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...
successful
It's been an outstandingly successful mission. We accomplished everything that we set out to do and more.
action prudent worry worst
It was prudent to take action so that we wouldn't have to worry about some of the worst consequences.
successful
It's been an outstandingly successful mission, ... We accomplished everything that we set out to do and more.
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.
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.
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.
hardware paying playing talking
We were playing the odds. The hardware was talking to us, and we were not paying attention.
parts
We don't want the parts to come apart.
time
Time will tell. This is not like the railroad.
certain damage risks
There are certain risks involved. You could damage the tank.
challenger cloud hoping
We were all hoping the Challenger would come out of that cloud of smoke.
condition near putting
We're going to keep (Atlantis) in as near flight-ready condition as we can without putting it through a (modification and overhaul) so we can use those parts.
external frost ice total
There are a total of 34 ice frost ramps on the external tank.
launch official
We have not set an official launch date,