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The crowd assembles as 11AM approaches
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First speaker: master of ceremonies
Rick Tumlinson of the Space Frontier Foundation
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Another shot, now showing the stands full -
this does not show hundreds of people who were standing.
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Second speaker:
Dan Sabovich, Mojave Airport Manager
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Third speaker:
Tom Clancy, novelist and member of Rotary's Board of Directors
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Fourth speaker:
Patricia Grace Smith, FAA Associate Administrator for Commercial Space
Transportation
(and some guy holding down her papers from blowing away in the wind)
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Fifth speaker:
NASA Chief Engineer, Dr. Daniel Mulville
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Sixth speaker:
Gary Hudson, President and CEO of Rotary Rocket Company
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The doors begin to open.
The smoke machine effect is completely undone by the high winds.
(The crowd's attention remained fixed on what's behind those doors.)
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The doors are open.
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