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...
ability job perform speak
Wayne's qualifications and his ability to perform this job speak for themselves,
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,
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.
aiming clearly launch
We haven't set a launch date, but we are clearly aiming for May.
september
We probably won't make the September 22 window.
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.
applies continuous directly great ground learned operating proving station
The station is a great proving ground for exploration. We've learned a lot about operating internationally and a lot about continuous operation, all of which applies directly to exploration.
facility good question workforce
The (Michoud) facility is in pretty good shape. The question is, what does the workforce want to do?
facility good
The (Michoud) facility is in pretty good shape,
bigger cooperation happening higher occurred spirit support taking willing
In the spirit of cooperation, they are taking the higher ground. They know what occurred with the hurricane. They know what's happening in the bigger sense of things and they're willing to support us.