Kyle Herring
Kyle Herring
benefit biggest certainly launch
It certainly made sense to do that. The biggest benefit is launch probability, and that's what we want.
boxes change fly opportunity reduce safe taking
We think that it is safe to fly as is, but we have the opportunity to change out one of the boxes and reduce the risk, so we?re taking the opportunity to do that.
full heard indicate premature program
The program hasn't heard the full story. It's very premature to indicate that we're going to do anything with this right now.
based caused damage displaced facilities work
I think that May would be the earliest, based on two hurricanes that not only caused damage at some of the facilities but also displaced the work force,
clear
He made it clear that those are working dates.
caution err ground run side sure understand
We're going to err on the side of caution. We're going to run this thing to ground and make sure we understand it.
accomplish activities additional booked days decide five july laid meet schedule seven work
We've already booked five to seven days for those activities if we decide they are necessary. We can accomplish any additional work and still meet the schedule we've laid out for July 1.
caused data determine looking teams woke
The teams are now looking at all the data to determine what may have caused the inadvertent alarms that woke up the crew.
amount due fuel heavy
That's due to the amount of fuel the 747 can take on due to the heavy orbiter on its back.
buy changing consensus further risk
The consensus was we have a pristine box, so let?s buy down the risk even further by changing out the box.
greater interest problem ready
It's a problem that has been around for years. It's probably of greater interest now because we're getting ready to fly.
problem
It's a problem that has been around for years.
create engine might open small
It's like your car. If you open up your engine to try to find a small problem, you might create some others.
affected business care flying force foremost motivated people priority space sure taken work
The work force is the first and foremost priority -- making sure that they are safe, and that they are taken care of. At the same time, a lot of those people who are affected are also motivated to get back to the business of flying space flights,