Ross-Nazzal: I think we’ve covered all the questions, but is there anything else you want to talk about, about Mae or the mission, or anything we didn’t cover that you thought we might?

McDougle: We have an awesome team here. Flight Crew Equipment as a whole but especially Crew Escape Equipment, which is our department, I think is the face of USA because we’re the ones that’s out there suiting up astronauts. We’re the ones that you see in all the pictures. We have the coolest job, I think, at USA. You’re working with astronauts, you’re suiting them up, you get real close with them. My team even straps them into the Shuttle. We’re the first ones they see when they step off the Shuttle when it lands. It doesn’t get too much cooler than that.We have a great great team. Very knowledgeable, and I’m very proud.

If you talk to anybody out in the lab, they’ll tell you they’re proud of what they do. And most of them are sticking it out to the end of the Shuttle program. Ninety-five percent of the people said they’re going to stay till the end because they want to support all the way to the end. I know if a good opportunity comes along of course you have to really weigh your options, but everybody’s so proud to be a part of this team, including me. I’m not going anywhere, so I’m not going to even look for another job right now, because I know I’m going to stay till the program is over.Every time the Shuttle goes up I think of the song “Proud to Be an American.” I get emotional, even if I didn’t work that launch and actually suit somebody up. I still get a little chill, pride. Other than that, go Space Shuttle! Can we extend the Space Shuttle program?