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...
aggressive closes launch lead occur schedule somewhat window
We think all of that with a somewhat aggressive schedule can occur and lead to a launch before the window closes in May.
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.
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.
launch
we would not in any conceivable way be able to launch before Saturday.
launch official
We have not set an official launch date,
call date launch serious
I would not call that a serious launch date at this point.
appears based begin board discussion launch program window work yesterday
However, based on the discussion we had at the program board yesterday it appears that the May launch window is something we can begin to work on -- the launch window May 3 to May 23.
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.
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.
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.