William Gerstenmaier
William Gerstenmaier
William H. Gerstenmaieris the current Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations for NASA, holding this position since 2005. He has been described as "arguably the most influential person when it comes to US spaceflight." Prior to being Associate Administrator, Gerstenmaier served as the International Space Station Office Program Manager, at Johnson Space Center, a position he began in June 2002...
accomplish along assumed goals good planning problems schedule shuttle station
We're still going to be able to accomplish our goals for a good station configuration for shuttle retirement. In our schedule and planning we assumed that we'd have some shuttle problems along the way.
data drive opportunity unique
We're going to do the right thing and let the data drive us where we need to go. I think we've got a unique opportunity to get this right.
continue crew exchange flying space
We're 'go' for the crew exchange and 'go' to continue flying to the space station.
likely puts september window
We're going to have to make some modifications to the tank, so that probably puts the September (launch) window into a not very likely possibility.