2017年6月16日（金）
Banker And Collector — Dies At 101 David Rockefeller
David Rockefeller — Philanthropist, Banker And Collector — Dies At 101 David Rockefeller, then chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank, speaks at the Chase Investment Forum in London in 1963. David Rockefeller, who died Monday morning at the age of 101, leaves a legacy that eludes a simple description. At once the grandchild and heir of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller and a globe-trotting billionaire banker in his own right, Rockefeller also earned a reputation as a prodigious patron of the arts. Rockefeller died of congestive heart failure at his home in Pocantico Hills, N.Y., family spokesman Fraser P. Seitel confirmed to NPR. In a statement released Monday, former President George W. Bush commended Rockefeller as "one of the most generous philanthropists — and brightest Points of LED Flood Light — whose caring and commitment to the widest range of worthy causes touched and lifted innumerable lives." "David's Bank" At the time of his death, , Rockefeller's net worth was $3.3 billion — a fortune he inherited and built upon as a longtime executive at Chase Manhattan Bank. For roughly two decades, according to the family's statement, Rockefeller occupied the lofty heights of the bank's management — serving as chairman of the board and co-chief executive beginning in 1961 and ultimately taking the reins as sole CEO in 1969. He would eventually step down from that position in 1980, retiring entirely about a year later.
During that time, Rockefeller's leadership — and internationally oriented policies — became synonymous with Chase Manhattan, an institution so shaped by his reputation and vision it was occasionally tagged with the moniker "David's Bank." As , that could be a double-edged sword: "Other things which ... bring much greater satisfaction" Despite his long tenure at the top of the banking world, Rockefeller crafted a legacy as much from his philanthropy as from his time in the office. To say that Rockefeller was well off while growing up would be a remarkable understatement. In his 2002 memoir, the first such autobiography to be published by a member of his family, Rockefeller recounted a gilded youth — one in which he delivered food to the poor with the help of a chauffeur, roller-skated along Fifth Avenue tailed by a limousine in case he should grow tired, and attended dinner with a father and mother who ate every night in their formal wear.
But he said he also aimed to emulate aspects of his grandfather, the founder of Standard Oil — a man who "along with Andrew Carnegie, [was] the father of philanthropy in this country," he told NPR — and his mother, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, who helped found New York City's Museum of Modern Art. David Rockefeller gave away nearly $2 billion in his lifetime, Reuters reports, and in 2010 he declared he would , signing a pledge with 39 other American billionaires to give at least half their wealth to charity during their lifetimes or after their death. On the occasion of his 100th birthday in 2015, , he donated 1,000 acres of land to the state of Maine. And he never forgot the institution his mother had a hand in creating, serving as its chairman for many years and leaving it a $100 million bequest in 2005, according to the Times.
During that time, Rockefeller's leadership — and internationally oriented policies — became synonymous with Chase Manhattan, an institution so shaped by his reputation and vision it was occasionally tagged with the moniker "David's Bank." As , that could be a double-edged sword: "Other things which ... bring much greater satisfaction" Despite his long tenure at the top of the banking world, Rockefeller crafted a legacy as much from his philanthropy as from his time in the office. To say that Rockefeller was well off while growing up would be a remarkable understatement. In his 2002 memoir, the first such autobiography to be published by a member of his family, Rockefeller recounted a gilded youth — one in which he delivered food to the poor with the help of a chauffeur, roller-skated along Fifth Avenue tailed by a limousine in case he should grow tired, and attended dinner with a father and mother who ate every night in their formal wear.
But he said he also aimed to emulate aspects of his grandfather, the founder of Standard Oil — a man who "along with Andrew Carnegie, [was] the father of philanthropy in this country," he told NPR — and his mother, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, who helped found New York City's Museum of Modern Art. David Rockefeller gave away nearly $2 billion in his lifetime, Reuters reports, and in 2010 he declared he would , signing a pledge with 39 other American billionaires to give at least half their wealth to charity during their lifetimes or after their death. On the occasion of his 100th birthday in 2015, , he donated 1,000 acres of land to the state of Maine. And he never forgot the institution his mother had a hand in creating, serving as its chairman for many years and leaving it a $100 million bequest in 2005, according to the Times.
2017年6月15日（木）
From our standpoint
FLORIDO: Yet despite its liberal reputation, California has a lot of conservative areas, like agricultural Kern County. Its Sheriff, Donny Youngblood, is president of the powerful state sheriffs' association. DONNY YOUNGBLOOD: Anytime you have a bill that limits your ability to communicate with other law enforcement partners, we're going to be against it.
FLORIDO: In major cities like LA and San Francisco, law enforcement has been more open to limiting cooperation with immigration agents but not here in Kern County. YOUNGBLOOD: We actually have ICE agents that work out of our jail, and they have access to the database. They can decide who they want to deport and who they don't. They don't explain to us what crimes they're deporting for. FLORIDO: That kind of cooperation is exactly what the proposed bill wants to end. At the same time, the sheriff's opposition has helped water down the bill. Last week, as the sun cast a late afternoon glow across the almond and orange groves of the Central Valley, protesters gathered outside Sheriff Youngblood's office in Bakersfield. They staged a little theater.
The scene... UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTER #1: (Imitating siren sounding). FLORIDO: ...The sheriff pulling over a farmworker. UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTER #2: (As character) I think you have a broken tail LED High Mast Lamp . Do you notice that? Where are you from? Are you from Mexico? UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTER #3: (As character) Yes. UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTER #2: (As character) I knew it. I'll come right back. I'm going to go make a call. FLORIDO: The sheriff calls an immigration agent who shows up and asks for the man's papers. UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTER #4: (As character, yelling) Papeles. Busco papeles. (BOOING) UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTER #4: (As character, yelling) Tienes papeles? FLORIDO: Pablo Alvarado, director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, led this protest. He wants Senate Bill 54 to protect all immigrants, regardless of their criminal past. PABLO ALVARADO: Look, it's very difficult to advocate for people who have committed crimes. There's no doubt about that.
From our standpoint, as immigration - as immigrant rights advocates, I certainly don't accept deportation as a proper form of punishment. FLORIDO: His concern is that allowing police to turn even immigrants with serious felonies over to ICE gives fuel to a narrative that most immigrants are criminals. Senator de Leon says he hears this concern but also sees political reality. The bill still has to get through the state assembly and gain the governor's support.
DE LEON: We don't live in a world of absolutes. Nothing ever gets out 100 percent in its purity. FLORIDO: He said that even with the amendments to the bill, it will still protect the vast majority of California's unauthorized immigrants should they find themselves picked up or pulled over by police. Adrian Florido, NPR News.
FLORIDO: In major cities like LA and San Francisco, law enforcement has been more open to limiting cooperation with immigration agents but not here in Kern County. YOUNGBLOOD: We actually have ICE agents that work out of our jail, and they have access to the database. They can decide who they want to deport and who they don't. They don't explain to us what crimes they're deporting for. FLORIDO: That kind of cooperation is exactly what the proposed bill wants to end. At the same time, the sheriff's opposition has helped water down the bill. Last week, as the sun cast a late afternoon glow across the almond and orange groves of the Central Valley, protesters gathered outside Sheriff Youngblood's office in Bakersfield. They staged a little theater.
The scene... UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTER #1: (Imitating siren sounding). FLORIDO: ...The sheriff pulling over a farmworker. UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTER #2: (As character) I think you have a broken tail LED High Mast Lamp . Do you notice that? Where are you from? Are you from Mexico? UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTER #3: (As character) Yes. UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTER #2: (As character) I knew it. I'll come right back. I'm going to go make a call. FLORIDO: The sheriff calls an immigration agent who shows up and asks for the man's papers. UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTER #4: (As character, yelling) Papeles. Busco papeles. (BOOING) UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTER #4: (As character, yelling) Tienes papeles? FLORIDO: Pablo Alvarado, director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, led this protest. He wants Senate Bill 54 to protect all immigrants, regardless of their criminal past. PABLO ALVARADO: Look, it's very difficult to advocate for people who have committed crimes. There's no doubt about that.
From our standpoint, as immigration - as immigrant rights advocates, I certainly don't accept deportation as a proper form of punishment. FLORIDO: His concern is that allowing police to turn even immigrants with serious felonies over to ICE gives fuel to a narrative that most immigrants are criminals. Senator de Leon says he hears this concern but also sees political reality. The bill still has to get through the state assembly and gain the governor's support.
DE LEON: We don't live in a world of absolutes. Nothing ever gets out 100 percent in its purity. FLORIDO: He said that even with the amendments to the bill, it will still protect the vast majority of California's unauthorized immigrants should they find themselves picked up or pulled over by police. Adrian Florido, NPR News.
2017年6月14日（水）
Capital Abuzz about Abramoff
Capital Abuzz about Abramoff, Powell, Woodward Political observers are buzzing about big stories leading the headlines — new disclosures about former lobbyist Jack Abramoff's White House connections, a new biography of Colin Powell and President Bush's current strategy in Iraq in<a href=""> LED Flood Light</a> of a new book claiming the U.S.-led occupation is going worse than the White House lets on. MADELEINE BRAND, host: This is DAY TO DAY. I'm Madeleine Brand.
ALEX CHADWICK, host: I'm Alex Chadwick. Coming up, the interview that got DAY TO DAY listeners really hot on the e-mail. We'll check with Letters editor Steve Proffitt. BRAND: First in Washington, news about a book and some boys. CHADWICK: The boys were congressional pages. A Florida congressman, Mark Foley, wrote laws to protect children on the Internet at the same time he was writing sexual instant messages to some of those pages. BRAND: And the book is from Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward.
CHADWICK: It details the internal debates about Iraq within the White House. The title is State of Denial. The theme: that's where the president and his inner advisers are over Iraq and the war on terror. Here is Mr. Bush this weekend on the presidential radio address. President GEORGE W. BUSH: Withdrawing from Iraq before the enemy is defeated would embolden the terrorists. It would help them find new recruits to carry out even more destructive attacks on our nation, and it would give the terrorists a new sanctuary in the heart of the Middle East, with huge oil riches to fund their ambitions. America must not allow this to happen. CHADWICK: And now here's part of the Democratic response. This was given by an Iraq war veteran in wheelchair. Her name is Tammy Duckworth. She's running for an Illinois seat in Congress. Ms. TAMMY DUCKWORTH (Congressional Candidate): Like so many others, I proudly fought and sacrificed.
And I believe the brave men and women who are serving in Iraq today, their families, and the American people, deserve more than the same empty slogans and political name-calling. It is time to encourage Iraqi leaders to take control of their own country and make the tough choices that will stop the civil war and stabilize the country. BRAND: NPR's senior Washington editor Ron Elving is with us now. And Ron, what has the president had to say about any of these stories that are swirling around him? RON ELVING: Nothing yet, Madeleine. The president has had a couple of photo ops this morning with visitors at the White House, but he has refused to take questions. And later today he's heading out to California to campaign with several Republican candidates for Congress, so presumably we'll hear more from him then.
BRAND: Well, how internally is the White House dealing with this new pressure, dealing with the fallout over this Bob Woodward book? ELVING: This is a White House that prides itself on stay-the-course style. Steadfastness first and foremost. Not just on Iraq but on everything. And that goes for Donald Rumsfeld, who's a main focus in this book, and it goes for the rest of the Woodward book. There have been some denials from the White House, but of course that sets up a certain humor, given the title of the book, as you mentioned.
ALEX CHADWICK, host: I'm Alex Chadwick. Coming up, the interview that got DAY TO DAY listeners really hot on the e-mail. We'll check with Letters editor Steve Proffitt. BRAND: First in Washington, news about a book and some boys. CHADWICK: The boys were congressional pages. A Florida congressman, Mark Foley, wrote laws to protect children on the Internet at the same time he was writing sexual instant messages to some of those pages. BRAND: And the book is from Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward.
CHADWICK: It details the internal debates about Iraq within the White House. The title is State of Denial. The theme: that's where the president and his inner advisers are over Iraq and the war on terror. Here is Mr. Bush this weekend on the presidential radio address. President GEORGE W. BUSH: Withdrawing from Iraq before the enemy is defeated would embolden the terrorists. It would help them find new recruits to carry out even more destructive attacks on our nation, and it would give the terrorists a new sanctuary in the heart of the Middle East, with huge oil riches to fund their ambitions. America must not allow this to happen. CHADWICK: And now here's part of the Democratic response. This was given by an Iraq war veteran in wheelchair. Her name is Tammy Duckworth. She's running for an Illinois seat in Congress. Ms. TAMMY DUCKWORTH (Congressional Candidate): Like so many others, I proudly fought and sacrificed.
And I believe the brave men and women who are serving in Iraq today, their families, and the American people, deserve more than the same empty slogans and political name-calling. It is time to encourage Iraqi leaders to take control of their own country and make the tough choices that will stop the civil war and stabilize the country. BRAND: NPR's senior Washington editor Ron Elving is with us now. And Ron, what has the president had to say about any of these stories that are swirling around him? RON ELVING: Nothing yet, Madeleine. The president has had a couple of photo ops this morning with visitors at the White House, but he has refused to take questions. And later today he's heading out to California to campaign with several Republican candidates for Congress, so presumably we'll hear more from him then.
BRAND: Well, how internally is the White House dealing with this new pressure, dealing with the fallout over this Bob Woodward book? ELVING: This is a White House that prides itself on stay-the-course style. Steadfastness first and foremost. Not just on Iraq but on everything. And that goes for Donald Rumsfeld, who's a main focus in this book, and it goes for the rest of the Woodward book. There have been some denials from the White House, but of course that sets up a certain humor, given the title of the book, as you mentioned.
2017年6月13日（火）
He is also the author of Professionalism
Bookmark This: NPR At The Library Of Congress National Book Festival How many books fit in a tote bag? Join more than 175 authors, storytellers, illustrators and poets at the Washington Convention Center next month, and you might find out. About The National Book FestivalSeptember 5, 2015Washington Convention Center (DC)Program 10AM-10PM / Doors 9AMAttend: The event is free and open to the public. Now in its 15th year, the Library of Congress National Book Festival celebrates page-turning literature through author talks, panel discussions, book signings and more. To learn more about the Festival and view the complete schedule, .
On Saturday, September 5, NPR's own raconteurs (who also enjoy getting their read on) will interview authors at the 15th annual Library of Congress . Our hosts, journalists and even our VP of news will lead book chats with writers in all different genres — from romance to science. NPR Correspondent Tom Gjelten will be there as well with his latest, A Nation of Nations: A Great American Immigration Story. Find details about these 11 events as well as some NPR coverage of books in the schedule below. More details are available in the National Book Festival App (available in and ), where you can build your own custom, public radio-infused itinerary.
Category: Biography and Memoir 5:20PM sits LED High Bay Light down with David McCullough. His newest book, The Wright Brothers follows the author's Pulitzer Prize winners Truman and John Adams, which became an Emmy Award-winning miniseries on HBO. Category: Children Before You Go Catch up with more of the Festival's authors at NPR.org/Books, where you can find our latest , news from the book world, original reviews, recommendations, lists and the latest edition of the signature . 1:20PM talks to moonwalker Buzz Aldrin about his vision for the future of space travel and his latest children's book, Welcome to Mars: Making a Home on the Red Planet.
Listen: via Morning Edition Category: Fiction 1:40PM chats with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley about her latest book, Some Luck. Her previous work includes The Greenlanders, Ordinary Love and Good Will, A Thousand Acres, Horse Heaven, Good Faith and The Georges and the Jewels. Category: History 5:20PM talks with author Lawrence Wright about his newest book, Thirteen Days in September: The Dramatic Story of the Struggle for Peace. Wright has also written Noriega: God's Favorite and the script for a movie by the same name. Listen: via Fresh Air Category: International 5:20PM interviews Juan Gabriel Vásquez, author of the best-selling The Sound of Things Falling as well as the award-winning work The Informers and The Secret History of Costaguana. Category: Romance Fiction 7:15PM interviews Sara MacLean, author of the newest Rules of Scoundrels novel Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover. Previous work includes The Season, Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake, A Rogue by Any Other Name, and No Good Duke Goes Unpunished. 7:40PM Petra continues talking to romance genre authors in an conversation with Beverly Jenkins, whose newest romance, Destiny's Captive, joins the ranks of her previous works including Heart of Gold, Night Hawk, Indigo and Bring on the Blessings. 9:00PM Petra concludes her trio of interviews with author Paige Tyler.
Tyler's books Animal Attraction, Dead Sexy and Good Cop, Bad Girl are EPIC Award Finalists. Some of her recent works include Her Perfect Mate, Her Lone Wolf, Her Wild Hero, Hungry Like the Wolf and her latest SWAT (Special Wolf Alpha Team) book Wolf Trouble. Check Out: via NPR Books Category: Science 11:50AM interviews David Quammen, also a journalist and author The Chimp and the River: How AIDS Emerged From an African Forest. 1:40PM speaks with award-winning author Casey Schwartz about her new book In the Mind Fields: Exploring the New Science of Neuropsychoanalysis. Category: Young Adult 5:20PM interviews Sonia Manzano (Maria from Sesame Street), about her memoir Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx. Listen: via Morning Edition 6:40PM talks with Meg Wolitzer about her latest book, Belzhar, a story of young romance, loss and the power of acceptance. Listen: via Ask Me Another 2:35PM latest book, A Nation of Nations: A Great American Immigration Story, explores the effect of the 1965 Immigration Act. He is also the author of Professionalism in War Reporting: A Correspondent's View and Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba: The Biography of a Cause, which is a history of Cuba focusing on the Bacardi rum family.
On Saturday, September 5, NPR's own raconteurs (who also enjoy getting their read on) will interview authors at the 15th annual Library of Congress . Our hosts, journalists and even our VP of news will lead book chats with writers in all different genres — from romance to science. NPR Correspondent Tom Gjelten will be there as well with his latest, A Nation of Nations: A Great American Immigration Story. Find details about these 11 events as well as some NPR coverage of books in the schedule below. More details are available in the National Book Festival App (available in and ), where you can build your own custom, public radio-infused itinerary.
Category: Biography and Memoir 5:20PM sits LED High Bay Light down with David McCullough. His newest book, The Wright Brothers follows the author's Pulitzer Prize winners Truman and John Adams, which became an Emmy Award-winning miniseries on HBO. Category: Children Before You Go Catch up with more of the Festival's authors at NPR.org/Books, where you can find our latest , news from the book world, original reviews, recommendations, lists and the latest edition of the signature . 1:20PM talks to moonwalker Buzz Aldrin about his vision for the future of space travel and his latest children's book, Welcome to Mars: Making a Home on the Red Planet.
Listen: via Morning Edition Category: Fiction 1:40PM chats with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley about her latest book, Some Luck. Her previous work includes The Greenlanders, Ordinary Love and Good Will, A Thousand Acres, Horse Heaven, Good Faith and The Georges and the Jewels. Category: History 5:20PM talks with author Lawrence Wright about his newest book, Thirteen Days in September: The Dramatic Story of the Struggle for Peace. Wright has also written Noriega: God's Favorite and the script for a movie by the same name. Listen: via Fresh Air Category: International 5:20PM interviews Juan Gabriel Vásquez, author of the best-selling The Sound of Things Falling as well as the award-winning work The Informers and The Secret History of Costaguana. Category: Romance Fiction 7:15PM interviews Sara MacLean, author of the newest Rules of Scoundrels novel Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover. Previous work includes The Season, Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake, A Rogue by Any Other Name, and No Good Duke Goes Unpunished. 7:40PM Petra continues talking to romance genre authors in an conversation with Beverly Jenkins, whose newest romance, Destiny's Captive, joins the ranks of her previous works including Heart of Gold, Night Hawk, Indigo and Bring on the Blessings. 9:00PM Petra concludes her trio of interviews with author Paige Tyler.
Tyler's books Animal Attraction, Dead Sexy and Good Cop, Bad Girl are EPIC Award Finalists. Some of her recent works include Her Perfect Mate, Her Lone Wolf, Her Wild Hero, Hungry Like the Wolf and her latest SWAT (Special Wolf Alpha Team) book Wolf Trouble. Check Out: via NPR Books Category: Science 11:50AM interviews David Quammen, also a journalist and author The Chimp and the River: How AIDS Emerged From an African Forest. 1:40PM speaks with award-winning author Casey Schwartz about her new book In the Mind Fields: Exploring the New Science of Neuropsychoanalysis. Category: Young Adult 5:20PM interviews Sonia Manzano (Maria from Sesame Street), about her memoir Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx. Listen: via Morning Edition 6:40PM talks with Meg Wolitzer about her latest book, Belzhar, a story of young romance, loss and the power of acceptance. Listen: via Ask Me Another 2:35PM latest book, A Nation of Nations: A Great American Immigration Story, explores the effect of the 1965 Immigration Act. He is also the author of Professionalism in War Reporting: A Correspondent's View and Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba: The Biography of a Cause, which is a history of Cuba focusing on the Bacardi rum family.
2017年6月12日（月）
And when I finally did get to talk to Don
And when I finally did get to talk to Don, he was still hopeful that they were alive. PETTIT: Because we have spacesuits, we have parachutes, if the spacecraft breaks up, possibly someone could parachute down to Earth. PETTIT: But he hadn't seen what we had seen, the footage from, you know, the Texas television channels of the breakups that had been seen in the sky. And so I had to make him understand that that was not going to happen. I don't know if I was mean or not. I might have been. I said, Don, don't you get it? And his voice changed, and he said, of course I get it, Micki. They're my friends. PETTIT: Willie McCool and I were really close. And he helped me a lot in my earlier training days. And then we both loved to play chess. And so we were playing a ship-to-ship game of chess where he was making moves and I was making moves, and we each had our little chess set that could be folded flat. And I still have that chess set, and the pieces are still in the same location that they were at that time.
ROSENBERG: Who was winning? PETTIT: Willie. ROSENBERG: With the shuttle program now on hold, Don, Ken and Nikolai weren't stranded on the space station. They had a backup craft, a Russian Soyuz capsule that they could take down and land in Kazakhstan. And both Don and Micki said they had a great deal of confidence in the Soyuz. Prior to Columbia, its track record was about as good as the shuttle's. But on the flip side, its track record was about as good as the shuttle's. PETTIT: And in some respects, each time you fly, you're rolling dice with the universe. The only way for us to get home is to roll the dice one more time, and we knew that was the name of the game when we started this mission. ROSENBERG: After six months in space, Don, Ken and Nikolai all piled into the Soyuz and departed from the space station while Micki watched from mission control in Moscow along with Ken Bowersox's wife, Annie, and the head of NASA, Sean O'Keefe. PETTIT: It really looked more like a theater. Like, the stage was way down below, and you sat above it. And I also remember it was very dark because it only put lights on where you needed LED High Bay Light . And we could hear Nikolai's voice communicating. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) NIKOLAI BUDARIN: (Speaking Russian). ROSENBERG: This is Nikolai's voice from that re-entry. It was recorded by Don, actually, from inside the capsule. PETTIT: And we're told that there would be this period of non-communication. And that's the most intense because they're going through the atmosphere. They're going to burn up. They're going to do it then.
ROSENBERG: Meanwhile, back in the Soyuz, Don was still recording. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED MAN #1: Everything OK over there, Don? PETTIT: Yeah. That was a nice kick in the pants, you know. And then when you hit the upper atmosphere, your spacecraft separates into three pieces. And Sox was excited. Sox was saying - because this was all happening in Russian - I see our propulsion unit burning up. And I looked out my window and, ah, I see our living habitat burning up. ROSENBERG: What did Nikolai say? PETTIT: He was quiet.
ROSENBERG: Who was winning? PETTIT: Willie. ROSENBERG: With the shuttle program now on hold, Don, Ken and Nikolai weren't stranded on the space station. They had a backup craft, a Russian Soyuz capsule that they could take down and land in Kazakhstan. And both Don and Micki said they had a great deal of confidence in the Soyuz. Prior to Columbia, its track record was about as good as the shuttle's. But on the flip side, its track record was about as good as the shuttle's. PETTIT: And in some respects, each time you fly, you're rolling dice with the universe. The only way for us to get home is to roll the dice one more time, and we knew that was the name of the game when we started this mission. ROSENBERG: After six months in space, Don, Ken and Nikolai all piled into the Soyuz and departed from the space station while Micki watched from mission control in Moscow along with Ken Bowersox's wife, Annie, and the head of NASA, Sean O'Keefe. PETTIT: It really looked more like a theater. Like, the stage was way down below, and you sat above it. And I also remember it was very dark because it only put lights on where you needed LED High Bay Light . And we could hear Nikolai's voice communicating. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) NIKOLAI BUDARIN: (Speaking Russian). ROSENBERG: This is Nikolai's voice from that re-entry. It was recorded by Don, actually, from inside the capsule. PETTIT: And we're told that there would be this period of non-communication. And that's the most intense because they're going through the atmosphere. They're going to burn up. They're going to do it then.
ROSENBERG: Meanwhile, back in the Soyuz, Don was still recording. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED MAN #1: Everything OK over there, Don? PETTIT: Yeah. That was a nice kick in the pants, you know. And then when you hit the upper atmosphere, your spacecraft separates into three pieces. And Sox was excited. Sox was saying - because this was all happening in Russian - I see our propulsion unit burning up. And I looked out my window and, ah, I see our living habitat burning up. ROSENBERG: What did Nikolai say? PETTIT: He was quiet.
