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...
definitely
I definitely would not take that off the table.
action prudent worry worst
It was prudent to take action so that we wouldn't have to worry about some of the worst consequences.
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.
best choice decision engineers lowest management team
The lowest risk, the best choice and the unanimous decision of the engineers in the management team is that we should re-enter as is.
successful
It's been an outstandingly successful mission. We accomplished everything that we set out to do and more.
successful
It's been an outstandingly successful mission, ... We accomplished everything that we set out to do and more.
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?
moving space flying
Having three operational vehicles in the fleet affords the shuttle program great schedule flexibility as we move toward flying safely and completing the international space station.
past roulette damage
The Columbia accident made us realize that we had been playing Russian roulette with the shuttle crews -- that we had been very, very fortunate in the past that the foam did not cause critical damage.
aerodynamics lines normal
The bottom line is there is large uncertainty because nobody has a very good handle on the aerodynamics at those altitudes and at those speeds. Given that large degree of uncertainty, life could be normal during entry or some bad things could happen.
fact flight gap happened job known product time
The gap fillers, that's a product of the fact that we can see more and do a better job of evaluating. That's probably something that's happened in flight before, but this is the first time we've known about it and could take remedial action.