Bill Gerstenmaier
Bill Gerstenmaier
William H. Gerstenmaieris the current Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations for NASA, holding this position since 2005. He has been described as "arguably the most influential person when it comes to US spaceflight." Prior to being Associate Administrator, Gerstenmaier served as the International Space Station Office Program Manager, at Johnson Space Center, a position he began in June 2002...
facility good
The (Michoud) facility is in pretty good shape,
foolish speculate uncertain
At this point, it's so uncertain ... that it would be foolish to speculate on a date.
launch period pressure puts schedule speculate whether wrong
I think it's wrong to take the (May) launch period and speculate whether we will make it or not. That puts schedule pressure on the teams.
desirable develop face imposed incumbent less option risk
It is incumbent on us to develop an executable option, or face the risk of a less desirable option being imposed upon us,
cracking drive flight focus period phenomenon spring understanding
The focus has got to be on understanding the cracking phenomenon and working out an engineering solution, and then that will drive us to what we think the right period is for launch. We don't need to have a flight this spring to make the 19 flights.
exactly hardware intended lots operate surprises
There are lots of firsts with this mission, and sometimes when you do firsts, the hardware surprises you and doesn't operate exactly the way you intended it to operate. So I think there will be some surprises.
flights good number station
We still are going to be able to accommodate the number of flights we need to get the station in a good configuration for the partners.
ability job perform speak
Wayne's qualifications and his ability to perform this job speak for themselves,