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...
call fact perhaps pieces small solid strike
Perhaps some of the small pieces did in fact strike the orbiter but we don't have what I'll call solid evidence.
call fact perhaps pieces small solid strike
Perhaps some of the small pieces did in fact strike the orbiter, but we don't have what I'll call solid evidence.
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.
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.
absolute worst
so is that the absolute worst thing that could happen? Well, no, it's not.
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.
study worth
They're working to compress a decade's worth of study into two days.
certain damage risks
There are certain risks involved. You could damage the tank.
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.
proceed prove remain remains safe until work
I remain optimistic. There remains a lot of work to be done. We won't proceed until we've done the work to prove that it's safe to fly.