Now I wish I’d stayed up. As I listened to the news on my way to work I was so thrilled to hear how well it went, and how much cheering and excitement from the people who worked so hard on the project.

It’s interesting to me that this happened during the Olympics. I really don’t care much about sports competitions, but I like the inspirational stories that we hear during the event. Hard work and determination. Sometimes you get a medal, sometimes you don’t. But none of the athletes say their work was all wasted even if they don’t get the gold.

On Monday morning NASA got the gold.