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...
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.
agreed anybody asking calling complete condition display flight giving job museum near people putting quite ready station sure talking term until
So we're going to try to keep it in as near flight ready condition as we can without putting it through an OMDP so we can use those parts. Quite frankly, people are already calling us and asking us can they display one of our orbiters in their museum after we're done with it. I'm not giving anybody anything until we're all agreed the station is complete and the shuttle's job is done. In the sense that we're talking about mothballing, I'm not sure that's the term I'd use.
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.
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.
discovery failure figure prevent problem
If we had a catastrophic failure with Discovery, we'd need to figure out how to prevent that same problem from occurring on Atlantis.
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.