Speaking of, did I ever tell that when I went to the Return to Flight conference at KSC, we had an astronaut (not yet flown) give a briefing where he described the liftoff to orbit phase as.....
ASSENT.
I wanted to stand up and say that I am glad everything is in agreement, and that the correct spelling is
ASCENT.
But I didn't. So I went back to passing notes with my buddies from KCSC.
"You made a fool out of young lieutenants. That's not against Army regulations."