54 Quotes by Wayne Hale

Time will tell. This is not like the railroad.

We were all hoping the Challenger would come out of that cloud of smoke.

We don't want the parts to come apart.

we would not in any conceivable way be able to launch before Saturday.

We have a considerable amount of work ahead of us. We won't proceed until we've done the work to prove that it's safe to fly.

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.

We were playing the odds. The hardware was talking to us, and we were not paying attention.

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.

We wish it had worked out differently, but it's first and foremost that we fly safely. It was prudent to change these sensors out.