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...
flights fly optimistic remain three time
I remain optimistic that if we fly by this summer, we will be able to get three flights off. But time will tell. This is not like the railroad.
accomplish assemble clearly flights number space station
Clearly you can't have many more big, long stand-downs and accomplish the number of flights that it's going to take to assemble the International Space Station by that date.
accelerate believe case decided eliminate fairly flight folks hazard large might piece ramp ready remove strong third
In the long run, we have decided we would like to remove this fairly large piece of foam, just eliminate the hazard that it might cause. We think we have a very strong case to be ready to take that ramp off by the third flight tank. Some folks believe we can accelerate that and potentially even remove it for the STS-121 tank.
beginning bullish
I'm beginning to feel very bullish about the possibility of making May,
parts
We don't want the parts to come apart.
launch
we would not in any conceivable way be able to launch before Saturday.
external frost ice total
There are a total of 34 ice frost ramps on the external tank.
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.
time
Time will tell. This is not like the railroad.
challenger cloud hoping
We were all hoping the Challenger would come out of that cloud of smoke.
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.
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.
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.