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"THIS IS FLIGHT DIRECTOR. WE REPORT GO FOR LAUNCH. T- MINUS 60 SECONDS."

(30 secs. pass)

"T-MINUS 30 SECONDS. GANTRY RETRACT."

(15 secs. pass)

"T-MINUS 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5,"

COMMANDER MILLER- "IT'S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN! dur nuh na na, di di di do do..."

FD- " 4, 3, 2, 1, LIFTOFF!"

COMM. MILLER- "THE CLOCK HAS STARTED."

FD- "TOWER CLEAR. ROLL PROGRAM"

(10 secs. later) COMM. MILLER- "ROLL COMPLETE. PITCH PROGRAM."

BOOSTER- "WE SEE BPC CLEAR. ENGINE SHUTOFF 3, 2, 1. STAGING."

(first stage falls away)

BOOSTER- "ORBIT BURN. PILOT TOMSON, YOU READY?

P. TOMSON- "READY TO SET THE FIRES, OVER."

BOOSTER- "SECOND STAGE BURN, NOW."

FIDO- "PITCH, TOMSON. THERE, OK, YOU ARE IN ORBIT CORRIDOR. ALTITUDE, 220 MILES."

BOOSTER- "ENGINE SHUTOFF, 3, 2, 1."

(engine cuts)

FD- "SMOOTH LAUNCH, EVERYBODY! AWESOME JOB!"

BOOSTER- "I THINK IT'S TIME FOR A CELEBRATION!"

ALL CONTROLLERS- "CEEEEELEBRATION..."

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