A final mission debrief was held a few days before the mission lift off. All the crew members were called in. Punctuality at NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) was taken very seriously and all the crew members knew that. David Anderson, the commander of the ship that was going to be used in the mission was the first to arrive at Meeting Room A at Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas.
He was a US Air Force Colonel and a Mechanical Engineer and he had been a pilot in many missions before this. He had been called back for service for one last mission as he was the only one equipped with the knowledge of an old carrier that had to be used for this mission. Tagging along with him was Mission Specialist Linda Anderson, an Aerospace Engineer. She was his sister and she had been on previous missions with him as her mentor.
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