Kevin Stass Quotations

We're coming up to a point in the flight where we're going to have to do some critical calculations on fuel.

We knew that Steve's flight would generate a lot of interest but we're delighted that the website, which we worked hard to develop, can cope with the unprecedented volume of traffic it has received. This is not your typical website: the information needs updating minute by minute and because of its design, we are able to use people here at mission control to write the stories rather than relying on IT support staff.

After experiencing severe turbulence over Eastern India we are pleased that the weather conditions have now settled down and that, thankfully, it was short lived.

The fuel loss will diminish the total number of miles it is able to travel, and owing to the high temperatures at the start, Steve was not able to climb to altitude as fast as he needed to.

The fuel loss will diminish the total number of miles it is able to travel.