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...
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.
flights fly optimistic remain three time
I remain optimistic that if we fly by this summer, we will be able to get three flights off. But time will tell. This is not like the railroad.
accomplish assemble clearly flights number space station
Clearly you can't have many more big, long stand-downs and accomplish the number of flights that it's going to take to assemble the International Space Station by that date.
agreed anybody asking calling complete display giving job museum people station until
People are already calling us and asking us can they display one of our orbiters in their museum after we're done. I'm not giving anybody anything until we're all agreed the station is complete and the shuttles' job is done.
looked safer shuttle
We've looked end-to-end at the shuttle to make improvements and make it safer than it has ever been.
parts
We don't want the parts to come apart.
time
Time will tell. This is not like the railroad.
looked margins
We have looked at that and it is a doable thing but the margins are small. It's better to have a plan, than to not have one.
looked margins
We have looked at that and it is a doable thing but the margins are small, ... It's better to have a plan, than to not have one.
challenger cloud hoping
We were all hoping the Challenger would come out of that cloud of smoke.
external frost ice total
There are a total of 34 ice frost ramps on the external tank.
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.
certain damage risks
There are certain risks involved. You could damage the tank.