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...
action blanket decided determined discovery released risk
We have released Discovery to reenter, ... We have decided not to take any action on the thermal blanket because we have determined it is a negligible risk at this time.
affects depend flights happens next
It does depend on what happens with those flights because when we get back from a mission, we have to see if there's anything that affects the next flight.
agreed anybody asking calling complete display giving job museum people station until
People are already calling us and asking us can they display one of our orbiters in their museum after we're done. I'm not giving anybody anything until we're all agreed the station is complete and the shuttles' job is done.
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.
condition near putting
We're going to keep (Atlantis) in as near flight-ready condition as we can without putting it through a (modification and overhaul) so we can use those parts.
certain damage risks
There are certain risks involved. You could damage the tank.
looked safer shuttle
We've looked end-to-end at the shuttle to make improvements and make it safer than it has ever been.
action blanket cleared concern decided discovery represents
We have cleared Discovery to re-enter and we have decided not to take any action on the thermal blanket because we think that it represents negligible concern at this time.
call date launch serious
I would not call that a serious launch date at this point.
launch official
We have not set an official launch date,
looked margins
We have looked at that and it is a doable thing but the margins are small. It's better to have a plan, than to not have one.
looked margins
We have looked at that and it is a doable thing but the margins are small, ... It's better to have a plan, than to not have one.
external frost ice total
There are a total of 34 ice frost ramps on the external tank.
time
Time will tell. This is not like the railroad.