Launch Director Mike Leinbach threw his arm around a colleague and said, as they watched the shuttle ascend, "We'll never see that again."

发射总指挥Mike Leinbach用手搂住一位同事说，他们现在看到的航天飞机升空，“我们以后将不会再看到了”。

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The parameters of the orbit are perfectly normal. …… The cosmonauts are feeling well," said Russian flight director after the launch.

俄飞行指挥专家在发射后后不久说：“他们飞行正常，轨道各项指数也相当正常……宇航员感觉良好。”

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Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach said the crew did not let the one-day delay have a negative impact on them.

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Shuttle test director Stephen Payne said the lunar mission team agreed to allow Endeavour to take the launch pad,or range, on Wednesday.

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Race launch director Clive Bailey said although the balloons were "very safe" there was always a risk.

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"We made a call that surprised some folks, " said launch director Mike Leinbach.

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"We could launch ourselves, " said Esmond Kensington, a non-executive director of Revolymer, estimating that the product could be available in early 2009.

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