At this point, ... it's so uncertain, there are so many variables out there, I think it's foolish for us to try to speculate on a particular launch date. |
At this point, it's so uncertain ... that it would be foolish to speculate on a date. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
If he needs to come home on Soyuz, he can come home on Soyuz and if we can bring him home on shuttle, and it's advantageous...we'll do that, ... Either way, we will have a ride home for McArthur. |
If he needs to come home on Soyuz, he can come home on Soyuz and if we can bring him home on shuttle, and it's advantageous...we'll do that. Either way, we will have a ride home for McArthur. |
In the spirit of cooperation, they are taking the higher ground. They know what occurred with the hurricane. They know what's happening in the bigger sense of things and they're willing to support us. |
It is incumbent on us to develop an executable option, or face the risk of a less desirable option being imposed upon us, |
It is our responsibility, individually and collectively, to make good decisions. As engineers, the machines we build can do great things but can also cause great harm. |
It really makes sense to move to the March timeframe, ... We're looking at the Shuttle missions to support the most robust flight sequence for the Space Station and to make the whole sequence flow better. This extra time helps us make sure that all the work we need to do fits and that there are no other issues. |
It's great to see you all on orbit. Have a good week and soft landings to the crew coming back. |
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. |
Our system today is designed for a maximum of three to six crew, and for six just temporarily. |
The (Michoud) facility is in pretty good shape, |