Wayne Hale
Wayne Hale
N. Wayne Hale Jr.is a former NASA engineer. Previously a flight director and space shuttle program manager, Hale served as NASA's Deputy Associate Administrator for Strategic Partnerships prior to his retirement on July 31, 2010...
aggressive closes launch lead occur schedule somewhat window
We think all of that with a somewhat aggressive schedule can occur and lead to a launch before the window closes in May.
discovery failure figure prevent problem
If we had a catastrophic failure with Discovery, we'd need to figure out how to prevent that same problem from occurring on Atlantis.
absolute worst
so is that the absolute worst thing that could happen? Well, no, it's not.
bigger reaction seen
My immediate, knee-jerk reaction was that we can live with this, ... On the other hand, this is bigger than we've seen before.
appears discovery good news none
None of the things I showed you are satisfactory. The good news is that the orbiter Discovery appears to be in good shape.
appears discovery good news none
None of the things I showed you are satisfactory, ... The good news is that the orbiter Discovery appears to be in good shape.
clear everybody guys launch next ought talk
You guys ought to be aware, and we have got to make it clear to everybody we talk to, when we launch the next flight, there is still going to be foam come off the tank.
ahead amount proceed prove safe until work
We have a considerable amount of work ahead of us. We won't proceed until we've done the work to prove that it's safe to fly.
parts
We don't want the parts to come apart.
launch
we would not in any conceivable way be able to launch before Saturday.
ends job people send shuttle
It's not going to be like, shuttle ends and we send out our resumes and see if we can find a job at Wal-Mart or McDonald's. This is going to be, 'Oh My goodness! Where are we going to get enough people to do all the things on our plate?
successful
It's been an outstandingly successful mission. We accomplished everything that we set out to do and more.
successful
It's been an outstandingly successful mission, ... We accomplished everything that we set out to do and more.
action prudent worry worst
It was prudent to take action so that we wouldn't have to worry about some of the worst consequences.