Immediately upon indication of a loss of communications on STS-107, at a little after 9:00 a.m. this morning, we began our contingency plan to preserve all the information relative to the flightactivities.
Officials know perfectly well that passengers will already have imbibed all the fructarian juices imaginable on the ground and will welcome the alternative of these expensively imported, highly calorific pop drinks to keep their energy levels up during random in-flight activities like mass seat changes and locating serviceable toilets.
I've directed Administrator O'Keefe to review all of NASA's current space flight and exploration activities and direct them toward the goals I have outlined.