We don't want the parts to come apart. |
We finally concluded that it was far smarter of us to be conservative and take the safe route and replace the sensors that are in the tank. |
We had a long conversation [in April] about what to do, so we changed out every cable connector, all the wiring and every electronic box. We felt we had a good system. |
We had what you might expect was an interesting discussion. |
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. |
We have a lot of work in this arena to do. We've brought the risk down a lot, but it's not [going to be] zero at the end of the day. |
We have a number of critical things we have to evaluate before we set an official launch schedule. |
We have a number of critical things we have to evaluate before we set an official launch schedule. It appears that the May launch window is something we can begin to work on -- the launch window May 3 to May 23. |
We have assessed the risk to the very best of our engineering knowledge and we believe that it is remote, small, whatever adjective you want to put with that. And the remedy that might be called for to try to make this better would be worse. |
We have cleared Discovery to re-enter and we have decided not to take any action on the thermal blanket because we think that it represents negligible concern at this time, |
We have cleared Discovery to re-enter and we have decided not to take any action on the thermal blanket because we think that it represents negligible concern at this time. |
We have declared that the thermal protection system [is] not suspect, |
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. |
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. |
We have not set an official launch date, |