Summary

Description	Hi. My name's Mike Leinbach, I'm the Shuttle launch director at the Kennedy Space Center for NASA. Well, in my role as the launch director, the most visible portion, of course, is on launch day, when I'm in the control room with my launch team. I essentially have the final 'go_no-go' for launch of the Space Shuttle. So that's the most visible part of it. But leading up to launch day, I'm essentially the, the chief of operations for all of NASA here at Kennedy Space Center, making sure that the orbiters and the ground-support system and the Solid Rocket Boosters and the External Tank are being prepared properly, safely, and meeting their major milestones to, to protect the next launch date. I also serve as sort of a safety conscience for the work force. I get out, walk around, talk to folks, make sure that we're not overworking the workers, and in my role as the launch director and Return to Flight, it's really making sure that when we get to launch day for Return to Flight, that that
Date	2005-03-18
Source	images.nasa.gov

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