " he said.

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