He was mighty tickled and was a good kid. But I had to give him a lecture on keeping a phone number to contact someone in case of an emergency.

The team is trained and confident. The spacecraft systems are healthy and performing as expected, and we're looking forward to adding MRO to the (spacecraft) constellation at Mars.

At first, I think people thought I was a bum or a damn nut, so they were leery of me. People are nicer now.

I was real satisfied with how we did going against the big schools. Most of our guys are newer at track and I felt we did well. It was a step in the right direction.

The cruise (phase) has been very successful.