Paul Hill Quotes

There haven`t been many days in the last 2 1/2 years that I came in to work and wasn`t thinking about them at some point or another.

De-orbit is not perfectly risk-free, but the vehicle is in pristine condition. It`s all downhill from a certain perspective.

We are going to be pretty darn happy to get to wheels stop and see this good crew step off Discovery.

De-orbit is not perfectly risk-free, but the vehicle is in pristine condition. Our big risk now, aside from the inherent risk of de-orbiting through a fireball, would be weather.

De-orbit is not a risk-free activity. We will be pretty darned happy to get to wheelstop and see this good crew step off Discovery.

Today was a busy day inside Discovery and the station. Everyone was involved in one form of transfer or another.

It`ll be a huge sense of accomplishment having gotten through the last two years and demonstrated that we still know how to do this very difficult and dangerous business.

During de-orbit, I`m sure I`ll have a thought or two about Rick Husband and his crew. At wheel stop, I`m sure all of us are going to think a lot about the 107 crew.

Before I go in (the mission control) building, I assume I`ll have a thought or two about the 107 crew.

We are going to be pretty darn happy to get to wheels stop and see this good crew step off Discovery. We all are going to feel a huge sense of accomplishment having gotten through the last 2 1/2 years and demonstrated that we still know how to do this very difficult and dangerous business.