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...
aiming clearly launch
We haven't set a launch date, but we are clearly aiming for May.
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.
cracking drive flight focus period phenomenon spring understanding
The focus has got to be on understanding the cracking phenomenon and working out an engineering solution, and then that will drive us to what we think the right period is for launch. We don't need to have a flight this spring to make the 19 flights.
bring either home needs ride
If he needs to come home on Soyuz, he can come home on Soyuz and if we can bring him home on shuttle, and it's advantageous...we'll do that, ... Either way, we will have a ride home for McArthur.