I don't think there is an undue amount of anxiety. On the one hand, we're all worried because of the past, the last entry. On the other hand, I'm less worried because of all the work we've done, and how careful we've been.
"Nicholas James MacDonald Patrick", Doctor of Philosophy/Ph.D., is a British-American engineer and a former NASA astronaut. His flight on the 2006 Space Shuttle Discovery/Discovery STS-116 mission made him the fifth Briton to go into space.
Patrick was born in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Redcar and Cleveland, England in 1964. His mother came from the Skye/Isle of Skye in Scotland. He grew up in both London and Rye (city), New York/Rye, New York, eventually becoming a United States citizen in 1994. Patrick is married to a Peruvian-born pediatrician and has three children.
More Nicholas Patrick on Wikipedia.I was surprised at how quickly and smoothly the use of the boom went.
In between powering down today and preparing for Tuesday's landing attempt, they'll be taking care of some housekeeping and perhaps finding more time to be looking out the windows.
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