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...
analysis discovery ground kennedy pace proving safe space tests toward work
The thing that's going to pace getting Discovery off the ground is not the work we're doing at the Kennedy Space Center. It is the engineering analysis and tests that go toward proving what we have assembled is safe to fly.
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.
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If we had a catastrophic failure with Discovery, we'd need to figure out how to prevent that same problem from occurring on Atlantis.
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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.
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.
hardware paying playing talking
We were playing the odds. The hardware was talking to us, and we were not paying attention.
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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.
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.
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.
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Everything seems to be looking very good for a landing Monday evening at the Kennedy Space Center.