Bill Gerstenmaier
Bill Gerstenmaier
William H. Gerstenmaieris the current Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations for NASA, holding this position since 2005. He has been described as "arguably the most influential person when it comes to US spaceflight." Prior to being Associate Administrator, Gerstenmaier served as the International Space Station Office Program Manager, at Johnson Space Center, a position he began in June 2002...
flight spring
We don't need to have a flight this spring to make the 19 flights.
congress fast
We are working through the restrictions with Congress as fast as we can.
coming crew good great soft week
It's great to see you all on orbit. Have a good week and soft landings to the crew coming back.
build cause good great machines
It is our responsibility, individually and collectively, to make good decisions. As engineers, the machines we build can do great things but can also cause great harm.
extra fits flight flow helps looking march missions move robust sequence shuttle space station support sure time work
It really makes sense to move to the March timeframe, ... We're looking at the Shuttle missions to support the most robust flight sequence for the Space Station and to make the whole sequence flow better. This extra time helps us make sure that all the work we need to do fits and that there are no other issues.
ability job perform speak
Wayne's qualifications and his ability to perform this job speak for themselves,
flights good number station
We still are going to be able to accommodate the number of flights we need to get the station in a good configuration for the partners.
september
We probably won't make the September 22 window.
designed maximum six system three today
Our system today is designed for a maximum of three to six crew, and for six just temporarily.
areas came data identified last loss major mechanism starting week
Last week we identified the major areas where foam came off the tank. We are starting to make some sense of the data ... what the mechanism for the foam loss was.
conditions good hope plan
I think conditions won't be good on the station, but they'll be better than the alternative. We kind of always plan for the worst, but hope for the best.
launch period pressure puts schedule speculate whether wrong
I think it's wrong to take the (May) launch period and speculate whether we will make it or not. That puts schedule pressure on the teams.
cause efforts failure focus likely mechanism pick potential problem problems root smoking underlying wrong
I think it's really wrong to try to pick out one potential root cause and say that's the underlying problem or that's the smoking gun. Foam is very complicated. The failure mechanism is likely some combination of things and it's really wrong to try to pick out one and then try to focus all your efforts on that. That will actually set you 8up for more problems in the future.
desirable develop face imposed incumbent less option risk
It is incumbent on us to develop an executable option, or face the risk of a less desirable option being imposed upon us,