33 Quotes by Bill Gerstenmaier

Wayne's qualifications and his ability to perform this job speak for themselves,

I think it's wrong to take the (May) launch period and speculate whether we will make it or not. That puts schedule pressure on the teams.

I think it's really wrong to try to pick out one potential root cause and say that's the underlying problem or that's the smoking gun. Foam is very complicated. The failure mechanism is likely some combination of things and it's really wrong to try to pick out one and then try to focus all your efforts on that. That will actually set you 8up for more problems in the future.

It is incumbent on us to develop an executable option, or face the risk of a less desirable option being imposed upon us,

Last week we identified the major areas where foam came off the tank. We are starting to make some sense of the data ... what the mechanism for the foam loss was.

I think conditions won't be good on the station, but they'll be better than the alternative. We kind of always plan for the worst, but hope for the best.

Our system today is designed for a maximum of three to six crew, and for six just temporarily.

We haven't set a launch date, but we are clearly aiming for May.

We probably won't make the September 22 window.