I though this excellent quote was left, as I didn’t see it on NASA Space Shuttle homepage. This morning I saw I had kept a browser open. So here the quote is:
“There’s something special about showing up in Florida,” said Commander Pam Melroy. “There’s a time when you need to talk, and the Flight Readiness Review was a time to talk. Then there’s a time when you need to go do it. And I’m happy to say we’re really here, and ready to go do it.”
In my opinion, these words actually tell everything that is needed to be known ;)