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 prudent worry worst
It was prudent to take action so that we wouldn't have to worry about some of the worst consequences.
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.
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.
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?
coming critical eliminate expect next sure trying
I wanted to make sure everyone understands we are trying to eliminate critical foam loss, but we will expect to see foam coming off this next tank.
bad craft flight pieces time
Any time you have pieces come off your craft in flight it's a really bad day.
hardware paying playing talking
We were playing the odds. The hardware was talking to us, and we were not paying attention.
confident flights launch sure three until
We will not launch until we are sure we can do it safely. But if we launch by July, we are confident we can still get three flights up this year.
change fly foremost prudent wish worked
We wish it had worked out differently, but it's first and foremost that we fly safely. It was prudent to change these sensors out.
We are under no thought of delaying launch.
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.
believe pieces tank
Foam will still come off the tank after we have done all of these mitigation efforts. We believe the pieces that come off will be small.
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.
evening good kennedy landing looking monday seems space
Everything seems to be looking very good for a landing Monday evening at the Kennedy Space Center.