54 Quotes by Wayne Hale

There are certain risks involved. You could damage the tank.

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.

We have released Discovery to reenter, ... We have decided not to take any action on the thermal blanket because we have determined it is a negligible risk at this time.

so is that the absolute worst thing that could happen? Well, no, it's not.

My immediate, knee-jerk reaction was that we can live with this, ... On the other hand, this is bigger than we've seen before.

None of the things I showed you are satisfactory. The good news is that the orbiter Discovery appears to be in good shape.

None of the things I showed you are satisfactory, ... The good news is that the orbiter Discovery appears to be in good shape.

If we had a catastrophic failure with Discovery, we'd need to figure out how to prevent that same problem from occurring on Atlantis.

We think all of that with a somewhat aggressive schedule can occur and lead to a launch before the window closes in May.