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...
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.
looked safer shuttle
We've looked end-to-end at the shuttle to make improvements and make it safer than it has ever been.
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.
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.
launch
we would not in any conceivable way be able to launch before Saturday.
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.
We are under no thought of delaying launch.
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.
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.
parts
We don't want the parts to come apart.
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.